“Well,” I said as I gathered up my shit after another planning session with Whitney, “it looks like we’re ready to build. I’ll figure out when I’m available for you to come over to my apartment to work.” Whitney sighed, and began to pack her things as well. She hasn’t been as bad as she was when we first started, but it was clear she hadn’t given up on winning me over. I’ve gone from friendly to barely tolerant of her during the few months I’ve known her. That says something since I had considered her a friend until the day she kissed me. “What if I’m not available during those times?” “Then we’ll split the components and build them separately,” I told her without looking at her. “We can figure out a time to put our separate co

“What are you doing tonight?” Bethany asked me when she caught me doing my hair before my date with Lachlan.  “Doubling with Jimmy and his girlfriend,” I answered. “What does my idiot cousin have planned for you?” Bethany grinned, and checked her purse. “We’re having dinner at L'assiette Exquise, then going for a run to a secret waterfall he knows about.” I grabbed another strand of hair in my curling iron. “We might see you at the restaurant. I’m pretty sure that’s where Jimmy made reservations.” “He’s going all out for a double date?” Bethany asked, confused.  

“I think I need to read some actual books,” Rose commented during our girls’ night.  Heather laughed. “Are you tired of waiting for authors to update?” Rose shook her head, no. “That’s fine. I don’t mind waiting too long, and most of the authors I follow update regularly. I need to do a palate cleanser. I keep getting hooked into these dramas where the female protagonist gets abused by her family.” “I thought that’s what they all were,” I said sarcastically. I was getting grumpy. I haven’t shifted in months because of the baby, and she’s been getting active at night. It’s really uncomfortable to try to sleep when someone is doing a samba in your uterus.  

My sister and I were both excited and nervous to go back to Boston. We hadn’t been there since a few weeks after our mother had died. That was over a year and a half ago. We stayed with our Uncle Micky and Aunt Lulu for a while, but then our Uncle Donny got out of jail, and, well, he has a nasty temper on a good day. So, Chastity and I decided to live with our Aunt Mary in Aspen Falls, where we became friends with Mina Graycort and Mallory Braedon. The only thing missing from our move was our cousin, Nate. He was the closest thing Chastity and I had to a big brother. He’d left for that fancy wolf college with his girlfriend, then knocked her up. It was very cool of him to invite us on his baby-moon, and it would give Chastity and I a chance to see our old friends. Aunt Lulu met us at the airport when we landed, and drove

Mexico is beautiful! The beaches are white, the ocean an amazing shade of blue, and the house we rented is to die for! I might have to persuade my brother to go in with me to buy it. It’d be nice to have a place to soak up some sun and relax.  The downside is that there isn’t really anywhere to shift when you’re feeling like shit. I asked Rose about the shifter myths in Mexico, and, except the one about the chupacabra, she didn’t really know any. I still didn’t want to be mistaken for the goat eating cryptid, so shifting was out.  Thank goodness I had Lachlan in misery with me. Being around couples for the whole week would grate on my nerves, but knowing he was going through a similar hell helped. I hadn’t asked him if he’d told Elli his feelings for her, and I wouldn’t be sur