Page 91 of The Beta's Heart

“Don’t tell me he attacked Posy,” I gasped, my heart speeding up at the thought.

“Not physically.”

“Verbally for someone like her is almost worse,” I murmured as I cuddled into him. “Did y’all beat the shit out of him? Or just beat the parasite out of him?”

“The witches drew it out while Mase, Ash, and Wyatt locked him down.”

“Is he all right? Or going to be? And what about Topaz?”

“Yeah, Ariel said they’ll both recover just fine given enough time and love and food.”

“Food.” I rolled my eyes, but knew what they meant. Wolf shifters burned througha lotof calories, especially when fighting. “And Posy?”

“They said she will be, too, eventually. I’ll take you to see her tomorrow.” Ty sighed and pulled me on top of him, crushing me into his chest.

“There’s a lot you’re not telling me, isn’t there?” I raised my head from his shoulder to squint down at him.

“I’ll give you the whole story in the morning. For now, just let me hold you.”

“I’ll always want you to hold me,” I whispered and dug my face into his throat.

We stayed that way for a long time before Ty rolled me onto my side and craned his head to see past me.

“Those little devils look like angels when they’re asleep.”

“You know better than anyone that looks can be deceiving.”

“True. Still, this is nice.”

“Yeah, it is,” I agreed.

As we lay there, surrounded by pillows and blankets, with William and Winnie sleeping peacefully, I knew how blessed we were with moments like these. They reminded us of what really mattered.

“Someday, this will be us with our own pups,” I whispered as I headed toward dreamland.

“Yeah, but not for a while, Sunshine. We need to be more financially stable first.”

“I know, and we’re only eighteen. I want at least a couple of years of having you all to myself!”

“We’ll make sure that we’re both good and ready before we decide to have pups.” He kissed the top of my head, and I smiled, feeling content.

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Tyler

The next day, Mom organized a big dinner at the alpha house so that everyone had an excuse to go over and check on luna. Cole, too, of course, but mostly luna. Mom and Julia Price were bringing all the food so that luna wouldn’t have to do anything but sit down and eat, and Peri and I volunteered to bring dessert, albeit with ulterior motives.

Emerson had linked me after breakfast and asked me to come over that afternoon to see someone. I thought he meant Thoreau, who was a great kid and a big River fan, and I told Peri we might need a bribe to get my wolf to leave so we weren’t late for dinner.

“Does ice cream always work?” she asked as I drove us over to the del Vecchios.

“Except for when he’s already escalated,” I replied with a grin.

It wasn’tonlyReau, though, waiting for us at Em and Angelo’s.

“Who’s that?” Peri asked, pointing to a wolf chasing the giggling boy around the front yard. “It’s not Cove.”

I brought the SUV to a short stop as my jaw dropped.

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