Chapter 292 {A Month Later p> {JERICHO} My home office is filled with the warmth and chaos of new parenthood. There are blankets, toys, and a crib set up in the second study, which has been converted into my own private office. Wesley and I toyed with the idea of

Chapter 291 {WESLEY} I reach for Jericho’s hand, wanting to comfort him, but also craving his support. His warm hand curls around mine, and I instantly feel better. My alpha can calm me with just his touch. Dr. Martinez gently palpates my abdomen. He explains that by doing that, he’s

Chapter 290 {WESLEY} I’ve been having Braxton Hicks contractions all day. The baby was due two days ago, but so far, it has no interest in making an appearance. I’m sitting on the couch in our bedroom that’s near the window that looks out over the Adonis estate. I’m surrounded

Chapter 289 {TYLER} (Days later p> “Are you trying to trick me into reading?” I ask Sasha suspiciously. He’s got me stationed in the library upstairs, next to his study. “I would never dare,” he replies drily. “Now, stay there a second He uses the secret door between the rooms

Chapter 288 {TYLER} Tonight, everyone except me, Lucia, and the kids will go to Midnight celebrations, and I’ll have a chance to be alone with my newfound fullness of spirit. Maybe I’ll light a candle of my own, remember the people I’ve lost. And then after mass, all of my

Chapter 287 {TYLER} I’m standing in the cellar, hands on my hips, when I hear footsteps coming down the stairs. “Angel p> “Yeah p> Sasha comes up behind me and wraps his arms around me. He doesn’t ask why I’m down here, and I love that about him. He knows.

Chapter 286 Once Miles and the others have left the room, I take Tyler with me to the other corner, push him up against the wall, and lean over him. “He was going to kill you,” he says, before I can speak. “He was going to bash your fucking brains

Chapter 285 {SASHA} There is a drawn-out moment where Clemenza weighs up his options, and Tyler and I sit there, watching him. Under the table, Tyler is jigging his thigh against mine, nerves getting the better of him, although his face is serene. At last, Clemenza shifts in his chair.

Chapter 284 {TYLER} Having Clemenza over for dinner on a Thursday night is not my idea of a great time, but the situation in back here is becoming exponentially dangerous. The city is on a knife-edge, the tension making its way all over. So on Thursday night, having recovered from

Chapter 283 {SASHA} Problems beget problems. It’s something my Father said to me once, and I never forgot it, musing over it from time to time when it floated into my mind during times like these. Problems beget problems. My own have become legion over the last few years, and