ROSE After taking the catheter out, Adam leaves to see to other patients, letting me know that Nurse Frank will be in soon with meds and to take more blood. Tyson comes back in, and he pulls out the breakfast Adam brought for us. Holy cow, it all smells so dang good! And there is so much. Pancakes, biscuits and gravy, omelets, bacon, sausage, and cut up fruit with yogurt and granola. There’s also orange juice, apple juice, and coffee. Tyson makes me a plate with a little of everything. I devour my plate. The pancakes are by far, my favorite. “Oooooh, these are so fluffy and buttery. I can’t even tell you how long it’s been since I had pancakes last.” I moan as I lick the syrup off my lower lip. I look up at Tyson and he once again has stopped with his fork of food almost to his mouth and he is staring at me. “Um, Tyson. Are you okay?” I ask as I swallow my bite of buttery, syrupy goodness. Just like last time, he doesn’t answer. This time though, Tyson sets his fork and plate down;

TYSON After Rose finishes her food, yeah, she put it all away, she settles back into the bed, and we begin to talk. I want to know everything about her, not just how her lips and body feel pressed against mine. “So, tell me, what do you like to do in your spare time? Favorite flower? Favorite candy? Family, siblings, anything… I’m all ears.” Do I sound as desperate as I feel, wanting to know about her? Does she want to know things about me too? She giggles, Goddess that’s an amazing sound! “Well, Tyson, there’s not really much to tell. I’m a rather boring person. Spare time? I’m honestly not sure what that is. Umm flower, probably tulips or roses, but really anything that is big and colorful. You know, the ones that look like an artist’s palate just exploded with color and beauty and take your breath away. I love the smell of flowers too. Maddie and I visit the arboretum during the spring blooming season every year. Its free, so we go and learn about the flowers, their blooming tim

ROSE I smell coffee and dark chocolate. It is all around me, swirling in the white misty fog. I don’t know where I am, but I’m enjoying the aromatics. I feel his warmth as his large muscular arms encircle me and I step back into his embrace. I love his hands, arms and chest. They are so big and strong, making me feel safe and protected. I rest my head back on his chest and I realize he is shirtless. I turn around in his arms and press my breasts into that amazing chest. I guess I’m shirtless too, but it feels totally right. The feeling of my nipples being lightly brushed by his rock-hard abs and pecs makes my head swimmy and my heart race. I reach around under his arms and let my hands explore his back. Oh… it’s just as muscle ridden as his front. Heaven!! I lean forward and kiss his chest, directly between his pec muscles in the middle of his sternum. I feel the tingles, and they feel amazing. But I want a taste of his skin. So I indulge myself and lick that same spot. Not just a l

TYSON I exit the room to give Rose some privacy. I don’t want to leave, but I know she’ll be more comfortable with just Melinda there. When I hear her quiet exclamation of pain, I want to rush back in, but I hold onto myself and wait. However, I can’t contain Zeus’ growl when he hears her pain. He wants to comfort our mate, just as I do, but she is human and needs to gradually get use to us and our wolf possessive intensity. When I hear them in the bathroom talking, I decide to get some things taken care of. I ask George to place another order at Giovanni’s for our lunches and he pulls out his phone to immediately comply. Then I walk up to the nurse’s station where Frank is getting some computer work done. He looks up at me and his eyes twinkle. I’m not oblivious to his attraction to me, most people are, kind of an alpha thing. People, male or female, are attracted to the strongest of the species. But I need to shut it down before he thinks there’s something there. Almost everyone r

TYSON “Mama!” Maddie yells out when she barrels in. “Hi, my baby,” Rose says with a kiss. “How are you? It feels like I haven’t seen you in days!” Maddie lets out a giggle and it is so similar to Rose’s. “That’s because it’s been a few days, silly.” “Oh…right. So, what have you and Patty Melt been up to? Let me guess, masterminding a bank heist? Or developing the newest dark chocolate recipe? Or inventing a rocket ship that gets to Jupiter’s moons?” Maddie lets out a big laugh at her mom’s antics. “No! Just the normal stuff. School, eating, showering and bed.” “Really?!! That’s it? I expected, at the very LEAST a cancer cure in 2 days without me.” “Mama, your expectations are too high. I’m only 7, after all.” “Are you sure? You’re so smart though, I thought you were at least 15. That’s plenty old enough to discover the next element.” Rose says as she tickles Maddie and Maddie whoops with laughter. Despite how smart this child is, she is still treated and acts like an actual chi