Never After Dark The Boxed Set Books 1 - 4: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Elle Thorne

Author:Elle Thorne [Thorne, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbed Borders Press
Published: 2015-10-12T18:30:00+00:00

Epilogue

A few days later…

Sophie and Niko had spent two days on the island while Rafe and Jax returned home.

Now Sophie and Niko were in Rome. She took Niko’s hand and they walked up the stairs to the Tiero Villa.

The afternoon sun baked the air with the fragrance of pines. The ochre color of the villa was welcoming to Sophia, though a part of her dreaded the upcoming events.

Her father would be here. There’d be a showdown, the one she’d anticipated and avoided.

One of many she’d anticipated and avoided.

She took a deep breath.

“I’m here, you know.” Niko’s voice was low. “I’m always here.”

Giving him a sideways glance, she nodded. “I know. Some things are difficult, though, no matter how many reinforcements you have.”

“Maybe you’ll be lucky and you won’t have to deal with him. Not yet.”

“Maybe. If he’s not back from Sicily yet. He goes down there to pout. Pouting for him can take days.”

“So he’s like you—he runs?”

Sophie quirked a brow at him. “You didn’t have to say it that way.” She squeezed his hand. “But you’re right. I do take after him that way.”

Niko opened the door for her.

The entryway was charged with emotions; she scented concern and fear. She tried to pinpoint who the scent was coming from but couldn’t. Too many different scents. She looked at Niko, whose nostrils flared; he’d scented the same.

They moved into the living room.

Vax, Callie, Rafe and Jax were sitting on the couch and the love seat. Near them, a woman whose green eyes almost seemed to glow was sitting in a wing chair, and a giant of a man was standing behind them.

Rafe made quick work of the introductions. “Kane, Astra, my sister Sophie and her mate Niko.”

Sophie watched Vax. There was no sign of surprise on his face at the announcement that she had a mate, so it was obvious Rafe had briefed everyone.

She felt relief that she didn’t have to go through any explanations.

She still took the tea, waiting to announce the baby, hoping to avoid the hoopla.

“I’ve heard about you from Mae and Doc.” Sophie smiled at Astra and Kane, the huge bear shifter standing behind Astra.

Astra smiled, but her smile was strained and there were circles under her eyes.

“What’s going on?” The worry in the air was easy to scent.

“Maia,” Callie said.

“Is she okay?” Sophie looked to Rafe for an answer.

In Dallas, Sophie had thought she might have been the one who was closest to Maia, but that wasn’t saying much. The exotically beautiful, curvy leopard shifter kept to herself.

Rafe frowned. “She’s gone.”

“Where did she go?” Sophie found it difficult to believe that Maia would leave without having a job lined up. Rafe had provided her with work, and she had a place to stay, here at the villa. “Why would she leave?”

Jax stood and began pacing. “I think she left because of me. She cared for Rafe, that was obvious. Then when I entered the picture…” Her face was etched with concern.

“Even so,” Rafe said. “I never gave her a reason to think there was anything between us.

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