Rachel POVLUSTI hadn't been back to LUST since the night I was abducted by Patrick's debtors. The very idea of the place filled me with horror and dread; why would I ever want to go back to a place where I had experienced pure terror?Tyler was adamant I come to the club. The manager had insisted Ethan would go to jail if I wouldn't show up to speak in his defense.All I could think about was how it made no sense for Ethan to be in that horrible club in the first place! What business could he have there? He knew what had nearly happened to me at LUST. He had been kidnapped by Patrick's debtors after they had lost me. Neither of us had fond memories of the exclusive establishment.Ethan was still barely more than a boy. I felt a deep sense of responsibility for him as his older sister; I had taken the first rideshare I could arrange to get to LUST to try to extricate him from whatever insanity he had landed in with T
Rachel POVGarden of Our Blessed GoddessLUST provided a limo which accommodated all of us: Tyler, me, Dylan Roberts, and Ethan. I had thought I would be forced to endure a rejection ceremony with Jenny in attendance, but Tyler had simply dismissed her as if she were no more than the hired help.Humans weren't usually welcome at wolf ceremonies. I doubted Tyler told Jenny to leave for me as much as to save face for himself. No Alpha wanted to be rejected and the ceremony worked both ways in I was rejecting Tyler every bit as much as he was rejecting me.My part had already been done, but the formal ceremony required a blood exchange.We left the car with the driver in the parking lot of the garden. I was grateful Ethan held my arm to help me walk because my shoes weren't very practical for the grass and Tyler was moving at a hurried pace since seeing my pregnancy report.Once we reached the shrine itself, Tyler
Rachel POVCamelot RecordsMorning sickness persistently bothered me. I couldn't count on it to go away as the day wore on either. Sometimes I would feel nauseated all day long from the time I woke up until the time I went to bed.I was tired often, too.No one had warned me pregnancy could be so hard on the body. I was used to being healthy and able to do anything I chose. Feeling as if I needed to nap often, needing to keep ginger ale and crackers with me all the time to avoid being sick, and having body aches was totally foreign to me.I would have had second thoughts about the baby except no matter how terrible I felt physically, I was elated mentally.Every day was filled up with joy at the knowledge my baby was growing while I was making music I loved.Dylan Roberts hadn't bothered with me which was nice. I worried he would notice something to do with my pregnancy and stir up trouble for me with Ty
Rachel POVCamelot Records"Am I keeping the appearance on the Late Late Show?"Multiple appearances had been canceled since the tabloids began running their lies about me. Howard had been so certain I would have nothing to worry about until it seemed the public opinion had totally changed overnight.I had gone from a woman who represented love at first sight to a woman who supposedly stole love from a committed relationship.The rumors about my secret lover had blown out of proportion to now stating my lover was a wealthy man who kept me a secret from his wife and children. I had broken up his home by coming out to the public with my "love song" which wasn't about love at all."We are still on their schedule. You're going to have to speak about the mistress rumor though. I can't do anything about it at this point. It's taken on a life of its own."Humans didn't have much understanding of wolf relationsh
Rachel POV The Late Late Show "Amazing! Absolutely amazing! Rachel Flores, everyone!" My performance had gone off without a hitch. The studio audience went wild for the live take on "Love at the First Sight." I felt as if I were flying as the host welcomed me to come sit beside his desk. "Now, I was told by a little bird known as our producer---you're going to name the man who was the inspiration for 'Love at the First Sight' tonight! Live! On our show!" I looked into the crowd where I saw Nathan clapping along with the rest of the studio audience. He was beaming at me with so much joy I couldn't question his dedication to me. I didn't deserve Nathan, but I was going to keep him as long as I could all the same. "Yes." The host gestured to me to continue, grinning at me as if we were the only two people in the room instead of in front of several hundred people, "Go ahead! Dazzle us, Rachel