#Chapter 148: Boundaries to Cross

Ella

Logan and I watched Marina saunter away, and it was as if the air suddenly felt ten pounds lighter. I let out a breath I didn’t know I had been holding, and before I knew it I was sinking down onto the edge of the koi pond, leaning forward with my elbows on my knees.

Now, even more than before, I wished I had my wolf beside me.

“Where the hell are you?!” I called out in my mind, begging for her to return. “I need you, Ema!”

I waited for a moment, hoping, but there was no response as usual. Of course she was still dormant. When I needed her the most, she was dormant, still throwing a tantrum over my relationship—or rather, lack thereof—with Logan.

Logan, noticing the faraway look in my eyes, turned to face me with a puzzled expression in his gaze.

“You sure you’re alright?” he asked.

“For the millionth time,” I barked, maybe a little harsher than I intended, “I’m fine.”

Logan fell silent, and so did I. I think we both knew it was a lie, but there was no way I could tell him about