My Room Mate from the Pack

I closed my eyes and let the sound of his heartbeat guide me under. I didn’t feel alone. I felt safe and wanted. As sleep finally took me, I let myself wonder if maybe I’d always belonged right here. Wrapped in warmth. Curled against chaos. Falling quietly into something I couldn’t take back. Roman The…

Lucien stepped forward, every inch the alpha. He stared the intruder down, the air between them crackling with threat. The rogue was still in human form, still smirking like he didn’t feel the weight of death breathing down his neck. Lucien’s voice cut through the tension, low and lethal, carrying the authority of every battle…

He picked me up like I weighed nothing. I gasped, my legs parting automatically to anchor around his waist. The wall held my back. Roman held everything else. I clutched his shoulders, heart thudding loud enough that I was sure he could hear it. My fingers tangled in the back of his shirt as he…

That smirk. The napkin wipe. The timing. It all lined up too perfectly. What if it wasn’t about me? What if it never was? What if everything that had happened between us was part of the game? Was it just a well-timed move on a board I had never agreed to play? My heart dropped…

Her only answer was another kiss. Fierce. Deep. Reckless. I didn’t think. I didn’t breathe. My hands found skin, the hem of her dress. We didn’t undress fully… didn’t have the time, the space, the calm. Everything was too frantic, too wired. My shirt was open. Her bra pushed aside. She was warm and real…

I opened my mouth, but no words came out. Panic clawed up my spine. I had just crossed a line, one we couldn’t uncross. “Uhm. Goodnight, then,” I muttered, like a complete coward. I walked to my room without looking back, and shut the door behind me. I leaned against it, chest heaving, heart a…

“It’s not ideal, but it’s urgent. We need that magical boost. Our familial blood, the alpha line, is tied to the magic stronger than others. Will that be a problem?” I nodded too quickly. “No. No problem. I appreciate your faith in me.” Lucien clapped me on the shoulder and left me there, staring at…

I glanced up at Eric. He was still watching me, like he wanted something. I couldn’t tell what. A reaction, maybe. Validation that he still had an effect on me. “You never liked the weird ones,” I said. My tone was even, but my heart was buzzing under my ribs. He shrugged. “Maybe I just…

“You did this to yourself,” she wheezed, tears in her eyes from laughing too hard. “For the record, I’m not giving you mouth-to-mouth.” “Damn shame,” I croaked. When I finally stopped seeing stars, we moved on. She took her turn. “Truth,” she said, propping her chin in her hand, like this was nothing serious. Just…

“Oh, I’m a lot of things, Mags. But a coward isn’t one of them.” I started toward the door. “I’m watching.” She followed me to the hall but ducked just around the corner, her head barely visible. “Creep,” I muttered. “I have popcorn in spirit.” I knocked twice on Doris’s door, loud enough to wake…