But, I didn't know what Roman had hoped to convey with his statement, and if I hadn't been so sleep-deprived, I might have been able to take it as the reassuring comment I was hoping he meant it to be. "Ready to go?" Charlotte asked me with a bag hanging from her hands. I had told her to pack whate
"Oh, this is too good." Charlotte's voice was thick with humor, and I scowled at her. "Can you hand me this in a minute?" I carefully placed the tray of burning leaves into her hands and climbed onto the first level of branches. The hive buzzed loudly, getting angry that I was bothering them. I gr
Charlie's P.O.V. The voice made me tense, and I glanced around Damien's broad back. The woman was too young to be his mother, and from how large her belly was, I estimated she was about seven months along. Her black hair was thick and braided, hanging over her chest, ending at her belly button. "O
I nodded in response but kept my lips pressed together as she jogged away and collided against the man's chest with a giggle. "She's nice," I whispered to Damien, and he nodded before taking the tray of honeycomb from me and balancing it on the top of our bag against the wooden wall of his mother's
Charlie's PO.V. I held my ground, forcing myself to stand tall when all I wanted to do was shrink away from the angry gathering of bears behind my mate's mother. Eden Wilde. She was not a woman I would win over easily, and based on the look on Damien's face, she was not the only one I would have to
"It is from both of us." He corrected, grabbing my hand again, but it didn't feel the same. The tension in his body made it feel forced, and I resented his mother for having this effect on him. She should have stood up for him to their sleuth. I understood that wolves and bears were different in so
"So, I should be blamed for the actions of the few? Why would I not stand up for myself, and why didn't you stand up for me?" My pointer finger thrust in his direction, but he looked up at the canopy of trees and took several deep, calming breaths. "I did stand up for you, but there is a way to go
Charlie's P.O.V. My fur did little to keep me warm that night. I had been expecting it to be chilly without a tent or a blanket, and it was. But the way my body shook was more than just from the weather. I felt like I was going through withdrawal. Damien let out a low whine before moving to my sid