“Okay, so after King made her and everyone else leave, I had to change, but my clothes were ruined and I smelt like pineapple juice and I needed to shower, and so he took me out of school, but he was taking me to his house because he said his wolf wanted me near and all, and so we went, but Luna Dai
The following weeks after the Penelope incident are fast-paced. Time is still running out, and King, Ansel and I still haven’t found a way to make me shift. We have a week more to the claiming ceremony, and I’m more nervous than ever...maybe even scared. I don’t want to die. So far, my life is going
He notices my hesitance and leans forward. “Don’t be scared snow white, I don’t bite...at least not too hard.” The little smirk he adds at the end does absolutely nothing to help. If anything, it just makes me step back more. “Don’t make me drag you here, Mars, because that will hurt a lot, and I do
“Did something happen in school? Did someone do something to you? Penelope, someone else?” I shake my head quickly. Not trusting my voice with how out of control and jittery I feel. I make a move to step a back, but suddenly King’s arm circles my waist and pulls me close to him until I’m flush again
“You can’t be serious King, you’re really behaving like a man whore now.” “Penelope just stop it, we’re tired of this, just let go.” The guy honestly sounds tired at this point, and I can’t help but understand, because Penelope is beginning to sound like an irritating broken record. No one wants to
“Save it, Mr. Wright.” Richfield stands up from the bed with a straight gait and his hands clasped behind his back. His low voice and words fear inducing. “Now, you listen and you listen good young man, you’ve already caused one of my daughters enough heart break to last her a life time. So, you bet
I stare at King incredulously, because what he just said can’t be right. “What do you mean, you think you know how you can save me, King, I still haven’t shifted, can’t shift. Have you forgotten?” “Oh no, I haven’t. However, you’ve changed, Mars, just like a shifter would. Your senses are sharper
“Mr. Wright, get the hell out of my daughter’s room and my house before I drag you out!” King hastily drops down and begins to gather everything he dropped earlier, and moves to flee past my dad. However, as he reaches my dad, he pauses and turns to me. “I had a great night, and I hope you did too.
“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