Chapter 21: Since when?Sierra’s POV“Woah...”Okay, this guy is huge and I have never seen him before!“I'm sorry I wasn't - I wasn't looking where I was going that's my bad I'm so sorry” Instutter. I look over my shoulder and see that Nikolai has also returned to his human form as well. Crap. I really need to get out of here and away from him.“No worries. What's your name?” mystery guy asks but I'm not up for talking right now I need to get my bearings before I face anyone here. I've not met anyone except for his mother, sister and a little bit of his dad. It was a quick brief, ‘Hello sir’ and dash away moment.“Joey don't even think about it. Sierra, come with me” Nikolai says without giving me a minute to think.“It was really nice to meet you, Sierra” the guy I now know as Joey says and backs away. Nikolai is already across the hallway and I truly don't want to be in his company right now so I make a quick excuse to visit the bathroom and dash I go my room like a coward.“Get
Chapter 20: I understandSierra's POVIf I sit facing away from him then he can't see the turmoil inside me. Can I allow him to kiss me? Can I allow myself to have this one chance to find out what it would mean to have his lips touch mine?“Yes”, I tell him even though I can't turn my neck to look at him.“Sierra - you need to kind of look at me for that to happen” he laughs behind me. I feel my cheeks warm so I can only imagine the colour coating them too.“Sorry. I-I have never done this before so I don't know what is expected of me. What if in bad? I'm 24 and have never kissed anyone” I tell him my biggest insecurity. That I’m terrified of failing. I'm scared of someone telling me that I have failed them and that it's of no use to help mend something broken. Something not worth fixing.“Baby, you can't fail in my eyes. You hung on to every ounce of strength you had left to survive a pack that didn't see your value. I see your value.”He does?“You do?”“I do” he laughs as he takes
Chapter 19: I wonder.Nikolai's POVRemi: Are you good to swing by my place in the morning? My mom decided it was great to order a furniture set that requires two people to assemble. I would know this because I tried to put it up myself and fell on my ass.Nikolai: You want me to help you put up some furniture when you have a dad who can do it? How's the ego? Bruised as well as your ass?I add my message with a laughing-crying emoji because it's only Remi that could do something as stupid as work alone when he knows it probably isn't going to end well and injure himself.I'm halfway through my episode of Grey's Anatomy - Don't even question it. I'm such a sucker for this show - when there's a quiet knock on my door. My mom would have gone to her room with my dad by now and Mila isn't dumb enough to knock on my door at 11 o'clock at night.I pull it open not even bothering to hide my annoyance until I find her.She's standing a little further back from the door but she's dressed in on
Chapter 18: Fluffy socksSierra's POVIt's been a few hours since I left the packhouse. I wanted to really come out and enjoy myself, maybe see what the fuss is all about with shopping. Still, the moment I handed the phone back to Nikolai's mother, I felt a rush of embarrassment and pain as I swung by different racks, not even knowing what I was picking up.I remember some of my old clothes had beautiful flowers and designs on them. I loved wearing shorts and dresses in the summer, but by winter, I was a snuggle bunny, as my mom would call me.I'd love to get into comfy clothes, leggings, tracksuit bottoms and sweats. I loved fluffy socks and cardigans or jumpers. Hats and scarves when the weather took a nice turn which wasn't always the case and was very rare for Idaho but when I was speaking to Mrs Anderson - Who insists I call her Maeve - she told me that it rains so much throughout the year that they spend a lot of the time indoors.I don't want to be indoors anymore. I want to th
Chapter 17: A Dance with the DevilNikolai's POV "Sierra ..." I call her name as she tries to swing by me. She may have lived a life on the invisible side but I won't allow her to do that here."Yes?""Get what you want. Whatever you're usually comfortable in and don't worry about the cost. I'm sure my mom and sister are more than happy to help you out""I'm sorry. I just can't but I'll enjoy your day out though! I haven't been out in ... 12 years? I can't remember" she says it as if it's just a casual conversation topic but a part of my chest aches at knowing she hasn't been out in so long.Why?That's the main question I have. Why hasn't she been out in so long? Was it fear for her safety?"Why haven't you been out in so long?""I think - honestly I think that's a conversation for another day. I don't want to make things awkward between us and I certainly don't want pity""Haven't we already established this isn't a pity party? I'm not here to make you feel uncomfortable I'm here b
Chapter 16: I'm strong enoughSierra's POVOver the last few weeks, my body has started to heal more. Nikolai and I don't touch base on my past. He's tried but realised once he's said the words I close off. I still won't sleep in the bed, I still don't feel that comfortable here yet but I'm starting to eat more.I don't look in the mirror and see bruises every day, I try not to smile but it's so damn hard when I feel that little flicker of excitement about how fresh I feel when I have a nice hot shower.I've been wearing clothes and washing them after a day's use because I don't have anything else and I refuse to ask to borrow any more clothes. I'm already treating these with such care."Sierra" Nikolai says as he knocks on my open door. I try to keep it open so people can see I'm not doing anything wrong and the number of times I've been told not to call Nikolai 'Alpha' is ... a lot of times actually but it's hard when I don't see him as anything more than that.I can't. I've had my