Keegan POV:I heard the baby monitor beep and squinted into the darkness, hoping it was nothing. The clock read three in the morning and this was a usual time for Vianne and me to wake up every morning. One of many. I sniffed and looked over at Vianne, who was curled on her side, still facing me. Her eyes were screwed shut and she was definitely awake, but she didn’t want to get off the bed. Understandable. She had a little shifter for a baby and it was safe to say nothing fun came from breastfeeding our son Kyle. He was still small, needing to wake up every few hours to be fed and bathed. Vianne, who despised breast pumps ended up sobbing in relief when I bought one this time around.I looked at the monitor again and saw that our son was wide awake, blinking and cooing at the camera with a gummy smile. He was a jolly child but he still needed to be fed and changed. I slipped out of bed and turned the alarm on the monitor off. I found Vianne smiling groggily at me and chuckled. “Go b
Claire POV:College was not as fascinating as I had thought it would be. My classmates seemed to be just as rash and childlike as those in the high school. But it was the behavior of the professors that kept me going. I enjoyed listening to their lecture. I enjoyed reading the extra material they asked us to read but no one else did.If a professor said it was optional reading, I definitely read it. I asked questions after class, often getting disgruntled looks from my classmates. Sometimes I received irritation from the professors and teaching assistants too. But all of it was overshadowed by the simple fact that I felt watched.It had been a long time since I had felt like something was chasing me at all times of the day.At first, I had ignored it, thinking that Dad was correct, that I was just nervous and missing them. But then the feeling persisted. I knew what nervousness felt like. I knew how much I missed my family. But there was nausea that overtook me at certain times of the
Keegan POV:It was just another day in Luisca. And of course, it was raining. Sometimes I wondered if this small town was more suited for vampires than a full-blooded wolf like me. That being said, I was living in the lap of luxury, in a four-story house in the outskirts of the small town, surrounded by lush forests. I was only thirty and retired. I didn’t have much to complain about.How, one might ask. Easy, I trained the men and thugs of one of the biggest crime bosses in the country, Clement Slater.Eight years ago, I had stumbled across the man outside a restaurant. It had been a complete accident because I sure as hell didn’t want to drop an alpha wolf on his ass. I had always been averse to figures of authority, so I kept away from them rather than stir trouble. But the fact that it was a mistake hadn’t been seen by his bodyguards. They were on me in a split second. Thank god, Slater had a heart. Yes, shocker! Though, since then, I
Keegan POV:Why did the Moon Goddess hate me so much? She had Clement send the one element that would break me down—the woman of my dreams. Yes, I knew that it sounded cliche, but what kind of man wouldn’t dream about the woman?There she stood, with her hands on her hips, smiling at her daughter, and all I could think about was how long it would take for me to get her sweating. The woman before me was petite, slender, and breathtaking. Her hair was dark and long, flowing past the middle of her back. Her face was small and with lips that many women would pay for. Then her, body, I didn’t have to comment about how I reacted just by looking at her. Couldn’t she have some Clement in her? It definitely would have helped me remain professional if she was a hulking asshole like her father. I felt lightheaded. What was this woman doing to me? Easy. She was making me lose my senses and making me think about things that should be
Keegan POV:“Not all the men are like your husband,” I said unnecessarily defensively. It was stupid of me because it would be better if she hated me and I sounded like one of those guys who claim to be nice but are buttholes in reality. “You just happened to meet the wrong one.”She laid her bag on the bed, barely looking around before returning her attention back to me. She brushed past me and locked the door. “Well, look at what the wrong one did to me.” She lifted her shirt over her head and tossed it at me. I caught it unceremoniously before my eyes caught sight of her body. The entire left side of her torso was covered in yellow and black bruises. Seething, I turned away, unable to look at her. I threw the shirt back at her. “I will do an assessment of your injuries later. I am going downstairs to make lunch.”“Well, let’s get another thing straight. Don’t undermine my authority with
Keegan POV:Her lips met mine and I groaned. She tasted and felt so amazing. My hands rested on her hips as her mouth moved against my own. I closed my eyes, allowing myself one little kiss, and then I would stop it.I was so hard. Then she swept her tongue across my bottom lip, and I lost it. I moaned deeply, taking in her tongue—so sweet—into my mouth. My hands slid around her hips to grope her ass. I groaned again, pulling her body closer to my own. She moaned and it really hit. I was so dead. With a heavy sigh, I grasped her shoulders and gently pushed her away. She looked at me, wide-eyed and scared. She looked vulnerable and I read the rejection in her eyes immediately. “I’m sorry. I just—” Vianne paused, discreetly glancing down at my crotch and I cringed. “I thought you wanted me.”Though she apologized, she didn’t appear too broken-hearted about it. In fact, she looked m
Keegan POV:“I am not denying it,” she replied. “But you responded so enthusiastically and it seemed like you wanted a lot more. Then, you obviously remembered that you like your head on your shoulders.”“What was I supposed to do?” I drew my finger a halo around my head. “Do I look like an angel to you?”She sighed. “Look, it doesn’t mean I don’t like what I see.” Her eyes roamed slowly down my chest and lower still. “Or that you’re even wrong about the kiss. What I am saying is, I agree that it wouldn’t be a good idea. One of us has to be strong enough to resist. And from this moment on, that will be me. Now, what exactly do you like to eat?”I clenched my teeth. I knew that we needed ground rules. We were both all too aware that we couldn’t act on our impulses. Yet, even in the matter of a few hours, the tension seemed to grow between us, even when she tried t
Keegan POV:“Hello,” Vianne said, not even bothering to look up at him. “You’re not from around here,” he said, still ogling and smiling. “I would remember you.”What an idiot. Could he sound more obvious? Vianne wouldn’t fall for that shit and she didn’t disappoint. She looked up, her face cold. Then she continued to unload the cart as if she hadn’t heard him. I controlled the growl that threatened to escape. “My wife and I moved out here a while back,” I said, pulling her to my side since the man was still looking at her with unveiled lust. “Oh.”His eyes lingered on her chest and then swept up to her hand, stopping at her wedding ring. Finally, his gaze settled on her face, gaping like an idiot. What the hell is his problem?I looked Vianne over. She had managed to cover up the bruising. I couldn’t tell that anything was there, but he wasn&