Free at Last

{ Olivia }

Nobody told me. Nobody warned me.

I hear heavy footsteps on the stairs and I turn around, trying to shake my nose to get rid of the annoying smell of Daniel that stupid Clara is carrying around on her.

And then I see him. For the first time in four years. Daniel.

He's twenty-seven now and has grown a beard lately. His body was always massive, but now he's even more muscular than before and maybe even taller. He's like a tank that smells like heaven and I want to kill him.

Our gazes connect for a second and it's like someone punching me in the chest and knocking all the air out of me. That's how I want to feel when I look at Felix. Like I could die happily right now because I have everything I need when his eyes are on me.

A sea of butterflies passes all over my body and I can feel the animal inside me circling impatiently, begging me to get up and go with him. Our alpha. Our man.

But that will never happen.

I tear my eyes from him and meet Lucinda's gaze, who i