That night, we face the next hurdle: the sleeping arrangements. I know what you’re thinking: what hurdle? You get to sleep with the man you love. What’s the damn problem? Well, that part, I am fond of. It’s the part where he’s insisting on putting Cooper next door to us that I’m having a hard time with. “Why can’t we put Julia and Max next to us?” I ask Dean as we dress the two empty bedrooms in the pack house with fresh linens. “Why does it have to be Coop?” He focuses on the pillowcase he’s working on, refusing to meet my gaze. “Because Cooper is Aidan’s son, and therefore the biggest threat.” Is that why, I can’t help but wonder as I tuck the sheets around the mattress? Or is it simply because he wants to taunt Cooper with the sounds of us… fornicating? This time, he does spare

