Chapter 0163

A smile slowly grows on my lips, because who on earth could resist such a sweet request? “Okay, Luca,” I whisper in reply, nodding to him once, leaning forward again. “You show me, and I’ll listen.”

“Good,” he murmurs, grinning at me. His hand twitches in mine, and a muscle in his jaw feathers, and I tilt my head, wondering what the hell he’s resisting when suddenly he gives in and just grabs me to him, laughing and cuddling me close, whipping me around and making me shriek with laughter as he bends me back in his arms and brings his face close to mine.

“Gorgeous,” Luca laughs, smirking and shaking his head down at me, “I’m going to have a lot of fun showing you just how good we can be together.”

“Oh yeah?” I murmur, wrapping my hand slow around the back of his neck, loving the way the short hairs there brush against my fingers. “Just how much fun?”

half–lidded as one

on mine right now, completely ready to lose myself

myself, that is, until I hear my brother clear

little, and drop my head back so that I’m looking at Rafe basically

convinced to wrap up this scandalous display?” he says, arms crossed and eyebrow raised, “we could perhaps…talk as a group?” I blush scarlet as I realize that my dress is indeed

scramble to sit and then stand, smoothing my skirt now and reminding myself that I’m no longer constantly in pants. God, it’s going to be harder than I thought to remember how to

moves through the capital towards the station right at the center. As we move slowly towards the main hub of the city, I can

be waiting for Rafe and Jesse to come home. The big surprise will be me, arriving with them.

be to…not say anything. Like mom and dad so often do, we’re simply going to let the press conclude what they will about me arriving home with Rafe and Jesse, and if anyone pushes on the subject we can just drop some hints about what Aunt Cora said that I spent my time peacefully in a convent close to the

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