Initiative – Maelana Nightingale

Yeah? I miss you I miss you too I lie back on the cot and listen to the building breathe—the soft tick of cooling pipes, the distant hum of the bay, the radio a quiet heartbeat waiting for trouble—and let myself feel without flinching. I feel the bright, careful hope of this thing we’re building.

It isn’t a blaze; it’s banked coals, steady and hot, asking for patience. I want her, and I want to do this right. I want a house that doesn’t splinter when we touch it. So I stack my wants like gear: consent, honesty, peace, the stupid joy of a stolen hoodie.

If a call drops, I’ll go. If the night stays quiet, I’ll dream of garlic and laughter and the sound of her saying she misses me like a promise I’m strong enough to keep. OceanofPDF.com Chapter Twenty-Four History Check (Failed, Then Re- Rolled) Cameron Griffin and I have been legally married for almost two months, things have stabilized some.

Dinners involve whoever is home. Ronan and I are almost always home in the evening. Occasionally, he has some bookish thing, and occasionally, I have work to do in the evening, but we’re usually pretty reliable for dinner. The other three have schedules that are made of caffeine and insanity. Then there are Thursdays.

When we all come together to nerd out and adventure. I’m learning more, but still throw in my ignorance for fun. Usually Ronan lets it slide—reminds me they don’t take it as seriously as some, they play out of character and have “house rules” and I’m allowed to not color within the lines sometimes.

It’s late one Thursday night, when I realize something completely unhinged. I know Micah’s art style. I know Dex sings like sin and bad decisions. I know Griffin stacks his mug by size and color and I’ve heard that Ronan’s sock drawer is weirdly militaristic. But I have no idea how they know each other. I’m married to one of them. Legally. Like, paperwork-filed, government- recognized married.

And I don’t even know the origin story of the boy band I accidentally moved in with.

Copyright © 2025 by Maelana Nightingale All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. First Printing, 2025 OceanofPDF.com Contents Author’s Note Dedication 1. Roll for Initiative 2. Roll for Misunderstanding 3.

Pizza & Wild Cards 4. Perception Check 5. Dexterity Check 6. Charisma Save 7. Chaos & Contingency 8. Charisma Save II 9. Advantage on Chaos 10. Insight Check 11. Last Call 12. Wild Card Observing 13. The Splash Zone 14. It’s Just A Bit 15. Not Just A Bit 16. The Rational Ones 17.

Re-Roll For Initiative 18. Constitution Save 19. Long Rest Not Achieved 20. Disadvantage on Chill 21. Table Rules 22. Near Miss 23. Charisma Check 24. History Check (Failed, Then Re-Rolled) 25. Group Theory 26. Initiative Was Not Rolled 27. Arcane Interruption 28. Home Is A Choice 29. Saving Throws Don’t Work on Feelings 30. Break The Table 31. Fail Forward 32. Holding Pattern 33. Soft Endings 34. Constitution Save (Again) 35. Insight Check 36. Persuasion Check 37. Arcana: Insight 38. Check For Traps 39. Roll For Honesty 40.

Roll For Restraint 41. Rules Of Engagement 42. Exploration Begins 43. Marked 44. Roll For Edging 45. Roll For Power 46. Stat Check 47. Critical Consent 48. Spellbound 49. Critical Failure Maelana’s Works OceanofPDF.com Author’s Note Dear Readers, Before you dive into the Roll For Love Trilogy, I want to offer a quick note about what you’ll find inside this story… and what might come with it. This book is a love letter to found family, slow-burn chaos, emotional honesty, and that strange magic that happens when five broken people accidentally become a home.

It’s also a why choose romance—meaning no one has to pick just one partner, and no one gets left behind. But it’s not just about a woman loved by multiple men. Some of these men love each other, too. This is a polyamory love story. It’s a web, not a line. It’s about connection in every direction, and what it means to share love without scarcity. That being said, this story doesn’t shy away from the messy parts. Our female main character lives with Type I diabetes, and her journey includes medically accurate details about insulin pumps, blood sugar crashes, and the harsh reality of insurance and medical access in the United States.

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