“It’s fine,” I said. “I got away before anything truly bad happened.” At his insistence, I then proceeded to explain exactly what Terry had done. “He tried to touch you,” Nicholas growled. “He did touch you.” “I left before anything could happen. I got myself out of that situation.” After clea

Susie was naïve to believe that Terry would take her on this private tour and not try to fool around with her. And, knowing her, she would likely be too shy and meek to properly defend herself from him. I couldn’t let that happen. I couldn’t let her put herself in that position to start with. Te

Nicholas’s wolf eyes looked at me for only a moment, before turning to Terry. A growl erupted from the back of his throat. Then, all at once, he tore forward, pounced, and knocked Terry away from me and down onto the ground. Julian, in human form, burst into the room behind Nicholas. He rushed to

Nicholas My mind would not let me rest at all that night. My body was at rest, finding comfort in knowing Piper was safe and within reach. But my thoughts constantly reminded me that soon, when the competition ended, Piper would be gone from my side. Soon, I wouldn’t be able to protect her. To

Waking up in bed alone, with Nicholas nowhere in sight, I felt rejected. I adamantly fought against the feeling, telling myself everything was fine, Nicholas was a very important and busy man. But the hurt was persistent, rooted deep within me. Worse, I was now also humiliated. It was early, but