by J. M. Walker
“It’s been awhile.” Shade threw me on the bed, gripping my hips and pulling me to the edge of the bed.
“It hasn’t been that long.” Truth was, it had been weeks, but I was always so damn tired, I didn’t feel like showering much less having sex. It had also been hard since Sunny died. Neither of us cared to admit it though. I thought I had been the glue for both Sunny and Shade when really, it had been Sunny all along.
Shade kissed the spot between my breasts. “You good?”
I smiled, running my fingers through his dark hair. “I am. I am really good.”
After Shade fucked me good and hard like we both needed, I was leaning against the headboard with him lying on his stomach. His head rested against my chest. It had been a signature move for us even if we hadn’t had sex. He would lay on top of me. I would run my fingers through his hair. He would fall asleep. And I would breathe a sigh of relief and hope that he had happy dreams.
We still hadn’t heard from Tanner, but Greyson had found out that he had gone into hiding. Looked like his club had turned on him after all. A part of me felt bad for him but at the same time, if I ever saw him again, I would kick his ass.
Greyson would call every so often and fill Shade in on club business but other than that, he never expected Shade to show up. He needed time. We both did.
I had nightmares every so often about Sunny dying on top of me. Some of those dreams, would follow with Shade dying instead. I would always wake up in a cold sweat with my screams silent on my tongue. Shade would calm me down and I would fall back asleep in his arms. It was hard. It was so damn hard. But with each day, each step, we got through it.
Death wasn’t something you could get over though.
Especially not in this case.
But together, Shade and I were learning to heal.
Ever since Andrew was born, our worries and fears, fantasies and thoughts, were focused solely on him.
He was the reason we got through each day.
He was the reason we survived the nightmares from our minds.
I saw Sunny in him and I also saw Shade. We didn’t know whose DNA ran through him, but we didn’t care.
He wasn’t Sunny’s.
He wasn’t Shade’s.
He was ours.
***THE END***
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This is my very first ménage. I’m nervous but so excited about it all at the same time. So if you’ve read this far, thank you for taking a chance on my little trio!
First off, thank you to my team of ladies! I couldn’t do this without you.
My Alpha reader, Angie, and my beta readers, Christina and Jennifer. You girls have been through book after book with me and I will never be able to thank you enough for all of your help.
Joanne, my editor and friend! Thank you for helping me make my books better.
Jennifer, again because now you’re my PA! Thank you as always for your never-ending help. And thank you for letting me bounce my super random ideas off of you and for just being there whenever I need a reason to kill off a character.
J.M.’s Jems: I couldn’t do any of this without you. You all are my rocks!
Bloggers and fellow authors: Thank you for taking a chance and for reading my stories!
My readers. You are the reason I get to do what I do. I can’t thank you enough.
I started writing the parents’ books a few years ago and I can’t believe we’re already the second book into The Next Generation. This series is everything and holds all the things we love about romance!
J.M. Walker is an Amazon bestselling author who also hit USA Today with Wanted: An Outlaw Anthology. She loves all things books, pigs and lip gloss. She is happily married to the man who inspires all of her Heroes and continues to make her weak in the knees every single day.
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Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
TWENTY
TWENTY-ONE
TWENTY-TWO
TWENTY-THREE
TWENTY-FOUR
TWENTY-FIVE
TWENTY-SIX
TWENTY-SEVEN
TWENTY-EIGHT
TWENTY-NINE
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT
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