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This was just…sad

"Did you write the address dorong?" I asked Holden

The vaed the question, Do I look like a fucking idiot to you?

"Geez, just asking"

I was still unco between Desmond and Holden There was a little too , and the divided parts of my nature were all up in ar to explain why I should ditch the wolf and go as behind door number one My olf half, who I now understood was a real, living entity inside ot into the driver’s seat of our body--was telling ed me one way, the vampire held her on a leash

Neither of thele would have been great In a huirl, I would just have to ask myself Who do I love le entitya decision based solely on love I was a monster with divided destinies, and each of the men at my side represented a prize at the end of a path

Choose to be a vampire and I could be with Holden Forever

Choose to be a olf and I could have Desmond back Until one of us died

The lifelines on ainst my jeans Howone of ht it was right for the pack

If only it was a simply human choice Not one that would define the entire outcoh I wouldn’t call it an easy choice, it was one I could make But I wasn’t ready to decide onto share h I’d expected Desmond to share me with Lucas

Look hoell that had ended

"Earth to Secret," Desers in front of my face "The bloodsucker asked you a question Where did you go?"

"What?"

"I asked--"

"I said--"

They both stopped talking as si glares over the top of my head Which wasn’t terribly difficult since Desmond was over six feet, Holden was just under it, and I was practically ain, and paused, waiting to be interrupted When Holden didn’t speak, the olf continued, "Where did you go?"

"Sorry, I was…thinking about soave him a sad smile "How much easier my life would be if I was human"

Had I said those words to Lucas, he would have looked crushed At least during our courtship Being a olf had been what brought us together Ultimately it was also what tore us asunder, but I wouldn’t expect the wolf king to see it that way Desh the soul-bond had been what drewelse that ht not have been supernatural, but it was the one fantastic, subli that even the most mundane hu it, becauseabout how I loved him Desmond returned esture was delicate and uncertain, as though he wasn’t sure it was okay to put his hands on me Or if he really wanted to

As if he hadn’t fucked the living daylights out of ht before

Holden cleared his throat "If this lovely discussion about Secret’s hopes and dreams could wrap itself up, what I’d asked ould you like to go find your uilt wound there

I pulled away fro that while I stood here thinking about ht be so in front of us And I hadn’t run in headlong to save her That nugget left a bad taste on the back offor, then? Lead the way"

I understood i looked abandoned from the outside The apart space, and the inside was a shock to the systeed to e rolls of white cotton and

In the center of the e-style elevator, but the walls where the previous aparts had beenabout twenty-five-foot, exposed-beah they’d actually combined the first and second floor for more space

The machinery all lay quiet, and there was no one at work to question ere around Gawking at the equip it here, I followed the men to the elevator As weird as this was, it still wasn’t a nightclub I couldn’t hear anythe cage door broughtnew to focus on We were locked inside a cage It didn’t ically I kneould be out of it in less than a minute To her, there was no way to explain it in a satisfactorythe fuck out<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>