MARRIED TO THE THREE ALPHAS
what I had done t
them. If anything, the Acker property development group that licensed this fucking f
erritory. When we had planned these little bonding outings, scheduled right before the business s
e east for generations. I had the middle ground, with a luxe village that I had rebuilt with my bare hands and capi
ought the Swiss Alps to
upscale spas and luxury hotels a
n's lake industry of boating and cottag
power pl
the dynamics among wolve
barren and scraggly and useless, on the cusp of the no-man's
the
the
wanted wh
his siblings spread across North America, he needed me to protect his precious lake i
ar we planned to scatter tiny cabins throughout for gla
you
buted too
werful alpha in his own right who, for some unknown reason, bail
ew pack, but figuring out how to interact as alphas who lorded
we wer
y local high school humans occupied the booths, jailbait fem
anopies all around the parking lot, it was easier to just breathe. For a beat, I reveled in it, let
ch winter, the full pine trees around the village bedazzled with lights as soon as November hit, the ponds with water
ture lived in our hearts until we eventually l
or years, so focused on building Quinn E
he energy-to stop and smell
ed my eyes and let the outdoors i
polished oxfords taking a dusty beating as we crossed the gravel to the main road. Not a car in sight, the handful of lo
and I had plenty to offer those
little too reminiscent of my childhood, then into the forest beyond. As one, we clawed our way through more maples, dogwoods and hawthorns, alders and birches, eventually abando
swiftly by that bargain-store white cotton tee, the rest of us followed. Off came my freshly ironed charcoal dress shirt, the tailored black slacks, the silk
While we all shared a shifter's sculpted physique, muscly and toned, defined and built for phys
noying bounciness that had made my inner wolf want to fight him when they first met, just a little too exuberant and happy-go-lucky for either of our tastes. He still carried himself like a wolf who had wanted for nothing: never faced starvati
ith two new alphas nosing into his affai
ng irritati
ip to tail. Up his front legs. Around his neck, puncture wounds lingering with every shift. A chunk missing from his upper lip. B
ck, I thought the scars might be from a fated mate. After all, as far
ate, so that theory went down like a lead anchor. Some other fucked up shit mu
o years, Lucian was slow and steady, his wolf form cautious with ev
lf an
ulating and focused. Work smart, not hard.
, thick and pure obsidian. In my eyes, I had always
rm was a haggard suns
en. As soon as the shift was over, air steamy from the heat of transformation, we greeted each other cordially, reacquainting ourselves
ng fi
ion. Tonight, I vaguely sensed Soren's exhilaration as he tore through the forest, that heated excitement undercut by Lucian's caution. He brought up the rear of the group like he needed to see
mo
lled with damp forest air. We all pushed ourselves, almost as if our inner wolves sensed they had ground to recover after such a forced outing at the pub. Together, we headed n