Page 157 of Shadow

“Hey, heaven,” I greeted her, taking in how pretty she looked in her soft pink dress, the straps tied in dainty bows on her shoulders. “How’s my girl?”

She signed to me, her eyes bright. I nearly dropped the phone.

“You’re coming home? Today?” I sat up, my heart pounding. “Fuck yes, baby. When will you be here?”

She bit her bottom lip and signed again.

“Uh, yeah. Yeah, that’s fine. This evening is perfect. I’ll tell everyone.” I stared at her through the screen. “I’m so excited. I miss you like crazy.”

She smiled and signed that she missed me, too.

We stared at one another for a moment before I asked her the thought plaguing me.

“Did you and Shadow, uh, have sex?” Stitches had mentioned it might be what was holding her back from coming home. That and her worries about Sin still.

Her cheeks flushed pink, and she nodded, her bottom lip pulled between her teeth.

“Oh. Wow. Uh, how-how was it?”

Her grin widened, and she wiggled in her seat before signingamazing.

“That good?” I smiled back. “Guess I’ll have to up my game, huh?”

Her eyes sparkled as she signed to me.

I love the way you fuck me.

“You come home to me, and it’s the first damn thing I’m going to do,” I said in a husky voice. “I’ll take your pussy and let Stitches fuck your ass. He said he wants to use his rope on you. I’m pretty sure that means he’s going to tie you to his bed and we’re all going to take turns on you.”

I’d like that.

I smirked at her answer.

“Me too, heaven.” I paused. “Where are Asylum and Shadow?”

Bathroom. Therapy.

I nodded at her answer. I assumed Shadow was at therapy. If I remembered correctly, he did Saturday mornings with the anxiety group, although nothing about him suggested he had anxiety. I wasn’t a doctor, though. Plus, Asylum had slept on our couch last night and only left a few hours ago. He said Shadow was going to fuck her finally, and he wanted to give them privacy.

So he’d been a weirdo on our couch, eating Cheetos with a fork and playing video games with us.

Despite his oddness, he was growing on all of us. I had a deep respect for him and his devotion to Sirena.

Strange how times could change so fast.

“Hey, torch,” Asylum greeted me as he flopped onto the mattress next to Sirena. “Guess what I came home to this morning?”

“No idea. What?”

“Firefly telling me she’s leaving and taking Shadow with her. I need a new roommate. Want in?”

“I’m good man.” I smiled at him. “Maybe you can take Cady in.”

He wrinkled his nose at that. “That… sounds like a terrible idea.”

Sirena slapped at him, making him laugh. I watched him grab her hands and pull her close. I almost thought he was going to kiss her, but he suddenly tweaked her nose and got to his feet amid her eye roll.

She was different with him. I suppose she was different with all of us. We each gave her a little something she needed.

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