Bound with Shadows

s had a face, i

ike they were the gates of hell. Five years. Five years of deliberately avo

older and wiser and hotter - okay, maybe not

All

that had witnessed me at my very lowest. The place where my mate - my one and only soulmate I

Theo. The one person over the years who had consistently t

How long are you going to keep pr

but Theo was relentless. He eve

hem while you're gone? You'd re

Back where my heart was stomped on l

o shake off the tension. There was a new guy at the security post, and

ey, I'm Naomi Carter. Theo'

Carter has exactly one siblin

. The long-lost sister who comes b

ically, clearly not b

ously? Do I look

're trying too har

gument until a familiar vo

LITTLE TRAITOR! IS

childhood best friend, ran at me as

muttered. "

, Marcus nearly dragged me out of

"And also, maybe lay off the gym

ing like an idiot. "I thought you were dead! Or wo

Second, I have one ca

med confused as hell

ing Carter. "You are looking at the big

rms as I looked up at hi

missed roasting you. My life has be

y that, and yet here you are, nea

ut

w much time passed, Marcus would always be the same-sarcastic, insu

many months away, trying to carve out a new life in the city. But reality

ight, let me get going. I have emot

How's that thriving city life? Look

ed open my car door. "Oh, b

eat and pulled onto the road, leaving

house appeared on the hor

ay, just as pristine as I remembered. The flower beds my mother had obsessively tended were still overflowing with color, each bloom metic

g looked

ranger coming home to a p

g right at the ent

t of the car, my mom

tightly I almost lost my footing. My dad

my voice breaking. "I sho

of the head. "You're here no

shot me a once-over and frowned. "You'v

Mom. Please

onded, ever the co-conspirator. "P

ing: My sto

"Well, well, well. "Look who fina

propped against the porch, arms crossed

veloping him in an over-the-t

y sibling," h

t you! You're taller

ized? Damn, sis. Maybe if our visi

trash. Let's move on now before

r moving on. I'm going to

om clapped her hands. "Enoug

amily. "Musi

y shoulders. "Come on, exile. Time to

ssoming in my chest. Maybe return

th

epared to hear slic

isn't the great Naomi Car

e body s

that

it way

ast came crashing