Mack instructed, cleaning the area, before applying the stencil he’d prepared earlier. The familiar buzz of the needle filled the space, and I grinned.
“All done.” Mack wiped over the area he’d tattooed, and my girl’s eyes flew open.
“Can I look?”
Mack glanced over at me, and I nodded. “Yeah.”
She lifted her wrist, and stared in silence for the longest fucking minute of my life, before her eyes filled with tears, and the brightest smile lit up her face. Fuck. She was so beautiful, like the sun coming out after a storm.
“What does this mean?” Her voice was all shaky as she sat up, studying the Roman numerals inked on her skin, identical to mine, Cassius’, Weston’s, and Zayde’s.
“It means, you’re officially, one hundred percent, permanently one of the Four. An unbreakable bond. You’re ours, and we’re yours, and we’ll protect you with our fucking lives.” I spoke the words hoarsely, the significance of the moment affecting us all, as we all stepped closer to her. Mack moved away to give us our privacy, and I took her hand, placing it on top of mine. The boys placed their hands on top, one by one.
“We love you. We’re family,” Weston added, throwing his arm around her.
“Forever. Ride or die, babe.” That was from Cassius, who flashed a quick smile at me, before kissing her head.
“You’re one of us.” Zayde gave her a smile, allowing her the rare glimpse of emotion in his eyes. The tears spilled down her cheeks, and she smiled at him, mouthing thank you.
“I—I don’t even know what to say.” Her words were choked, and she brushed her tears away with a smile. “I never expected this. Fuck. I love you all, you know that, right?”
“We know.” Cassius grinned at her. “Wonder if we’ll get some shit at uni for being known as the Four still, even though there’s five of us now.”
I smirked. “Like we give a fuck. I say we get home and celebrate our new fifth member.”
Yeah. Everyone was in agreement.
Later that night, I watched Winter as she talked and laughed with Kinslee and Lena, happy and carefree. She’d invited them over to celebrate with us, and everyone was a bit worse for wear. Everyone other than me, that was. And my girl, since I kept watering her drinks down. I wanted her to be aware for every moment of what I had planned.
My eyes raked over every inch of her. Dressed down in her yoga pants and tiny, tight white top, her hair tumbling down her back, and her eyes shining, she was so sexy that I’d had a semi all fucking evening looking at her.
She caught my eye, and her gaze drifted down to my sweatpants. Her eyes darkened, and she licked her lips, tilting her head suggestively.
Enough.
I jumped up, stalking straight over to her and scooping her into my arms. “We’re going to bed,” I announced, just so none of those fuckers got any ideas about following us. Although I think it was pretty obvious what my plan was.
She laughed and buried her face in my neck, clinging on to me tightly. I carried her out of the room to the sound of cheers and borderline inappropriate comments, heading up the stairs to our bedroom.
“You’re fucking mine, Snowflake.” I dropped her onto our bed, moving over her, sliding between her legs.
“Always,” she moaned, hooking her ankles around me. “You’re the only one I want. The only one I’ll ever want.”
My girl. She owned every single piece of me. I stopped grinding against her and met her eyes, meaning every word that came out. “I see you.” I kissed her. “Only you.” I kissed her again. “You’re mine. My whole world.”
“Yours.”
After that, there was no more talking.
THE END
Thank You
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Acknowledgments
First of all, thank you so much for reading the conclusion of Caiden and Winter’s story. I know we still have some unanswered questions, but those will be answered in other stories.
I have to thank my amazing friends/betas for dealing with everything I’ve thrown at them! Ashley, Claudia, Jenny (thank you for coming up with the perfect title and being an amazing PA), Kat and Sue - seriously couldn’t have done this without you!
Thank you to Sid for your proofreading skills! And to Veronica for all your help with the cover (and general motivation!), and to Ivy for our writing sprints and encouraging me to write every day. Sandra, my editor, how you put up with me, I’ll never know! But hey, you’re stuck with me now.
Huge thanks to my fantastic street team for all that you do. And my ARC team, you’re awesome, and I thank you for taking the time to read and share things for me!
All the bloggers, bookstagrammers and readers that have supported this series in so many different ways… I see and appreciate you!
Thanks again for reading! ❤️ Look out for Cassius, Weston and Zayde!
Becca xoxo
Also by Becca Steele
London Suits Series
The Deal
The Truce
The Wish (a free short festive story)
The Four Series
The Lies We Tell
The Secrets We Hide
The Havoc We Wreak
Standalones
Trick Me Twice - a bully romance
(coming Nov 2020)
About the Author
Becca Steele is a contemporary romance author from the south of England, where she lives with her husband, two kids, and a whole horde of characters that reside inside her head.
When she's not writing, you can find her reading or watching Netflix, usually with a glass of wine in hand. Failing that, she'll be online hunting for memes, or wasting time making her 500th Spotify playlist.
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