Eleonore’s POVMy phone was buzzing in my pocket, I had a killer headache, my eyes were crusty, and I decided that I would not be having another brownie for the duration of my college life, no matter what was in them.The ceiling was unfamiliar, the throw blanket on top of me was wooly, foreign. I’d admit that for a moment, with how crappy I was feeling, I thought I was in a hospital wait room and had just woken up after passing out.But no, it could never be that simple. After the fog of sleep left me and I was more awake I realized I was in one of the campus apartments, splayed out on a couch and all alone. All my clothes were in place, my phone hadn’t been stolen, and I was… okay.It took me a moment to remember what happened and afterwards, I couldn’t help but blush. Mr. Werewolf’s brother had saved me apparently, and on top of that, he apologized.I was so relieved that whatever was between us was over and that I no longer had to worry about it in the back of my head.

Eleonore’s POVSomething was missing as I attended classes and worked on projects, going through the motions of university, just devoid of company, and I didn’t realize how big a gap it would cause in my life until the company was gone.Until they were gone. For different reasons, yet it all boiled down to one thing. Broken trust.Charlie was supposed to stay by my side that night but got sucked into a conversation after talking to the host of the party.A flurry of apologetic texts explained that she’d been cornered by one of the guys on the football team on the second floor, someone who was in her baby bio class but was failing said class and desperately needed help. However, he wouldn’t let Charlie leave for anything as he worked out a deal with her. A deal that overtook her attention when the dude could get her tickets to her favorite underground indie band.It spiraled from there and then by the time Gael came to get her or at least tell her he was taking me home;

Missael's POVVampires.Fucking vampires. I wasn’t usually one for swearing but, taking a page from Gael’s book felt right in this instance.Could our mate not catch a fucking break? With us it was one thing, we weren’t threats to her, even if she couldn’t believe that, but almost becoming vampire prey? It was absolutely unfair and I was starting to worry that Eleonore might’ve been cursed when she was a child to have such poor luck.I could bring those worries up to Gabriel later though, right now I needed to get her back to campus where there was some relative safety in being among so many people.The book club was understanding when I explained that I was going to slip out to take Eleonore back to her dorm before coming back to help drive everyone back. The simple truth of someone having approached her and leaving her upset was enough to have them practically shooing us out for safer, more comforting halls.Then I was driving back, Eleonore in the passenger seat lo

Eleonore’s POVMy father had forced me into rather tense and awkward situations before. Dinners, dances, charity functions and high-class parties to schmooze with the other powerful and rich, and having your children attend was usually a good look if they were behaved, which Thomas and I had to be.They weren’t fun, but we dealt with it.This situation was a bit different from a fancy dinner, but it felt just as awkward. I had texted Gael who handed off his brothers’ phone numbers while apologizing once more. It was his older brother, Gabriel who asked to meet with me first.I thought it’d be Gael who wanted to see me first, but Missael told me Gael was in trouble because he was supposed to give me space and… yes. That was fair, honestly. I hadn’t exactly been happy to be bombarded with so many texts after that, but it still felt a bit mean.Since Gabriel asked to meet me, and after everything that happened, I hesitantly agreed as long as it was a public space, which he co

Missael’s POVWe needed to address the elephant in the room because it was starting to turn into a ticking time bomb and ignoring it was doing nothing for us but adding more fuel and waiting for it to go up.I was waiting for the right time to bring it up with my brothers because, Goddess forbid, if we had to talk about feelings, but this was starting to get to be a bit much.I knew Eleonore wanted to sit down and talk with all of us about this and that the longer we were sort of kind of together, the more it needed to be addressed. But that was a bit hard to do when not everyone was ready for that.Not from lack of trying on my part though, just the two idiots I called brothers were stalling. Eleonore was an incredible woman even if she wasn’t our fated mate, and it was hard to control ourselves. I knew Gael barely did with how touchy he was with her. Hand holding, hugs, and I knew it was killing him that he couldn’t outright kiss her.We were scared to press boundaries,