After almost an hour of Brian convincing me to run, I gave in and decided to run in my wolf form. Running felt so new. I could feel my paws dig into the sand and grass like never before, so soft and gentle. Maya (muy wolf) wanted to scream in the language of freedom because she was finally on a non–emergency run. I only ever ran in my wolf form when I was running from danger or embarrassment, but here I was, running leisurely with my mate. Brian's wolf was a huge, gray wolf with brown patches around him; his eyes were still a pair of gray eyes that shone even brighter. Not to mention he was double my size and looked like he could trample my wolf with his huge paws. Bigger wolves had always intimidated me, but with Brian, I felt safer than safe. His wolf caught up with mine and he gently knocked me down. "Hey," I barked and ran to jump on his wolf's neck, forcing him down while I bit through the furriness of his skin. He pushed me off and jumped right on me, trapping my paws in
I hid under the heaviness of the blanket, yet my body still quivered incessantly. Weakness had overtaken me to my bones. My skin was hot; however, chills ran within me. Sneezing, my eyes watered and I had to reach for the last piece of tissue on the bedside table to wipe snort off my nose, tossing it into the trash can piled with already-used tissue. Sniffling, I watched the clock ahead of me. "It's 2pm." Brian still hadn't arrived. After ten minutes, I heard a knock. Glancing over, I realized it was locked. He just had to leave without a key? Grunting, I spent longer than usual to stand up, every part of my body aching as I staggered to the door. All the words I was going to yell at Brian were rehearsed in my head. Opening it, there was a package in front of the porch, no Brian.It took the remaining strength I had left for me to lift the box, take it in, and open it. It was filled with pictures of me and Brian from the helicopter ride and just random pictures from that day, some
It was the last day of the trip. Brian, however, had been on his laptop since forever, claiming to be working. I stepped out and took a walk along the shore of the beach, reflecting on my moments with Brian. It was a week, but it felt like two months: I was more comfortable around him and yearned to be with him every minute. Just the thought of Brian made my heart flutter. I had thought I would never have feelings for anyone after Roger, but here I was, back to square one. A stupid thought popped into my head: ‘what if he leaves you too?’Be quiet. I shook it off my head. The thought kept poking my mind, and I needed a distraction. Thankfully, my phone rang. I answered it without checking the caller ID.“Hey, sugar.” Blade’s voice sounded through my airpod.“Hey,” I stopped myself from wincing. "How are you?" "Great. Honestly, I miss seeing you on campus. I don’t know how I survived without seeing you for a week. I thought I was going to die," He joked.I only chuckled. "You'll be
They both flinched away, Raina jumping off the bed. “Y-You’re back?!” She exclaimed, glancing around the room with widened eyes.Walking in, I glanced between both of them and though Tone was trying to play cool, I could read and see his blue-ish green eyes bobbing around his eye socket. “I thought you left when I had called. Why are you still here?” I glared.“I found an apartment a few streets away, but I can’t move in until two days from now.” He explained.“I don’t care. I don’t want you bothering me and my roommate. Why the hell are you even in Dentville?” My reddened cheeks were starting to heat up with fury. “Raina, I’m so sorry he bothered you. It’ll never happen again.”“I–” I cut him off. “ I don’t care what you have to say. I don’t want you in my dorm without permission.” “I let him stay,” She cut me off, pursing her lips. “He explained his situation, and it would’ve been selfish to just kick him out, so after careful consideration, I let him stay here.”My mouth fell ag
Emily couldn’t be serious, right? If I remembered correctly, Emily used to make a lot of empty threats in high school just to bully me and other girls. I frowned, suddenly remembering a time I had complained about Emily bullying me to Roger and he had called me a weak wolf.“You better get that stinky attitude off your face if you don’t want me to cut off your paycheck,” Josh complained, pulling me out of my pool of thoughts. “I’m sorry.” “You better be. Took an entire week off and now you want to chase all my customers away.” he huffed. “Act all flirty and do what you’ve got to do.” he gave his last shot of glare before strutting away with 250-pounds of meat dancing at every step.My shift took forever till I finally clocked out and took the bus home. Still, my thoughts fell back to Emily. It had been over twenty four hours since the text, yet it wouldn’t leave me. Who could she hurt that was close to me?‘Hopefully, Tone.’ My wolf joked and I rolled my eyes. ‘I wouldn’t mind th
What the heck was going on? Was Blade drunk on something?I glanced over at Tone whose eyes were squinted like a detective seeking answers. He had his doubts, clearly, and I had to break that doubt. Swallowing hard, I said and feigned a smile. "Yes, I'll be your girlfriend.". "Really?" His grin widened and he rose to his feet, pulling me into a tight hug. "I can't believe this." Once again, his skin contact burned my body. It made me feel like hot lava was on me. I couldn't push him away, so I hugged him back, my toes curling up to try to suck in the heat. This was so wrong and I knew it. I tried to convince myself that it was better than Tone finding out about Brian, but the pang in my heart reminded me that it wasn’t right.Raina squealed, clapping her hands."This is so cute!" I heard clicking sounds like she took a picture and I sent a mental note to myself to delete the picture from her phone. "Something doesn’t seem right." Tone said as Blade pulled away. What again? "Was s
It was my last math class for the semester, and instead of paying attention to the old dude teaching and giving tops for the final exam next week, I was instead thinking about Blade’s conversation. I never expected him to like me as much as he claimed. It's just too much going on. Sighing, I ran my hand over my face. To make things worse, the strange uncomfortable wave of heat that had been running through me didn't leave. My body felt like it was swollen everywhere when in reality, it wasn't. The girl that had always sat beside me lifted a questioning brow at me. "Are you okay?" I nodded, turning to chug my iced water to cool my body down but it didn't work, so I had to sit with my legs tightly crossed, toes curled, hands clenched, just to envelope the feeling. The class finally ended, so I grabbed my bag, ready to dash out when Bri and Anna appeared in front of me, waving. "Hey," Bri grinned. "We thought we'd share contacts, if you don't mind. It's the last day of classes. W
Brian pulled away in one second, and in the next, he smacked my head, causing me to fall off the table. I quickly crawled under the table, covering my mouth to stop myself from screaming due to the pain at the back of my head. The door shut, indicating that the person had walked in completely."Jenna, What do you want?" Brian asked, no sign of panic or fear in his voice; whereas, I was under here, panting my soul out. "Wow." A feminine voice said. "You're all shirtless, looking fine." Her voice was so low and sultry; it made me frown hard.My gaze met with my shirt on the floor and I quickly snatched it, hugging it up my chest while silently panting. "You look hot." She let out a breathy sigh. "What are you up to?"Who the hell was this?"Why'd you barge into my office without knocking?" Brain asked, starting to sound irritated. "What? Were you doing something secretive?" She chuckled, Her steps growing closer to him. "Why'd you barge into my office without knocking?" He repeated