BELLE
The familiar buzz of my alarm woke me. Crap. I forgot to turn this thing off for good. It wasn’t like I was going back to that university of hell any time soon. Not with the devil himself as my boss. I couldn’t just waltz in, pretending it was all a hallucination. Besides, Damien only hired me because he was after my soul—and pussy.
A shudder ran through me, but I luxuriated in the delicious sensation of waking up with Kayden’s massive body serving as both my pillow and my bed. He smelled so warm, so good. The heavy weight of one of his arms slung across my back, the fingers of his opposite hand curled around my thigh—as if he’d fallen asleep while holding me and never let me go.
I knew I’d slept like a baby in his arms, after that orgasm.
Speaking of orgasms, hello, morning semi-erections. His huge thingy peeked from his boxers and rubbed at my thigh. It was tempting to do stuff I wasn’t supposed to, but I had to respect him as much as he respected me and his brother.
I dragged myself out of bed, my inner devil, not Damien, whispering foul thoughts in my ears. The things I would do with that cock. I was dying to taste it, see how much of it I can put in my mouth before it fucked my throat.
Fuck manners.
I shook my head as I took one final glance at Kayden before I yanked my gaze to the windows. The sunlight flooded the room. Why the hell hadn’t I bought those curtains yet? I hoped the sun wouldn’t wake Kayden. He looked so peaceful.
The bed creaked under him. “I love you, Belle.”
My heart skipped a beat. I spun at him. His eyes were still closed. His breathing gained its sleep rhythm back.
He must have been dreaming when he said it. My heart fluttered at the sweetness. “I love you, too,” I whispered. “All three of you.”
I was in love with three men. No, three beasts.
I didn’t know which part was worse, the fact that my heart was split three ways or that my lovers were werewolves and vampires.
The answer came loud and clear in my head.
Neither.
Beasts or not, I was in love with them, and they loved me back. That put a smile on my face. Nothing that terrible could make someone this happy, right?
What was terrible was me having only twenty-two more years to live.
That was what I should have been worrying about, and the fact that I had to choose one of my three beasts to spend those remaining years with by Halloween.
To think I’d come to Forest Grove to leave all my worries and problems behind and finally have peace away from monsters…
My shoulders slumped as I walked out of the bedroom and into the bathroom. I washed the sleep off me, and when I came out, Kayden was in the living room.
I jumped. “You spooked me.”
“Sorry. Good morning.” His gruff voice was raw with sleep and full of masculinity. It went straight to my pussy.
“Good morning. You need the bathroom?”
“To wash my face, nothing else.”
I laughed under my breath. “And maybe pee. You look like you need it.”
“No, baby. That’s all you. Get used to it if you ever ask me to sleep next to you all night again.”
He moved past me, his front brushing against mine, and a delicious shiver ripped through me. “Sorry, your place is so tiny.”
I heard him chuckle in the bathroom as I plopped on the nearest seat. Looking down, I saw my nipples through my nightgown. If we stayed like this—I in the thin thing, him in boxers—what he was avoiding last night could be inevitable now.
I donned a robe and a fresh pair of underwear that would soak up pretty soon. “You put my potential mates on a timeout, yes?!”
“Yup!”
