“And you still have me. Always have, always will.”“No, that’s not what I mean.” I snap in frustration.How can he do this to me? I don’t want to be away from him, and I don’t want to continue staying in this pack where everyone including Richfield now wants me dead now.“Take me with you, Rome.”“N
“You really do need a bath, Remy.” He pats her fur, “but you can’t walk into the house just like that. You’re gonna track mud all over the place. And the bathrooms aren’t big enough for you either.”“We can wash her out here, I can get the water hose and some shampoo.”Sounds good“She agrees.” I sa
I wake up to the sound of the doorbell ringing what seems to be hours after I must have fallen asleep while watching movies with Richfield.It’s dark out, the TV is off, and there’s a blanket over me. Richfield isn’t in sight, but I can hear his heartbeat, it’s slow and steady, so I know he’s asleep
He’s been crying too.While he set up a movie for me and got us ice cream, laughed and smiled with me through movie after movie, his heart was still breaking, and when I finally fell asleep, he came to his room, the room he shared with Helena, and mourned her alone. The ball of guilt already firmly
“And thank you, for having us. You could have turned us away, but you didn’t, and I’m grateful too.” My heart warms. They are right, we really need the company, all four of us.So as not to waste the food, we have the beef noodle casserole first, and it tastes heavenly we all dig in.“So, Mars, I ha
“I just…at first, I thought it was you, but I realized it wasn’t. you all looked at me like I was crazy the first time I mentioned it, and so I stopped. I knew the man in black was the only one who’d do that, so I just let it be. It was the same as the present he gave me on my seventh birthday. That
I’m purring and trying to burrow into Rome’s skin if I can. He holds me against himself, but he seems tense and stiff.“What the hell are you doing here, and what did you do to her?” I hear King snap at Rome.Is he trying to make Rome leave again? I don’t like it.I pull my face away from Rome’s che
“Regardless of that,I do respect you all. You, as her father, you, as her friend, and you, as a mother figure. I won’t hurt you unless I have to. You were there for her in ways I couldn’t be, because I couldn’t be around her.”He couldn’t be around? Does that mean he won’t be around even now?I don’
“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