MasukThis wasn’t like that. I put my hand in Matthias and he spin me around. I spilled my wine as he did so, and he laughed and shrugged, then spun me again.This time, he tugged me into him and his arm wrapped around my waist for only a moment before he spun me back out.I caught his eye in that brief s
I ran to the door and opened it. Matthias stood there with a friendly smile I’ve come to know as his resting face.I painted a smile on too, hoping he didn’t sense my nervous energy.“Ready to go…?” He asked as he looked me over. I realized I was still a sweaty mess from earlier.“Oh uh just a sec.
Matthias in particular didn’t appear hateful or judgmental of others.I scanned the map for a while. Memorizing as much a I could of the landscape. My eyes felt heavy. I decided to take a break. I stood up and shook out my arms.I hadn’t really taken the time to look around in detail. My eyes took a
As we made our way back, it must have been lunch time. Children were running around playing. I saw some women laughing, trying to corral them.Some were sitting down eating. I wonder if this was something we got wrong as werewolves. We had always been under the impression it was difficult for Lycan’
“Okay now when I come at you, do what I showed you.” He instructed. I nodded and braced myself.He came at me at half speed, swinging his arm. I easily ducked and blocked his move.He talked me through how to improve my form. I felt my ego start to rise. I knew my form was good, I just had to make h
I munched on my apple as we walked through some of the village. Seeing it in the daylight was helpful. Much less suspicious than sneaking around in the middle of the night.We walked by the schoolhouse and stopped. We could the chatter of children.Matthias and I watched through the open door. Kids
Isla’s POVI found my way to the garden through enormous glass doors. Garden was an understatement. The grounds were vast, filled with flower bushes and trees of so many varieties I couldn’t identify them all. There was a hedge maze hidden somewhere among the sprawling vegetation.I had played in it
He dragged me out of the ballroom. Guests had stopped anything they were doing to watch.Adrian pushed open the door to a sitting room and practically threw me inside. He slammed the door behind him.“You want to be punished?” He spat out. He found his hand out and grabbed the back of my head by my
Isla’s POVThe music began to fade out. My heart was beating so fast, my anxiety must have been in overdrive. I stepped back from Lucian.I was grateful to be done with out dance. I couldn’t ignore how much the energy of the night was affecting me.I also couldn’t ignore thinking about Adrian. The e
Adrian looked down at me. I couldn’t control my emotions anymore. I felt my breaths huff out of me with steam.“Adrian.” I was going to explode. I couldn’t hold anything in any longer. The idea of him with another woman was painful…but Tessa? I couldn’t handle it.Suddenly Adrian took both of my wri







