Chapter 32

My eyes shot open meeting the darkness. I was on high alert. My breaths were short and heavy. Something had awoken me. I felt my forehead to find a thin layer of sweat, which was odd since I was unclothed, and the room was cool. I never perspired unless being physically active.

My body wanted to be somewhere else. There was a push and pull like a magnet telling me to get up, get dressed and leave. This feeling, I had felt it before. I knew what it was. He was calling to me. The wolf. Atlas. I should have known after seeing me tonight that this would happen, but what could be going on in that mind of his? He knew I was with Elijah. To be so bold to think I would go to him when I was in another’s territory… so insolent. I did not wish to see him again.

Tonight was just another lapse of judgement due to my unpreparedness. I was unsure why I felt the need to glance at him once more before we parted ways, but that had refueled his fire. And now he was seeking me out as he