“Don't thank me. That just makes me feel like more of an ass for making you wait so long.”
“Isn't that your pattern?” I ask him, opening my eyes up and leaning back in his arms so I can stare at his face. “Last one to join the group, last one to say the terrifying L-word.”
He shakes his head, those violet eyes focused wholly and completely on my face.
“It's not terrifying to say when I'm with you,” he tells me, and I know he's speaking the truth. “I just didn't know what would happen once I did say it. Things feel too perfect to be real. I didn't want to break that bubble.”
“Our love isn't a bubble,” I tell him. “Bubbles are too easily popped.” I pause and nibble my lower lip for a moment. “No, our love is like a fairytale. It has a beginning, a middle, and a happily ever after, but it doesn't have an end. You can always add new chapters.”
“You're as much of a romantic as Cope is,” Michael says, voice brimming with affection.
He kisses me again, just long enough that the others manage to catch up to us.
“You want to walk to that café on the corner and get something to eat?” Muse asks, glancing down at my bare, paint covered feet and then lifting up a pair of red heels that he was holding at his side.
They're the same ones I wore to my first Beauty in Lies concert, my Cinderella shoes, the one my prince brought back to me. Well, one of my princes anyway.
“They were the only ones I could find; your house is a mess,” he says with a wink, and I know that when we get back, I'll have to stop him from trying to clean it. Muse leans down and helps me slip them on my feet.
“Ready?” Ransom asks as he takes one of my hands, and Paxton grabs the other.
“I'm ready,” I say as we step into the sunshine and the light sparkles off my hair like spun rubies.
With my boys by my side, I'm ready for anything.
As we walk, a few lines of a Beauty in Lies song plays in my head.
My happy ending is rending my heart; I don't want it to end. Take me back, back, back to the beginning again. Don't fret; turn the page. Because my smile and your heart, they'll be dancing there together until the happy end, so long that it becomes our beautiful beginning all over again.
And they lived happily ever after. …
Five runaway teens, one epic love story.
I am wolf; I am human; I am neither; I am both. I am werewolf.
And I have seven Alpha Males as my mates.
Florian is a tattoo artist, the love of my life … and my stepbrother. Fate can be wicked cruel.
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About the Author
C.M. Stunich is a self-admitted bibliophile with a love for exotic teas and a whole host of characters who live full time inside the strange, swirling vortex of her thoughts. Some folks might call this crazy, but Caitlin Morgan doesn't mind - especially considering she has to write biographies in the third person. Oh, and half the host of characters in her head are searing hot bad boys with dirty mouths and skillful hands (among other things). If being crazy means hanging out with them everyday, C.M. has decided to have herself committed.
She hates tapioca pudding, loves to binge on cheesy horror movies, and is a slave to many cats. When she's not vacuuming fur off of her couch, C.M. can be found with her nose buried in a book or her eyes glued to a computer screen. She's the author of over fifty novels - romance, new adult, fantasy, and young adult included. Please, come and join her inside her crazy. There's a heck of a lot to do there.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Front Matter Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Back Matter Beautiful Survivors Cover
Pack Ebon Red Cover
Stepbrother Inked Cover
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