Bound to Him, Chased by the Pack

"Lya, honey, it was just a nightmare” said my mom softly. Her green eyes were filled with tears, but she was holding them back just to give me a bit of strength. Probably she would cry while I was at the University, but in front of me my parents were trying to be strong and had always comforting words. I automatically hugged her, and she hugged me even tighter. She always had this power of calming me without saying much. And during these tough months just these moments felt like I was living again. Tears streamed down my face, and she didn't even try to stop me. Her hand started making circles on my back and slowly I felt them slowly drying out. When she noticed I was calmer she pulled back, took my chin and looked at me with her beautiful green golden eyes, and said “I made pancakes and your favorite tea, so get up, have a shower and come downstairs” “Mom I don't feel like…” “You'd rather let your body decompose on this bed, while years pass by? Or you can get up and do something

"You deserve better," Cara said softly. "You don’t have to settle for him or anyone else. You’ll find your way through this." I gave a faint smile and was very grateful for their support, but deep down, the pain of Romer’s rejection still burned. He believed I had betrayed him, and no matter how many times I replayed our last conversation in my head, I just couldn’t figure out how to convince him it was all a misunderstanding. He had trusted me, and now that trust was shattered. How could I ever make him see the truth? "Thanks, girls" I murmured with my voice barely audible. She leaned back against the bench, staring up at the sky through the branches, and started thinking how could I ever move on when my heart still belonged to the one person that I could never have anymore? Tara gave a gentle squeeze to my hand, bringing me back to the present. "Let’s not think about him right now. Let’s just focus on getting through today." Cara, always the optimist, flashed a bright smile. "

ONE YEAR BEFOREIt was the week before Tara’s birthday, and even though she wasn’t quite at the official mating age yet, she was still totally excited about the event. Tara would be turning 20, and as always, it was a chance for the three of us to celebrate together. We spent nearly every moment of that week planning her birthday. It wasn’t going to be anything fancy, just a small cake at Tara’s home with her family, and then we’d head out for a girls' night. Simple, but perfect. We were sitting in the university cafeteria, at our usual spot by the large windows that overlooked the campus courtyard. The afternoon sun streamed in, with its golden light across our table, it warmed up the whole atmosphere, as we excitedly went over the final details for the party. "So, the cake is sorted, right?" I asked, glancing over Tara’s shoulder at her notebook. "Yep, chocolate with raspberry filling. My mom’s favorite, obviously," Tara replied with an exaggerated eye roll, making Cara and me

The girls were completely in awe and I could feel my cheeks reddening up just like that day. Romer was again looking at me and say with a soft smile on his face “I would say the same even today, I've never seen such beautiful eyes like yours Little Wolf” I couldn't help but make the brightest smile ever and said to the girls “can you imagine me? A little girl who just changed completely her life, had gone through a lot of bad events and finally finds someone who doesn't label her as strange for having one amber eye and a blue one. I immediately decided I had to be friends with this guy” With a smirk on his face he said “You are belittling what I saw. Your eyes are not just amber and blue. The warm notes of caramel brown are beautifully mixed with green and orange notes, reminding me of the beautiful forest in autumn. On the other side there's this super light blue, with turquoise and green stripes that make me think of forests in the summer with the green trees and and fresh blue wa

“We already have feelings” “Ah, Nyra please stop this”“Don't you try to hide them to me, remember we are in the same body and I feel what you feel.”“i do care about him, obviously. You know very well how scared we both were after moving here. We had lost everything and he was always good and nice to us. He never treated us with pity, he was always protective and never let any other kid be mean. So yes I obviously do care about him, I will be thankful to him for the rest of my life for our first years together. But that's it, stop imagining things that are not here!”“Lya, I know your body and it has never ever tingled in this way for anyone. Admit it!” She was right. “Even if I have feelings for him, that is not true, what should I do? Do you think that he would be interested in me?”“Lya he was eating you with his beautiful glacier blue eyes yesterday. He obviously feels the same for you. And just to make things clear you stubborn human, you are just exactly as beautiful as he