Angel Blackwood(111)

“Right here.” We stop dead in our tracks and see Johnny standing on top of the staircase with his arms folded over his chest.

“Mom had a little too much wine,” I say as he takes her from our arms, lifting her up and holding her to his chest. She wraps her arms around his neck. He looks down at her smiling, then looks up to me and whispers, “How did it go with Noelle?”

“I think it went good. They were laughing and happy when I left. I’m sure they resolved whatever issues they had between them,” I say.

My father looks down at Alex now fast asleep in his arms and smiles nodding his head, “Good. I’m glad.”

I lean into Talon’s side. He wraps an arm over my shoulders and I tilt my head into his chest, breathing him in.

Jesus… I love the way he smells.

Talon’s hand squeezes my shoulder and I quickly look up to find my father staring at us with an odd expression. “You two good?” He asks, directing the question at Talon.

“Yes, sir. I’m going to walk Angel to her room then I’m going to go complete my night duty and check the perimeter,” Talon says, sounding a little too rehearsed.

My father nods his head.

“Night, dad.”

“Goodnight, sweetie.”

I turn and walk away before he decides to ask any more questions.

I shower and change then climb into bed happy with the outcome of the night.





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I wake up sometime during the night. The pillow I was clutching to my chest has been removed and in its place is a warm hard body. An arm wraps around me pulling me closer. I rest my head on his chest as I fall back to sleep with his hands running through my hair.

The weird thing about the situation is… I can already feel a warm body close behind me, his hand still resting on my hip.





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I wake up the next morning breathing a sweet scent, but when I reach out all I feel is emptiness and warmth where a body should have been.

Was I dreaming? Did Tyler climb into bed with me last night? Did he hold me to him and gently scratch my hair as I fell back to sleep?

When the hand that rests possessively over my breast gives me a little squeeze, all other thoughts evaporate. His hand is under my shirt, on my bare skin.

He pulls me tighter against him and I feel his erection against my ass; his very… large erection. My nerves cause me to leap out of the bed.

Talon’s shirtless form lets out a stretch. His hair is all crumpled. All I wanna do is climb back in bed with him right now, but I don’t think I’ll be able to stop myself if things start heating up.

“What’s going on? Why’d you jump up like that?” he mumbles as he lies on his chest pulling the pillows under his chin. His eyes are still blinking from just being woken up by my rash behaviour.

What do I say? I can’t lie to him.

“Just tell him the truth.” Faith’s voice filters through. “His wolf thinks you don’t want them.”

“Of course I want them! I want them so bad it hurts.”

“But it doesn’t feel right without Tyler?” She asks. She doesn’t even need an answer from me. She knows he’s the reason I keep backing away.

“Angel?” Talon blinks a few more times, then looks my nervous state over before sitting up and moving closer to me.

He reaches out and grabs my wrist, pulling me gently to stand in between his legs. He runs his hands up and down my upper thighs staring into my eyes.

“Talk to me,” he says softly.

“I’m not ready for that yet.”

“For what?” He seems confused.

“Sex, Talon. I’m not ready to have sex.”

“I know, baby. I wasn’t going to try and have sex with you. I want to…don’t get me wrong. I want to be inside you so bad. My wolf wants to claim you too, but only when you’re ready, baby.” His words only cause the tremble in my body to worsen. His words are seriously not working because now I’m all mushy and love struck.

“Baby, you’re making this hard for me.” He looks down at my stomach and clears his throat. When he looks up I can see his eyes darkening with hunger written all over his face, “I can smell your arousal, Angel.”

My eyes widen and I immediately feel the heat on my cheeks. I step away from him quickly.

“I’m jumping in the shower quick.” I don’t wait for a response as I quickly head for the bathroom.

I take my time in the shower, luckily Talon is no longer sitting in my bed when I enter my room in search of clothing. I make my way downstairs to find the house empty.

“Where is everybody?” I mumble out loud as I head for my father’s office on the other side of the house. I’m suddenly met by chaos and people rushing all over the place.