34. Troy & Rei

Rei Came into Bri’s room, sat by her bed as he had for the last few days. “How you feeling today, Bri?”

Smiling as soon as she opened her eyes, “Hey, you. I never thought of you as a morning person.” She laughed.

“I’m not either, but I can have coffee, you, can’t.” He teased her.

"That’s a low blow, Strauss.” She giggled, coughing as she did.

“Are you ok? I know I’m the last person you want to talk about what happened to you, but I’m offering my shoulder and ear.” Rei smiled down at her.

"Why are you being so nice? You’re going to confront Troy, aren’t you? I warn you, he protected me when I had nobody there. He took my side, treated me with kindness,” Rei cut her off.

“The amulets you two wear are to keep your true feelings in check, you and I are mates. I know you don’t feel it now because of the amulets.” Rei explained.

“I’m all new to this whole wolf thing, where there’s a powerful wolf inside me that will emerge in under a week, changing my life, how I feel, what I want. I