When I get to the river, Ansel isn’t there, so I drop my bag, pull out my pencil and drawing pad, and start to draw, well more like continue a drawing of a detailed penny. It’s crazy to even do that, but I thought why not? So, I am. Aria told me to always challenge myself and try new things with my
“Can I go home and get changed quickly then come back?” “Please do. Wear something comfortable, and I want you back here in fifteen minutes. I’ll start the clock when you leave.” Fifteen? I just stare at him incredulously. What does he mean fifteen? The walk from the river to my house is approximat
“Is it possible that I’m not a werewolf but another type of shifter?” King and Ansel both look at me weirdly. “What?” “Unless you’re a polar bear, I have no idea which shifter role you’d fit in, but I guess that’s plausible.” Ansel replies teasingly, making King snort and me smile. “We’ll just have
For the next few hours, the two boys make me do various things to test my senses. I am given a few different leaves from different plants across the river and into the thicket of trees to smell and then go look for the plants the leaves were plucked from and bring back a leaf to compare. And I did a
Well, today is NOT a good day! I stare gobsmacked at the landscape outside my window when I come out of the bathroom, the sun is no where to be seen, dark clouds are everywhere, the wind is howling and swaying trees left and right, and there’s a significant chill in the air that wasn’t there before
“I hate it when you talk like this, and I hate it that we, that I am the reason you talk like this, think like this. I hate it so much that it hurts some times.” I don’t understand what he means by that, but he doesn’t give me a chance to talk, he speaks on. “I should have been a better father to yo
True to my assumption, when I shut my locker after getting the things I need for the day, I find King standing right there, leaning against the adjoining locker like you see in movies. I scoff and chuckle. “What’s funny?” he asks as he stands straight and is facing me like I’m facing him. “Nothing
“Apologize.” He growls angrily and he even sounds more wolf than man, she gasps and tries harder to fight off his grip, but that makes him tug harder and she winces in pain, well she and I both because I know that must hurt. “What...no! Let go off me, you’re hurting me, King!” she screeches and I s
“I don’t feel like a gun.”“Yeah, you don’t look like a gun girl with all that white hair,” he teases, and I laugh.“What about a bow and arrows?” he shakes his head immediately.“No, that’s too damn cliché and obvious. You can’t exactly hide a bow and arrow, we need something small, deadly, and…” I
I’m sorry, Remy, I didn’t mean that, I…There’s no response and no sign of her presence anywhere.I continue the rest of my run deeply disturbed, on edge, and without any sign of my wolf. Instead of going back to the house, I go towards my river. Upon getting there, I sit at the riverbank and since
“At best?”“Yeah, you heard me.”“Um, okay, then what’s the worst that could happen?” Surely, nothing can be worse than death.“They’ll make sure I never make it back.” He notices the confused look on my face. “Imagine my body is here, my soul is here, but I’m not here. It’s like I’m dead without tr
“Why are you still standing there? Get in bed.” Rome says as he gets comfortable on the bed. Honestly, I’m mentally listing all the things that could go wrong.“River?”“Hm?”“I’ve had a long day, please get in bed, don’t make me beg.” I regard him, he looks like he’s gonna fall asleep at any second
“Rome, what the hell?!” I whisper yell, “My dad kicked you out, what are you doing sitting on my bed.”“I came to see you, he didn’t let me, so I had to come in another way.” I facepalm, he can’t be serious.“The point of kicking you out was so that you’ll stay out, not sneak in and stay in my room,
“What do you want?”“I need to see, River.”“Are you sure, River wants to see you?”“Why wouldn’t she?”“Because you’re the ass who left her this morning when she was expecting you to stay.”“I can’t always stay.”“Maybe you should work on that before trying to see her again, she deserves more than
“Remus?” I ask.It doesn’t make a move, and I find myself feeling unsure in its presence.“Remus, is that you?” It stands to its impressive seven-foot-something height and comes closer. I’m well aware that I should be running for the hills, screaming all the way, but I feel safe in its presence, so
“You are friends with the moon goddess.” He says, slowly enough that I fear the information has managed to break his brain somehow.“Yes.” I reply slowly, mimicking him, and when he realizes what I’m doing, he rolls his eyes in amusement.“It’s just really…it’s a lot, but I’m following as best as I
“But I’m sure he’s been with other women before he met me, and maybe even after.” Saying that leaves a sour taste in my mouth, but I voice it anyway. “he can’t say he’s sexually frustrated if he’s getting the sexual attention he needs.”Aria shakes her head at me.“I can assure you that the only att