Claimed by the Elven Brothers: Decision (An Elven King Novella Book 1) by Cristina Rayne

crazy relationship they were proposing. It all sounded like it could be one
hot adventure, and lord knows that I needed a little spice in my life right
now.
    Unfortunately, that was also the problem. Was I so disillusioned with my
mundane life that I would make such a monumental decision about my life with so
little to go on just for the chance at something special, no matter how crazy
it was? Would I actually forget about a lifelong promise to myself about never
having children for it? That’s why I had found myself at Jenna’s door this
morning and not packing my things. I needed to know if I was completely out of
my mind for even considering it before I met the elven brothers this afternoon
to do what I planned to do.
    “I would miss you and the girls tons, but for the first time ever, I
have the chance to do something exciting. He lives in Paris, and that’s one
place I thought I would never get to see in person, never mind live. Besides,
if things don’t work out in the long run, then it’s not like I can’t come
back.”
    I wasn’t entirely sure if that part was true. I had been so overwhelmed
by everything Emily had told that I had forgotten to ask her one of the most
important things—how exactly the elves would go about changing me. Looking at
Emily, at how utterly inhuman she now appeared, it didn’t seem like something
that could be undone. Of course, having no idea what she had looked like before
she had entered the elven realm, I couldn’t really say for sure just how much
of her had changed. I would definitely need to grill Seren and Locien about the
process before I made my final decision.
    “Well, it sounds like you’ve already made up your mind, so don’t let my
good sense stop you,” Jenna said dryly. “Can I at least meet the guy so I’ll
have a description for the police if you suddenly drop off the face of the
earth?”
    I felt my face instantly freeze in momentary panic. I knew she was
joking, or at least half-joking. She had said pretty much the same thing to one
of our other friends who had met some guy from California on the internet when
he had driven down to pick her up for a two-week stay last year. However, in
this case, she had hit the nail on the head, uncannily so. I held no delusions
about the kind of mayhem I would potentially leave behind by disappearing so
completely if I decided to leave this world for the elven realm.
    “I’ll just have to text you a selfie from New York because that’s where
Seren is right now, and that’s where I’ll probably be in a couple of days, too.”
I paused and then amended, “Maybe. That’s where I was yesterday, at the airport
saying goodbye. I thought that was going to be the last time I saw him and was
expecting to come straight home afterwards to cry my eyes out because I didn’t
want it to be.”
    Jenna sighed noisily. “Well, at least you had a good excuse to blow us
off last night. I take it this is where he proposed?”
    My eyes widened. “I never said anything about proposing! He just said
that he really wanted to keep seeing me and asked if I would move in with him.”
    “After just a week…” She shook her head. “That’s just as insane. Either
he’s as crazy as you or you two just might be made for each other, after all.
I’ll reserve judgment until I find out whether or not you’ll be sleeping on my
couch after a month or two.”
    “I still haven’t said yes, you know. He’ll be in New York until Tuesday
night, and the plane ticket he bought me is for an eight o’clock flight Tuesday
morning. He agreed that taking the weekend to make up my mind would be best.”
    Tuesday night was the real deadline I had given myself. If I still had
severe reservations about the elven brothers’ proposal, then I would end it
right then and there. Emily had been right. It wasn’t fair to string them
along. After twenty years of searching, giving them false hope would just be
too cruel.
    “I still wish you would have