Phases 4: Awakening Delilah by Abigail Barnette

Author:Abigail Barnette [Barnette, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mmf
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing, LLC
Published: 2011-04-06T04:00:00+00:00

While Darius went over his schedule for the week, Miguel stood in the kitchen and allowed himself a blissful, momentary space-out. He’d been with Darius for three years, and he’d known early on that his partner, no matter what his good intentions, would never be a one-man-man. Darius’s indiscretion with Laney had been a brutal shock, and though they’d tried to make things work, the polyamorous relationship had been doomed from the start by Darius’s dishonesty.

It hadn’t been just that Darius had slept with Laney. Miguel had taken one look at her long, toned legs and her impressive implants—and they had been fun to play with, so what if they’d been fake—and he’d understood why Darius had done it. But what Miguel hadn’t understood was why Darius hadn’t come to him to begin with, to…not ask permission, because Miguel wasn’t Darius’s warden. Ask for his blessing? No, that hadn’t been it either. Miguel had always thought that there were no secrets in a relationship, had thought that Darius was looking for the same kind of honesty. That’s what had torn Miguel’s heart out. Darius had hidden his affair with Laney, and he’d shared the secret of his infidelity with her and her alone. Miguel hadn’t known until the fateful day that Darius had accidentally played one of her voicemail messages over speakerphone.

They’d moved on since then, and as much as Miguel hated to admit it and give Laney any credit, the situation had improved his bond with Darius. Their love was the most precious possession Miguel had, so he could certainly see why Darius wouldn’t want to jeopardize it.

But she’s nothing like Laney, he argued with himself. Laney was catty, jealous and delusional. Delilah is a good person. So what if he couldn’t know for sure that she was a good person. He’d always believed that first impressions, gut instincts, were the way to go. He hadn’t liked Laney when he’d first met her. He’d had to force himself to like her, and most of that had been a cover so he’d get a chance to play with her giant fake boobs some more. He liked Delilah, probably more than he should. He liked her in the way that made school children send each other notes asking them to check yes or no.

It wasn’t like the idea of a poly-relationship was completely out of the question in Gwinn Close. He didn’t know why, but it seemed like hardly anyone who moved in as a couple stayed that way for long. Same with singles who moved in. It might have been their shifter nature that encouraged them to branch beyond pairs and into packs. It might have been just that after living so long with the huge secret of their natures, they were willing to be totally open with anyone who would take on that level of intimacy. Either way, the society in Gwinn Close seemed to be functioning okay, so Miguel didn’t bother to question it.

Still, his feelings toward Delilah had nothing to do with trying to maintain the status quo.

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