Alex POV

I was sitting on my window ledge with my feet balanced perfectly without being in or out of the room when I heard a knock on the door. I didn't have to answer it to know who it was.

"C'mon in, Dax." I said without moving.

Dax entered the room and smiled at me. "Crazy breakfast, huh?"

"I think our clones are having a rough morning." I laughed.

Dax had crossed the room by now and he was just an inch shorter than I because of where I was sitting. He turned my legs into the room so that he wouldn't have to worry about me falling as when he kissed me.

We kissed for a long time and when we broke apart we were both breathing raggedly. Dax standing in just the right place between my thighs and my arms were around his neck.

"You pick the oddest times to kiss me, ya know?" I said with a smile.

Dax grinned. "What do you mean? The last time I kissed you it worked out pretty well."

We both laughed at that. I kissed him again and pulled him closer to me. Dax put his arms around my waist and pushed our bodies closer.

I felt a flash of heat shoot up my thighs and I shoved him away. My heart was pounding and I removed myself from the ledge. I smiled at the sudden shock on Dax's face.

"There is a mind-reader in the house, Dax." I said simply.

Dax began a slow grin and he stepped close to me again. I backed away until my back was against the wall—literately—and then Dax was cupping my face in his hands. "I only wanted to kiss you, Alex."

Only his smile said otherwise. I knew what had been running through his mind. His smile was intoxicating. I felt a rush of heat run through me and I couldn't resist.

I grabbed his shirt and pulled our lips back together. We kissed for several minutes before Dax moved to get us closer. He had me pinned against a wall but I knew if I wanted him to stop, he would.

He pressed himself so close to me that I could feel his heart hammering against his chest. My hands wound into his hair and his were at my sides.

He moved one hand up my chest without seeming to realize what he was doing until it was placed on my breast. His other hand moved quickly to my thigh and he lifted me off my feet before I could oppose. Now the only thing holding me in the air was the wall, Dax, and my legs wrapped around Dax with all the strength I had.

He pressed harder against me and I could hear the thoughts in his mind. His thoughts stunned me.

He kept thinking I was beautiful. He thought I was so perfect for him. Then Dax sent me a thought.

I love you, Alex.

I broke the kiss to stare into his eyes for a long moment. I could feel that he had frozen and I could hear the instant fearful thoughts that were rushing through his mind, but I knew he was telling the truth.

I love you too, Dax. I answered him with a thought so he could hear and feel the truth behind the words. After that we were kissing in frenzy.

Max POV

I was lying in bed thinking about when I could ever safely leave my room again. What had happened at breakfast was incredibly embarrassing but I knew it would blow over.

In a flash I felt a rush of desire flow through me. I couldn't place where it had come from. All I could think of was how insanely hot the room felt.

I sat up in shock for a long time but the feelings were still coming on hard. I tucked my knees to my chest fighting the urge to call to Fang.

I knew it would be a bad thing for us to be alone together at this moment but I also needed to be alone with him. I closed my eyes tightly and held on tighter to my knees.

Finally the feelings stopped. I was breathing hard and my heart was pounding. I assumed it was over and had enough time to think: What the hell?

Then it came back it was a rush so insane that I couldn't fight it. I jumped from my bed and opened my door ready to run to Fang's room no matter what the cost of getting caught was.

Luck was on my side because Fang was already at my door with a look that showed his need was as unbearable as my own. We reached for each other as he entered the room and he turned my body so that my back pushed the door completely shut.

My hands were in his hair and he was pressing our bodies so close together that I felt his heart beneath his shirt. Fang's hands left my body just long enough to lock the door and then he lifted me off my feet.

I wrapped my legs around his waist as he carried me to the bed. The moment my back touched the bed was when I heard it.

Fang was kissing my neck when he mumbled a soft and barely audible, "I love you, Alex."

My entire body froze. Fang pulled away staring at me in shock. He had obviously not meant to say that.

I opened my mouth to shout and cuss at him but all that left was a whisper that said, "I love you too, Dax."

We both stared at each other in shock.

Fang was the first to look away because he moved to sit beside me instead of hovering over me. I sat up but continued to stare ahead in astonishment.

Finally it snapped into my head. "These aren't our emotions." I whispered.

Fang glanced at me as I felt another rush of desire. It was easier to fight this time now that I had something else on my mind.

Fang gripped the blankets on my bed tightly obviously trying to fight the urges as well. "We really need to break up what they are doing in there." He ground through clenched teeth.

My body felt as if it was on fire and I didn't trust myself to speak. I just nodded and continued to stare at the wall. If I looked at Fang I wouldn't be able to fight this anymore.

I closed my eyes tightly and hugged my knees to my chest again. My breathing was getting faster and I could hear Fang's ragged intakes as well.

With a gasp of desperation I flung myself off of the bed and ran to the door. I unlocked it quickly and zipped across the hall with all the speed a mutant bird kid could muster.

I began pounding on Alex's door. I wasn't sure how I knew they were in there but I did. The urges quit instantly. I collapsed on the floor and landed right on my ass the moment they stopped.

Alex opened the door and looked down at me. Her face was flushed and her hair was a little messy.

I gritted my teeth at the mischievous smile that she got when she saw me. "You need to tell Dax to leave the room because you and I really need to talk."

Alex was pacing the room by the time I finished my story. "You mean to tell me that we share emotions now? I thought all that shit ended when you fucked Fang and I fucked Dax."

I stood on the opposite side of the room resisting the urge to pace as well. "I don't know. All I do know is how the urge just appeared out of nowhere and then Fang said 'I love you, Alex' and when I tried to yell at him I said 'I love you too, Dax' which I'm guessing means—"

"Let me just stop you there!" Alex snapped.

She continued to pace for a long moment. I frowned. "What?"

Alex glanced up. "Oh, I had nothing to say, I just wanted to stop you there before you went on with whatever you were guessing about my personal business."

I nodded. "Okay, uh, so what are you thinking?"

Alex finally stopped pacing and looked at me. "If you want an honest answer, I'm thinking that when Dax and I first slept together how do I know that it wasn't just because of you and Fang."

I blinked in surprise. "I meant about why we are suddenly having the same emotions. I mean, it wasn't like that this morning when I was about to cry and you were smiling and making jokes."

Alex blinked several times. "That's true." She paced for several more minutes and then exhaled loudly with frustration. "I hate to say this but . . . I think we need to talk to Jeb."

I sat stunned for a moment and then finally nodded. "If we want answers that is defiantly who we need to talk to."