Chapter Forty-Three

The room was dark as Annie opened her eyes. She was laying in bed with Annie. The wolfs wild pink and blue hair a wavy mess that covered her face. Moving closer, she brought her hand up, pushing the hair out of her face.

Annie propped her chin on her hand as she moved her fingers over the short bridge of Candy’s nose. In sleep, her mate looked much younger than she knew her to be. Her face scrubbed clean of the dark eye makeup she liked to wear. Her lips now a pale pink instead of the dark maroon color she normally wore.

She was beautiful, Annie moved her fingers over her cheek. Tracing the spot where her dimples were when she smiled.

“Baby, what are you doing?” Candy asked, her voice groggy with sleep as she cracked open an eye to look at her.

“Just looking at you.”

“Like what you see?” Candy asked, rolling onto her side as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

“I do.”

“Good, lets go back to sleep.” Candy whispered as she kissed Annie before burrowing deeper into the covers.

“I need to go to the bathroom.” Annie said, rolling over to her other side, she grabbed the post of the bed and pulled herself up to sit.

“Need me to walk you?”

“No, I’ll be fine.”

Candy inched closer to Annie, wrapping her body around her mate. “You sure?”

“Yeah, where is Stolas?” Candy asked, watching as Annie stood and made her way to the dresser to grab a clean pair of leggings and a shirt.

“I don’t know, but I know he’s nearby.”

“You can feel him too?”

“Sorta, it’s strange. I feel like if I closed my eyes and just walked I’d be able to find him.”

“That’s how I feel about you. It must be the bond.” Candy said, already missing Annie’s warmth.

“I feel that way about you too.”

“Interesting, I wonder if it’s a succubus thing?” Annie said as she propped her head up on her hand.

“I guess that’s something we’ll have to figure out, do you think your sister knows?”

“No, I know we’ll have fun figuring things out. Go use the bathroom and then come back to bed.”

“You’re bossy, you know that?”

“So I’ve been told, if it bothers you, I can work on it.” Candy said, worrying her lower lip. She had thought that it would be okay Candy couldn’t help but wonder if more research was in her very near future.

“No, it’s just something I’ll have to get used to. I don’t mind it when we’re together.”

“Together-together or together?” She asked, waggling her eyebrows.

“Together-together, like sexy times. Bathroom, I’ll be right back.” Annie said as she made her way to the door, turning the knob and pushing it open.

Stolas stood outside, the tray propped on his hip as his hand was lifted to the knob. “Hey you.”

“Hey yourself.” He said, his lips quirking up into a half smile. Annie stepped back, letting him come into the room before she made her way to the bathroom.

“Sleep well?” Stolas asked Candy as he sat the tray on the dresser.

“Yes, what’s this?” Candy asked, as she sat up. The comforter falling to her lap. Stolas couldn’t help but smile as his eyes traveled down her face to her breasts. He leaned back against the dresser, crossing his arms over his bare chest.

“We slept through the afternoon, so I thought dinner in bed would be fitting. Can’t have either of you growing weak on me.”

“What time is it?” Annie asked as she moved closer to the edge of the bed.

“Half-past eight.” Stolas said, as he lifted the cover off the tray and grabbed a grape from the oversized plate he’d loaded down with sandwiches and fruits.

“Crap, Eli and Dev are going to be pissed at me.” Candy said, grabbing a sandwich as she picked up one of the half sandwiches.

“I wouldn’t worry about that, I saw Eli in the kitchen. I get the feeling he doesn’t like me.”

“Oh, why?”

“He went all growly at me.” Stolas said. “Should I be worried?”

Candy sat down her phone and looked up at him, “No, he’s a bit protective of me and for a long time I thought that I loved him. That we were supposed to be together.”

Stolas rested his hands on her hips as she sat the sandwich back down onto the tray. Pressig up onto her toes, she rested a hand on his chest and pressed her lips against his. “Now I’ve got you and Annie.”

“So nothing besides friendly love?” Stolas asked as he pulled away from the kiss, his thumbs stroking over her hip bones.

“Only the friendly kind with him. You and Annie are it for me.”

“Good.” Stolas said, leaning his forehead against hers as he dragged his hands up her sides. His thumb brushed over the swell of her breast as his other moved to cup her cheek. “For a minute, I was jealous.”

“You don’t need to be, your mine.”

“I like that.” Stolas said as he pressed his lips to hers, his tongue moving along the seam of her lips as she moved her hands lower hooking her fingers into the loops of jeans.

Annie came back into the room. She closed the door behind her, leaning against the solid oak as she watched Candy kissed Stolas.

She knew she should feel strange watching the two of them. It had always made her chest feel tight, like someone was stabbing her when Beau would kiss Abby.

With a sigh, she moved closer to the two of them.

“Hey baby.” Candy said as she rested her hand on Stolas’ waist. “Stolas fixed us dinner.”