“When I was a kid,” Luca whispers, still not looking at me. “My wolf was…wild. Completely out of control.”My hand tightens around his arm in what I hope is an encouraging gesture.“He would just…flip out,” Luca whispers. “Make me do all sorts of insane things. Like I would just…shift. In the kinder
But Luca’s wolf snarls, turning to snap at her, and Luca goes tense beside me. I just shush softly to him as my own wolf snaps back, narrowing her eyes and telling him with her body language to back the hell off. Luca’s wolf goes still, I think fascinated by mine, not used to being stood up to and n
Daphne grins at Jesse, laughing at something else he’s said and reaching for the last cookie in the sleeve when…She turns, a little shocked, towards the little tiny clock on the mantlepiece in the room that rings three times.“No way,” she whispers, her mouth falling open as she turns wide eyes bac
It takes every single bit of Jesse’s control to keep his cool in this moment. To not shout in victorious joy, and pump his fist in the air, and snatch Daphne up into his arms and spin her in a circle. To refrain from telling her that hitting on her was never a joke – that he was just shit at it, and
She gives a desperate little cry, slipping her hands from around his neck to grip his shirt, like something might try to tear him away and she fucking dares it to try. Daphne yanks Jesse even tighter against her, making him stumble forward with the force of it, both of them laughing as Jesse catches
I’m too tired for the full dream state that night, but even though I’m asleep some part of me is conscious of my wolf moving anxiously to the edge of my bond with Jacks, and lifting her snout, and giving a sharp little howl, her feet tapping and calling to his wolf.Jackson’s wolf appears instantly
Jackson’s aware that I’m holding something back – I shut down the bond a little bit so he doesn’t hear my thoughts or feel my feelings as I speak – but he doesn’t say anything about it, giving me my peace and my privacy.“That’s an interesting assignment,” he murmurs, letting his hand travel idly up
“We’re going on a field trip today,” Cora says, grinning around at all of us. I’m the only one who gasps with excitement, sitting up in my chair. Cora’s smile deepens and she gives me a week.“And we wanted Luca to come too,” mom says, gesturing towards him, “since Ariel’s magic seems to be so close