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101 | From above
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An Affair with the Alpha 103 | We're being watched
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An Affair with the Alpha 104 | My love, my life
Amelia’s POV‘It’s him,’ said Maeve. Before I could fully process what she meant, my wolf came to an abrupt halt. Then I scented what she had. Carried on the winter wind was him: bravery and cleverness and silliness and wide, toothy grins and deep, dark, longing looks. Too-long legs and powerful muscles and calloused, gentle hands.Kieran. Distantly, I felt a body smack into my rear. I didn’t care; I didn’t even bother to look at who it was. They mindlinked me. I didn’t care.I shifted out, needing to go to him as myself. I wanted to hold him, to kiss him, to feel his bare skin against mine. It was like nothing I’d ever felt before, this need; it ate away at me, pulling at my soul as I turned back towards my love, my life, and drifted over to him on feather-light feet.It didn’t matter that I was naked. It didn’t matter that there were people watching me. I was barely aware of them. I just wanted him. My blood burned in my veins. I flexed my fingers; each joint ached to close arou
An Affair with the Alpha 105 | Spring fling
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An Affair with the Alpha 106 | Thoughts and theories
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An Affair with the Alpha 108 | Hurt, used, alone
Rhiannon’s POV“Nothing happened,” said Caleb, his eyes narrowing on something I couldn’t see. I watched Caleb as he watched the window. I wet my lips at the sight of his strong muscles bunching and relaxing with every slight shift of his weight. My core clenched, but I had no desire to drag him back to the bed. Not right now. Not with so much else playing on my mind.That wasn't all. Something about tonight had bothered me. We'd both wanted to put aside our feelings for a while, to use each other to forget about the world, but an emptiness had taken the place of the strong emotions I usually felt when we got close.I sat up, plumping the pillows behind me and leaning on them. Rather than feeling relieved after we’d finally got close again, after we’d finally been able to put our shit aside for a while and just be with each other, I felt uneasy. It had been amazing – believe me, it had nothing to do with that – but something about it hadn’t felt right. And now Caleb was pretty much
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