“Okay,” Lamar said. I glanced back at Asher. He was on his knees. He looked exhausted. Aimee and Nicole were beside him, though. I knew they would help him in my stead. I would check on him after talking with Lamar. Lamar pulled me toward the dorm, and I went with him. I went with Lamar to h
“Lamar, wait –” Lamar covered my mouth with his. As I gasped, he slipped his tongue into my mouth and licked at my own. I pushed at his shoulders, but he wrapped his arms around my waist, holding me too tightly to let go. When he finally pulled back from the kiss, I turned my head so he couldn
“Let me go, Lamar. Please.” He smirked. “Not until I’ve tasted you.” He glanced above them, then, up at the headboard. “Ah, I almost forgot.” Holding me still with his legs, he withdrew his phone from his pocket and set up something on the screen. Then he reached above him to where a mount was s
Asher “Asher. Asher, breathe.” I tried to focus on the voice. It belonged to one of Cynthia’s friends. Which one? Aimee. Yes, Aimee. I had wanted to follow Cynthia when she had gone off with Lamar. I had tried, but then my chest flared with sharp pain like it had split open. The stretch of the
As I watched, the apparition of Asher shifted into full wolf form. I had never done a projection like that before. I shouldn’t have been able to – Wait. That wasn’t an apparition. That was actually Asher! With a deadly growl, he jumped forward and tackled Lamar clean off of me. Lamar rolled ac
“Asher!” He stopped. I pointed just above the headboard, where Lamar’s phone still recorded video. Asher looked where I was pointing, and his entire body tensed impossibly further. He was a mountain of muscle, with no give. He continued holding me gently, however. “I don’t want to leave that
Asher made the call. He found himself new clothes. Since my pants were ruined beyond repair, he loaned me a pair of sweatpants. Then he held me in his arms until a knock sounded on the door. After several minutes, policemen came into the room. They asked me questions, like what happened, and when,
Had they done the DNA testing on it yet? Have they tracked down my name? My location? My face? I leaned into Asher. He stepped closer to me. I needed him close now, not just because he helped me feel safe. Without him, I was in danger of conjuring apparitions of him to fill the space of my longi