MasukAURORA'S POVMy eyes opened and I expected to be hit by bright rays of sunlight but I was pleasantly surprised to find that everywhere was dim. A pounding headache was the first thing that greeted me. My dry throat told me that I was thirsty but I wasn't ready to get out of bed yet. As it turns out, I didn't need to as there was a bottle of water on the night stand next to me.I grabbed it and saw a folded note under it. As I drank the water, I read the note. Sunshine, I had to leave because I have a test today that I cannot miss. Please don't run away again. You really had me worried. I left you some water and some Advil for the hangover you probably have and I dropped your curtains so the glare from the sun wouldn't add to your headache. Please come back home. Forever yours, Jared.I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face as I read it. I took the medicine and lay back down, letting the memories of yesterday wash over me. After my meeting with Greg, I wasn't ready to go
JARED'S POV I felt it when the walls came down in Aurora's head. It was so sudden and unexpected that I almost stumbled out of my seat. I was surprised. How did she learn to do that so quickly? I was also impressed. She might deny it but she clearly was already taking to her wolf side. I had to resist the urge to push back against her defenses. I mean, I understood why. She was mad at me and I guess she wanted to feel alone in her own head. As much as that hurt my feelings, I got it and I would never begrudge her her privacy so I sucked it up and I let her be. I waited on information from Tate about the strange wolves but so far nothing. Man, I was too young to be going through this level of stress. I chuckled to myself when I thought about how typically mates were supposed to help ease your stress but mine was adding to it. I smiled knowing I wouldn't have her any other way. At some point, I called Rebecca to bring my car so I would wait there instead of by the trees like a cr
AURORA'S POV “What are you doing here?" I asked, pressing my legs together to keep from running towards him. “How did you find me?" I asked again like I didn't feel him rummaging through my mind. I felt it the moment he entered. I wanted to run but I couldn't bring myself to. As much as I didn't want to admit it to myself, I wanted—no, I needed to see him. I looked him over. He looked tired. He had grown a stubble. Even with that he looked amazing. It had me wondering how he'd look with a beard but I quickly stopped myself before I let my mind wonder too far. “So you're not going to say anything?" I asked again, finding myself getting lost in his green eyes. I closed my eyes. I didn't understand how I could be mad and wary about someone but still want nothing more than for him to wrap his arms around me and never let me go. I had to admit, while I was here at this motel, I had done some research online about werewolves and about mates. I felt like Bella Swan when she found out
JARED'S POV I let the sound of the clock ticking away attempt to distract me from my thoughts. Spoiler alert, it wasn't working. No matter how much I tried, my mind was consumed with thoughts of her. It had been two days and it had been complete radio silence for those two days. I don't know what I expected but it definitely wasn't this. I was hoping that she would take a moment to realize that I wasn't deliberately trying to keep her in the dark and that she'd eventually come back here, to me. Clearly, that wasn't the case. A knock sounded on the door to my office. I had taken to hiding out here. My room smelled too much like her and there, I was tortured by memories of her so I had been in the office the last two days. She didn't really come to the office so I was able to breathe a little better here though it didn't make much difference. I wanted to ignore the knock. I wasn't in the mood for visitors. I wasn't in the mood for anything besides Aurora but despite my instincts t
AURORA'S POV I ran to my room, my eyes blurry with tears, that I didn't even notice Rebecca coming towards me until I bumped into her. “Whoa, Rory, what's wrong?" she asked, holding her arms out to steady me. I couldn't even respond to her and I just made my way past her and entered the room. I took a duffel bag and packed a couple clothes, shoes and essentials. I didn't think I could stay there. I needed to go see Finn. I was about to leave when I remembered I wasn't wearing pants then I threw on a pair of shorts and threw my hair up in a messy bun. I wore my sneakers and then I headed out. As I walked, my mind was anything but quiet. I didn't want to but I thought about everything Jared said. I wanted to call him crazy and say he was lying. But deep down in my heart, I could feel that he wasn't lying. In the last few months, I had noticed something was different about me but I chose to ignore it because it didn't make sense. How could I explain that all my life, I had been s
JARED'S POVI was filled with a mix of emotions. A part of me was filled with anticipation. After all, this is what I'd always wanted; to share who I am with my mate and finally have no more secrets between us. However, I'd be lying if I didn't say I was also filled with dread. And fear— a raging fear that my mate was going to look at me with horror and instead of seeing me for who I am, she sees a monster and runs away faster than I can stop her. I don't think I'd be able to function properly if that happened. I'd like to believe I would be mature and leave her alone and hope she would find her way back to me but deep down, I know I would follow her around like a lovesick pup, begging for her to accept me. I sighed deeply. This was not going to be easy. “I'm waiting Jared," Aurora said, eyes confused, arms folded as she tapped her foot anxiously. Even now, she still looked breathtaking. Something told me after learning the truth, it would be a while before she let me hold her ag
JARED'S POVI sat in my car massaging my temples as I felt the wave of a massive headache coming in. Just two more years of this and I would be done. And considering I was a werewolf with a ridiculously long lifespan, two years wasn't that long. If I was being honest, college wasn't that hard, at
19 years laterAURORA'S POV“Move in day," I thought with a smile on my face. It was the first day of college and the first day of my new life. I was excited but also nervous. I don't know what it was, but something told me my life was going to change today. Maybe it was the part of me that was su
Adam stared at his baby girl in his arms as tears streamed down his face. This was the hardest thing he would ever have to do but he had no choice. As a delta, he knew he wouldn't be able to protect her when more dominant wolves came. Toya, his mate came to him with the baby's bag in hand. She als
JARED'S POV “Jared help me," Aurora cried out. She looked terrified but she was so far away. The more I tried to get close to her, the farther she was moving. “I'm coming!!" I yelled out, determined to make it to her even though it felt like everything was determined to keep us apart. Just then







