IrinaI walked into the house feeling as if I was floating! It was so weird! He was weird. His people were just … Weird! Okay, so it didn’t look as though they were some kind of cult. He hadn’t mentioned anything like that. I told my parents about the date and then rushed upstairs. I was actually happy! My mind is filled with memories of our time together and I can actually imagine us having a future.It was far too soon to be feeling this way, wasn’t it? I frowned as I looked at myself in the mirror. It wasn’t. My parents always told me how their eyes met and they instantly fell in love. They were high school sweethearts and had been together ever since. Why couldn’t I have something similar, or the same? I fell on my bed and thought about Hunter and what the future could look like if we did stay together.I closed my eyes and imagined myself living with him and his group of people in the forest. They all lived in wooden cabins. They sat around huge bonfires and sang songs and had hu
HunterI didn’t even realize that humans could go into heat! I didn’t care what her parents would think, and as I walked into the hospital waiting area, I realized how incredibly stupid I had been! I arranged for guards all throughout the hospital to protect my mate from any unwanted attention, and in the process drew attention from the humans.“How is she doing?” I forced myself to focus on her parents, who were looking too distraught to worry about how I heard about it and what I was doing there. Her mother explained that the doctors were still trying to figure out what was wrong with her. I nodded and called our doctor through the pack link. I wasn’t sure if he would be able to help, but at least he knew what Irina needed during heat.Thankfully, it wasn’t a life-threatening disease, but I couldn’t very well tell her parents that. Everything in me was screaming for me to go to her, but I didn’t dare. I couldn’t take the chance. If I did, I knew there would be no way I would be able
HunterWE HAD BEEN UP ALL NIGHT, fighting all the intruders. Some weren’t even rogues! By the time morning came, I breathed a deep sigh. They didn’t come so thick and fast during the daytime. I finally walked into the hospital to get a report on Irina when I noticed her mother sitting alone in the waiting room crying. I took a seat beside her and felt awful when she apologized for crying.“There is no need to apologize.” I patted her hand while she wiped her tears.“I try not to cry in front of her father. We just can’t lose our girl.” Irina’s mother was looking very pale.“Have you eaten anything? Can I get you anything?” I was worried about her. Irina would be shattered if anything happened to her mother. They were a very tight family. It was going to make things a little tough when we became mates. I hadn’t figured out how I could accept her yet. Hell, I wasn’t even sure if I should. It could upset the very delicate balance there was between us and humans.“Would you like to see he
IrinaMY THROAT FELT incredibly dry and my eyes were feeling puffy. I slowly opened my eyes and tried to focus. I saw a figure standing near the window, but my throat was too dry to say anything. I could see I was in a hospital room, which was strange.“Oh, Irina!” My mother’s voice forced its way through my muddled thoughts. “Are you thirsty? The doctor said you might be thirsty when you wake up. Oh, honey we were so worried!” My mother gushed and the figure near the window turned around to look at me. My father was right there beside my mom, and I blinked. Hunter! Hunter had been standing near the window. I took a sip of water and it burned as it ran down my throat.“What happened?” My voice sounded hoarse and I tried to clear my throat while my parents took turns explaining what happened. I got some mysterious fever, but Hunter’s doctor saved my life. That was about the gist of what they were saying. I couldn’t understand it. From what I can remember, I didn’t feel sick. Hunter exc
HunterIRINA HAD BEEN HOME FOR A WEEK. I hadn’t seen her since our talk and my wolf was growing more difficult to handle by the day. I should have rejected her the last time we spoke, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. She was my second chance mate! How could I reject her?!I was going insane not seeing her! Storming out of the house, I shifted and made my way to town. There was nobody outside of her house, making me wonder if she could have gone back to work. Surely, she wouldn’t have … I sighed. Of course, she would have gone back to work! I quickly ducked into an alley and made my way to the store.I didn’t have to wait long to see her. She looked pale and there were dark circles under her eyes. At least, she felt just as bad as I did! What the hell was I thinking? I didn’t want to see her looking like this and I didn’t want to feel this way anymore. I had to decide. Either I rejected her right now or I told her the truth about who I was.After the death of my first mate, I
IrinaMy mind caught up with what was happening, and I pushed and slapped Hunter almost instantly. What the hell was he thinking?! My mind was going a mile a minute since I thought he was about to tell me we couldn’t see each other. He stuffed his hands in his pockets, taking a step away from me.“I’m sorry … I … I don’t know what came over me.” He sighed. When his eyes met mine, they looked luminescent, but as soon as he blinked, they were normal again. I frowned, but I didn’t have time to think about it.“Hunter, I don’t know what you want from me.” They say that if he doesn’t have money, the girl wouldn’t fall for him the same way they do in books and movies … I never allowed myself to imagine I could have that fairytale, so in my mind, it didn’t really matter whether he had money or not. All I wanted was a man who would love me the way my father loved my mother. Love shouldn’t be this hard! “This isn’t going to work for me, Hunter.” Hunter sighed deeply, but he still didn’t say an
IrinaI TOLD MY PARENTS about my date with Hunter, the moment I got back home. Not because I needed their approval or anything, but because, for the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why he wanted to see me again. I couldn’t talk to my friends about it, because they would just tease me.“I thought you two broke up.” My father was the first to respond and frowned.“Well,” I shrugged. “We weren’t really a couple, dad, so we couldn’t break up.” That was exactly the problem. I didn’t want Hunter to promise to one day marry me, but I needed to know that he wouldn’t tell me it was over after our next date. I needed some kind of security from him. If he didn’t want to go out with me, he should just leave me be. If he wanted to see me, then we could go out.When I got up in the early hours of the morning, Hunter had sent me a message to dress casually for our date. I wondered what he had in mind, but I didn’t have much time to think about it. I had to get to work. My day was pretty busy, whic
IrinaWhat I didn’t like was that he seemed a little entitled. I still didn’t know much about him that was of real importance. We walked into the forest and it was absolutely breathtaking. I could just see all the pictures I could have taken.“I wish I had my camera with me.” The words were out before I could even think about it. I just felt so relaxed in Hunter’s company.“I have my phone.” Hunter grinned. I shrugged and pulled a face.“No, it’s okay.” Whenever I take pictures, I go into my own world. It was a safe space. It was my way of recharging. I wasn’t ready to share it with anybody just yet. We kept on walking and I asked Hunter about some of the beautiful plants. He seemed to know a lot about the forest, which was nice.“Irina, do you believe in the supernatural?” His question came out of nowhere and I studied him for a moment to try and figure out where it came from.“I believe that everything that has a name existed once. It might not exist now, but someone named it so it