TURMOIL

~KAEL

Zira had guts.

My hands still trembled with anger. My wolf twisted and churned uncomfortably. My mind was an endless storm with no hope of clearing soon.

The scent of coconut and strawberries lingered in my nose. It was Zira's scent and since we bumped into each other, I could not get it out of my head.

Up until today, Zira and I had succeeded in avoiding each other blatantly. We both knew the unsaid rule of staying away from each other but today, she had broken that rule.

Yet she was not the one I was angry at. I was angry at myself. For some reason, I could not get her stormy gray eyes out of my mind. The way her eyes moistened when she stared at me back there caused my heart to ache and for the first time, I could not understand what my wolf wanted. Or perhaps, I refused to understand it.

I stood in an empty corridor which had an extremely large window that could pass as a wall. I stared out at the crescent moon that shone brilliantly in the sky. It was supported by millions