ToBend.PDF by Elemental Alchemy

Author:Elemental Alchemy [Alchemy, Elemental]
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Published: 2010-08-12T14:50:32.371000+00:00

CHAPTER 3

Chris didn’t look nearly as intimidating by the light of

morning. The eyes that had been so cold and distant the night

before were warm with sleep, and his carefully combed hair was

mussed, sticking up in all different directions. His jaw was dark

with stubble, and there were bite marks and hickeys on his chest

that Frazier didn’t remember leaving there. He didn’t remember a

lot of things about the night before. Like exactly how he came to

be wrapped around Chris’s body, with Rose draped over his back.

And he didn’t exactly know why it felt like he belonged there.

“How are you feeling?” Rose asked, her lips moving against

his shoulder.

“Tired.” Frazier yawned. “Sore.”

“You want to go again.”

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TO BEND

Frazier opened his mouth to answer in the affirmative, but he

wasn’t sure if he was physically capable of going again. He felt

bruised and weak. He thought he might need an entire day to

recover.

“I don’t know. Do you two do this regularly?”

“What?” Rose asked.

“This. All of this.”

“Yes.” Chris’s answer rumbled through him. Frazier turned his

head, hoping Chris didn’t seen the disappointment in his eyes. He

would have rather heard no, you just made us get carried away. As

unrealistic as that probably was. “But it’s been a long time since it

felt that…like that.”

“I’ve never experienced anything like it in my life,” Frazier

admitted.

“It doesn’t have to be a onetime thing.” Chris idly ran his

fingers down Frazier’s arm. “You’re welcome here any time.”

“Here? You mean, in your bed?”

“Sure.”

“So…how literal should I take that invitation? I could just

knock on your door at one in the morning and tell you I need you?”

The corner of Chris’s mouth lifted. “Yes, though it might be

better if you call ahead first. Just to make sure we’re here for you.”

“I don’t know.”

“What’s there to know?” Rose asked. “You’re a part of the

pack. Chris is as much yours as you are his. Your alpha. Your

leader. He’s here for anything you need.”

“It’s just…weird.” He looked from Rose back to Chris. “It’s

weird.”

“It’s weird to be protected? It’s weird to be taken care of? It’s

weird to be loved?”

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“Well…yes.”

“You’re going to have to get used to it. But we’ll help you

adjust. Won’t we Rose?”

“We will,” Rose promised.

Before, Frazier would have resisted. He would have fought

them both, clinging to what he liked to call his independence, even

though he had practically begged to be a wolf. But now he knew

there was no point to it. He had already surrendered to them,

releasing himself into their care. And in that moment, in that bed,

between their warm bodies, he knew he made the right decision.

One that he wouldn’t regret. One that he wouldn’t try to take back.

“Thank you. For not kicking me out.”

“I wouldn’t have done that,” Chris told him. “You’re too

pretty.”

Rose kissed the corner of his mouth. “Told you he liked you.”

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PEPPER ESPINOZA

Pepper Espinoza lives in southern California with her husband and

her cats. She has spent the last year working as a full time author,

and intends to start graduate school in the fall.

You can learn more about Pepper by visiting her website:

www.pepperverse.net

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by Pepper Espinoza,

available at AmberHeat.

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