Maggie: It was a disaster. Painful. Like stick a fork in my eye painful.
Josie: Surely it can't have been so very bad?<
It was the morning rush at the diner and all my body was begging me to do was to curl up and sleep for the next 24 hours. Running the night before had been fantastic but the day after always left me with a bone deep exhaustion.
"What's up Maggie-May?" Nate's voice was cheerful as he answered my call."I need your help. It's urg
"I think you need to talk to Max." Jonas raised an eyebrow but said nothing. "He's being impossible."
I woke to the rich smell of fresh coffee drifting through the apartment, which was odd as I didn't own a coffee maker. Jerking up I suddenly realised how the delicious aroma had made its way in.
Dating Max was a nightmare. Apparently dating the Pack beta was a communal undertaking, as evidenced by the number of wolves currently populating the diner. It had started within days of me and Max becoming 'official'. Had some sort of memo gone out? Was a phone-tree activated? All I knew was that suddenly my workplace had become the new pack hangout and I was the hot topic of conversation.
Maggie: My life has turned into a bad soap opera.Jess: Yes it has and I am loving it!
The flickering candlelight cast dancing shadows across the tablecloth. Quiet music played softly in the background, only muffled by the low hum of conversation. Max and I were on our first official date. It was just the two of us at the restaurant and the word had gone out that no other wolf was to darken its door tonight.
Snuggling down into the deep couch cushions I sighed in contentment. I was warm, well-fed and completely relaxed, a feeling that had been missing since I'd received Zachary's rose. The rhythmic patter of rain on the windows was slowly helping to lull me into a peaceful doze.