~Sunny’s Point of View~In the blink of an eye, Godfrey was gone. My mate … just left me! He ditched me, leaving me completely alone and vulnerable in the woods no less. He didn’t even care if I made it home safely! A shifter would never, a wolf would certainly never. Even if he was pissed at me, he'd still care enough for my physical well being.But a werewolf would have grabbed me, kissed me passionately, made love to me… marked me and made me his so the entire would would know. I mean that’s what we are always told anyhow. That’s my picture perfect moment. You see each other and little hearts just flutter around you both, its fate. It's your destiny, this perfect being.The moment every wolf waits their entire life for, the moment their whole existence makes complete sense... The moment ... they find their mate, their reason for living is supposed to be the most precious and flawless moment of their existence.Of course my moment would be absolutely awful, of course my mate would be
~Sunny's Point of View~Please talk to me, please,” I said, trying not to beg but wanting to let him know I was determined.I didn’t want to seem desperate but seeing him now, all my planned speeches, all my defenses were gone. I was completely hanging on by a thread.I had been crying myself to sleep, terrified of his rejection. A wolf very rarely gets over their mate’s rejection, and it’s been said they often die from a broken heart … or insanity. He was instantly in front of me and I began to sweat. I had certainly never thought much of Godfrey before but now he was all that could fit in my brain. He consumed my mind, day and night. Ohh, especially at night.Sure, he looked twice my age, he had stubble on his face and he always dressed like he was in a Halloween costume … but none of that mattered anymore.He waved his hand to the porch steps and began to move toward them. He walked with his hands behind his back and I suddenly remembered that about him. He always moved like he wa
~Godfrey’s Point of View~Busy day... three executions, two sentencings … oh and yes tea with a disgruntled and rather uppity witch who is suing her neighbor. Everyone wants a piece of Godfrey it seems.But, I didn’t want anyone, I didn’t need anything … but blood of course. Everything else was trivial, everything else was just a way to pass the time.But now … I had an intended, after 4,238 years of loneliness, despair, anger, doing unspeakable things. I just couldn’t understand it. I had joined the council nearly two centuries ago, penance I told myself for a horrible existence. The innocents I killed in the name of my thirst, the senseless murder to quench the fire in my throat that could never be extinguished. And when exactly would I fit Sunny into my non-stop life of being the judge, jury and executioner? Was she going to sit around and watch while I interrogated or tortured creatures?There would be no way I could be with a human on a daily basis, in such close proximity and wi
~Sunny’s Point of View~Another night was starting and there was nothing from Godfrey. I hadn’t wanted to tell my brothers that he came by two nights ago but they could smell him, of course. Godfrey wore some weird cologne that very much stood out, aside from his vampire scent. I literally had no life outside of my friends and the mall. I didn’t have a job, I wasn’t in a pack. Finding my mate was all I ever thought about, looked forward to. I couldn’t just go back to making dinners with mom and mindlessly talking about books, movies and clothes with my friends. Not to mention that even though I was used to seeing my brothers and Lilly with their adorable relationships now it just twisted my gut. I could be having that, and I should be!So now what?“It’s not an overnight decision for him. Sun, you have to be patient,” River said as we all ate dinner.“Well the full moon is in less than a week, do you want to have to take me to the dungeon and chain me up,” I said, pissed off.Lilly d
~Godfrey’s Point of View~Oh, another day, more of the same. We didn’t normally have court every week but it seemed lately the caseload was demanding it. Packs squabbling, covens overreaching, nests getting more vicious and daring. These idiots! Such a small earth, so many egos.And now, I’d wasted a whole day trying to get worthless advice out of Isaac. There was only one other who would give it to me straight, hopefully tell me what I needed to hear.I had demanded we postpone court to the late afternoon so I could catch up on my beauty rest. We normally started after the humans had lunch unless there was a major occurrence. I quickly dispensed with the vampire nest brats and announced I had to dismiss myself for the remainder of the evening. Everyone looked at me curiously, but no one dared ask. I quickly went outside and honed in on a certain blood bond, one I hadn’t wanted to remember now in centuries. But my tracking was quickly interrupted! Suddenly, I felt fear, I felt … anger
~Sunny’s Point of View~I just couldn’t bring myself to go home, I couldn’t bring myself to go back to my brothers’ house either. Suddenly nothing mattered anymore. Not shopping, not the mall, not TV. Godfrey. All I could think about was Godfrey. His cool hand, his soft hair, his piercing eyes and his perfect smile. I hadn’t even seen him with his clothes off yet and I was this hooked on what I could see!All I could think about was the torture I would be facing on the night of the full moon since it didn’t seem like he would come through for me. No, I couldn’t think like that. He was my mate and he just had to!After maybe two hours of wandering, I found a little cave and settled in for the night. It was likely full of bugs but they seemed mostly hidden at the moment so I tried to not care. I was just asleep for maybe a couple hours when I heard it, the low rumble of a large animal. Something was outside, and it wasn’t a shapeshifter. A real, live animal that would love nothing more
By the time I dried off and dressed again I found a little tray on the bed with some type of chicken dish and a Dr. Pepper, my favorite.I grinned, someone must have told him. I couldn’t remember the name of the she-wolf that worked in the kitchen, maybe she had known. Sitting on the bed against the headboard, I moved the tray into my lap. My stomach was practically lurching at the plate and I couldn’t get it down fast enough. I felt my shoulder again, and was still just absolutely stunned. It was really as if nothing happened and I couldn’t understand how that was possible. I felt like I could run a marathon.Should I get up and go look for Godfrey? No, he’s probably busy. I put the tray on a dresser and laid back in bed.Ember made me roll toward Godfrey’s side and shamelessly smell his pillow. I lifted the covers over my head and just inhaled. He hadn’t been under the covers but regardless they still smelled like him. Why did he even have covers? Just so there wasn’t an ugly bare
~Sunny’s Point of View~Even though Godfrey made me go back to my parents’ house, I was now a bit optimistic. I knew I’d gotten through to him on some level. He had felt me, tasted me, now he would have those memories, his body would remember it. Mine sure as hell did. Mine burned with the memory...Everyday was one more day closer to the full moon and Ember was restless. It killed me to just sit at home, everyone was afraid to talk to me which was more than fine. They knew I could probably be set off at any moment.RING RING RING RING!“Hello,” I said, answering the phone.“Hey girlie I miss you! Come out and meet us, we’re hitting the mall,” Alisha, my bestie said.Alisha was from my school and she was part of the Hollow Hill pack which was the closet pack to my parents’ house.“Yeah I’ll come out, I need a distraction, where’s everyone meeting up,” I asked, getting up to throw open my closet.“Just at the food court, I’m almost there now but we’ll hang until you show,” she said, po