I wiped my tears with my t-shirt after I'd pulled into the garage that evening.Taking a few deep breaths, I composed myself outside in the breeze way before I opened the door to go inside.As soon as I walked in, I was immediately overwhelmed by the smell of something delicious.I walked into the kitchen to see Luca standing over the stove, stirring something in a pot."Are you making... actual food?" I asked, eyes wide.He laughed at this."This is a recipe my mom used to make for us; reserved only for special occasions. Her grandmother, who was from Sorrento, used to make it for her!"He looked down anxiously at whatever was simmering in the pot."I feel like I've probably fucked it up.," he admitted, laughing."It smells amazing," I said assuring."It should be almost done. I figured we could eat out on the deck, if that's okay."I turned to look outside and my jaw dropped.I slowly walked towards the open deck doors, seeing the table laid out with a white table cloth, candles, si

Norah and Hanna were on their feet before I could say anything else.We sprinted out of the diner, passing the waitress who was on her way to our table with our food as we were on our way out the door. Running to Luca's Jeep, which was parked on the curb, I got into the driver's seat and started the engine. I nearly hit the car that was parked in front of us as I slammed my foot down on the gas pedal, swerving from the parking lane into the street. I heard several cars honking behind us as I drove away quickly.Looking in the rearview mirror, I glanced back at the bus stop to see Alpha Reid was gone.Had I just imagined it?"Carrie, watch out!" Norah screamed from the passenger seat.My eyes returned to the road in front of me to see Alpha Reid standing in the middle of the street. I slammed on the breaks and the Jeep skidded across the pavement, stopping right in front of him. I gulped, noticing the dark circles around his brown eyes and the way his once tan-complected face was now p

After Clara disconnected the call, we all sat in silence for a few moments, letting her information settle in."I'll go ahead and connect with Ben so we can get the remainder of the infrared cameras set up along the gates," Lincoln said."I'll order more motion sensors," Blaine added."We can get those up and running by tomorrow evening, at the latest. I've got a guy in town who can get them to me by morning."Luca nodded before turning to Bates."Call an Elders meeting for tomorrow morning at five," he said."We're going to figure out a way to get everyone within the gates. Let them know we're going to start daily temperature checks and to be brainstorming ideas to acquire and log the information."Bates nodded."Keep everyone on high alert for the next twenty-four hours,'' Luca continued, speaking to all three of them."We'll convene again tomorrow before the elders meeting."They all nodded, pulling out their phones to contact the necessary people.Luca stood up, turning to me."Le

I needed a nap.After a full day, filled with training with Fallon and babysitting with Cristina, I had just enough time to get home to make myself dinner before Norah came over that evening to help me get ready for the induction ceremony.She had Hanna and Aubrey in tow, who immediately went into the pantry for snacks."You couldn't at least say 'hi' first?" Norah asked them, pointing to me.I just laughed."Where's Torrey?" I asked.Norah rolled her eyes."Still up Nathan's ass... or, rather, he's up hers," she laughed.Luca, who was sitting on the couch with his iPad, gave her a perturbed look, putting his hands over his ears."I didn't want to hear that." he said sternly."She's my sister.""She's mine too," Norah argued."You just need to come to terms with reality."He just shook his head and got up to scroll on the tablet elsewhere."So," Norah said, turning back to me."Where's the dress?"I led her into our bedroom where the mint green dress was hanging on the back of the clo

I didn't have time to let anything sink in before Luca was pulling me away."That was the single weirdest thing I've ever done in my life," I said, following him down the moonlit path back to the truck."That man is not marrying us."Luca laughed.I turned to look behind us, seeing Norah wave. I returned her wave, Bates waving back to me as well."What are we doing?" I asked."We're going away for a few days," Luca said."Back to the cabin?"He shook his head, smiling."Where are we going then?" I asked.Luca turned to me."Am I not allowed to be spontaneous?" He asked.I leveled a hard stare."The last time you did something spontaneous at midnight, I ended up being scared half to death on the floor of my patio while a stranger pinned me to the ground," I said bluntly.Luca rolled his eyes."I'm never living that down, am I?""Not anytime soon," I assured him, causing him to laugh.When we got to the truck, Luca opened my door for me. As I sat down, he reached around me and pulled a