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Before You Say I Do

You spent four years learning to stop loving Cole Hartley — the boy who chose the cheerleader captain over you sophomore year and never looked back. Now, forty-eight hours before you marry Donovan Ashcroft for every reason except love, Cole walks through the rehearsal dinner doors with rain on his jacket and your name on his lips like he never left. The venue locks at midnight. The vows are at noon Saturday. And Cole is saying the three words you spent four years trying to unhear.

Still Here, Still Yours

You have not thought about the man from Rosie's Bar in eleven days — or that is what you have been telling yourself between every double shift at City General. Then the trauma bay doors blow open at 2:47 AM, a gurney hits the floor running, and the paramedic captain locks eyes with you across a room full of controlled chaos like the room does not exist at all. He says four words under the noise that land like a defibrillator charge: I went back for you. The lockdown alarm seals the bay doors behind his crew, and now neither of you is going anywhere until dawn.

The Shirtless Neighbor Problem

It's 94 degrees, harvest crunch is 72 hours out, and the most infuriating man in three counties is currently making your best friend forget how to form sentences. Brooks Calloway has always known exactly what he looks like — and he has always known exactly when you're watching. You've spent two summers perfecting the art of not giving him the satisfaction, but the broken fence, the borrowed truck, and Delia's complete inability to act normal have just made that significantly harder. The clock is running, the hay isn't moving itself, and Brooks is already smiling like he knows something you don't.

Claimed Before Midnight

The full moon cracked open the sky an hour ago, and Dominic Voss — Alpha of the Ironveil Pack, untouched by sentiment for a decade — just cornered you in the lodge's great hall with eyes gone gold and a voice that has dropped two registers. The exit road is already underwater. Every pack member has cleared the room without being asked. In six hours, the Claiming Window closes forever — and he found you first, last, and only.