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I can’t deal with waking these guys up, so I untangle myself as carefully as I can from them, like I’m defusing a bomb. But rather than sneaking out when I’m free of them, I stay and stare. My heart aches a little as I look at them. They’re god-like beautiful, but they’re also gentle, kind, and smart. They’re the kind of men most women search a lifetime for. And I had found them, and had to leave them.
I tell them goodbye in my mind, then collect my clothes, dress, and head out. By the time I reach my car, I’m crying a little, which is silly. It’s not like that was love. It’s not like there could be anything real between three men and me. It was just a night. A fantasy. I’ll never see them again, so it’s better if I just forget them altogether.
Not that I ever could. But I’ll try.
Going to Sleepy Hollow with Willow is my future. Running our restaurant will be my life. I’ll meet new people, make new friends, and date. No, I don’t expect to meet guys like that, but it’ll have to be enough for me, because that’s life.
And life doesn’t always work out the way it does in fairytales. I’d learned that lesson well.
FIVE
Brax
My dreams are filled with our sweet Clover. The instant I scented her in that alley, I knew she was our mate. We came to town on pack business, hopeful that we could create a better life for our people. But of all the things I thought might happen, I could’ve never been prepared to find our mate.
She’ll change everything. Not just for my best friends and I, but for our whole pack. As mate to their alpha, to me, she will be my luna. Not only that but she’ll be mate to Trent, my beta, and mate to my delta, to Asher. I had always hoped that we would share a mate, but things don’t always happen the way we want.
Only, this time it did. Somehow.
Finding her is the single greatest thing that has happened to us. Ever.
Of course, our stay will have to be extended, but our pack will understand. As a human, she will need to be wooed before we bring her back to Sleepy Hollow. We’ll need to date her, to spoil her, and, eventually, when she’s ready, tell her what we are. After all of that, we’ll take her home, bring her to our pack, and our world will be better because she’s in it.
Our mate. Our beautiful, funny, strong mate. A woman who handles mace like a warrior. A woman who has been hurt, who has vulnerability hidden beneath all her toughness. Vulnerability I hope one day she’ll share with us more, when we’ve earned it.
With us, she will never know sadness or loneliness, not if we can help it. With us, she’ll never again say things that imply she’s any less than other women. She’ll see that she’s a queen, above all others.
With time. We just need to be patient.
Reaching across the bed, I expect to feel her soft skin, but all I feel are muscles. My eyes pop open, and I see Trent and Asher asleep, but no Clover. A growl builds in the back of my throat, but I tell myself to calm. She must simply be in the bathroom. I slide out of bed and go searching for her, but it quickly becomes apparent that she’s nowhere to be found.
She… left.
My jaw hardens. If she thinks we’ll give up so easily, she’s wrong. We will go to that House of Dicks every day until she agrees to go out with us again. We’ll stop at nothing to make her ours.
She’ll see that, soon enough.
Still, my wolf is angry, and I know when the others awaken, there will be hell to pay.
