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’m rummaging through my locker moments later when there’s a hand on my shoulder. I yelp and spin round to find King standing behind me, features clouded in anger. My brows furrow in confusion. I don’t know why he’ll be angry with me, because we were fine last night, and I haven’t met him today to d
King walks me to my class after I get the calculator and we manage to stop flirting by his locker long enough to move, then we start again. When we get to the entrance of the class though, we stop at the sight of Penelope standing at the door of the class, and it’s not seeing her that stops us, no.
“Do you even know what a slut is, Penelope?” I ask, “Because you keep calling me a slut, and a whore, and whatever, and yet only one of us has a hymen, and it’s not the one without a mate.” There’s a collective gasp in the cafeteria, then there’s laughter as Penelope’s face heats. Yet she doesn’t ba
“Never, touch me again. Stay away from me, and stay away from my mate, because the next time you so much as cross paths with me, Penelope, I swear to God, wolf or not, I will tear you to shreds before the alpha has a chance to kill me.” She must read the seriousness in my tone because she nods aggre
“Oh, shut up!” I snap at him and hastily reach out for the pack that Ansel hands me. When I open it, I almost die from how delicious the beef burger looks, and the aroma...when I finally take a bite,“I think I just died and went to food heaven.” I moan. “Thank you, Ansel.”“Don’t thank me, thank Ki
“Okay, so I’ll do the talking unless he asks you to say something. And if he asks you to say something, don’t...”“Just blurt the first thing that comes to mind, think it through.” I drawl, continuing King’s preparatory speech. A speech he has given at least twenty times in the ten-minute drive to h
“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