LOGINThe drive was short and sweet, and he hadn’t let go of my hand since we got in the truck.“Drive-thru?”. He asked.I shrugged. “Do we have time to eat inside?”“We’ve always got time babe”. He brought my hand to his lips placing a kiss on my knuckles.I liked the touchy-feely, the closeness we shared. It had been a while since we had spent any real time together. Sure, we lived in the same house and shared the same bed, but to spend real time together without anyone else hardly ever happened.There was always someone somewhere interrupting. I didn’t mind it, but sometimes I wanted him all to myself.“You good to go?”.“Yeah”. I smiled.Hand in hand, we walked inside. It wasn’t overly busy, and Jake had already spotted an empty table and was pulling me towards it.“Do you know what you want?”. He asked.The smell alone was making my stomach growl. I wanted everything. “I’m going to look over the menu. I think I want a combo meal”.He nodded as he followed my movements and got to his fe
I went to bed but didn’t nap. I lay staring at the ceiling with the tv on for background nose. The pain in my head had dulled, the bottle of water Jake forced me to take helped with that.Grabbing my phone from the nightstand, I read the text message my grandma had sent an hour ago. She was inviting me over for coffee at six, but dinner was at eight.I frowned. I would go for coffee before we had dinner. Maybe she wanted to spend time together just us. I still had to tell her I was done with this whole situation. We were moving on, moving past it and hopefully we could become a family again.I quickly replied, stretched out my arms and got myself out of bed. Heading into the bathroom I washed my face before grabbing one of Jakes jumpers and pulling it over my head.I was starving and I was kicking myself for turning down that burger. I made my way downstairs. Jake was sat on the sofa his head buried in his phone football playing on the tv.“Hey”. I spoke.“Hey”. He put his phone away
Hand in hand, we walked our way through the forest, following the trail around the outskirts of our territory. It was a weird day, a little hot but chilly when the wind picked up.“I never realised how big the forest really is”. I spoke. “How do you keep people from trespassing?”.“It’s not really an issue”. He shrugged. “A few wolves here and there, but nothing major has ever happened”.“Do you think people know about werewolves?”.“Maybe”. He grinned. “Like your gran said old wife’s tales have been circling the town for years”.“I don’t think I was meant to be a werewolf”. I chewed the inside of my cheek.“Don’t say that”. He pulled me to a stop.“It’s true”. I shrugged.I can’t do what everyone else does. I can’t shift when I want. I can barely feel her presence and when I do it’s always forced, triggered by anger. It shouldn’t be this hard.“It takes time, Leah, but trust me, babe, you were meant to be a werewolf, an Alpha Female at that”. His arm snaked around my waist as we cont
“I’m sorry”. I whispered. “I shouldn’t have said that”.“Don’t apologise sweetheart”. My gran spoke. “It’s a lot to take in and digest and it’ll take time to process but take all the time you need because I want us all to be a family again, Leah. I regret a lot of things in life, but the one thing I regret the most is how I acted and how I treated you”.“Can I ask why you just up and left?”.“I wasn’t in the right frame of mind. I thought you’d be better off without me. I knew this was all going to come to light one day and I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to handle it”.“Handle telling me the truth?”. I frowned.She nodded. “I wasn’t sure how you were going to react. I admit I was selfish, and I should have been honest from the start with everyone, but I didn’t want to hurt anyone”.“So, you pushed me away to stop me from finding out the truth?”.“I know what it sounds like Leah, but I didn’t mean for any of this to happen the way it did”.“I know”. I sighed.I couldn’t give her
“But you’re his mate”. I frowned.“I am”. She smiled her hand reaching for his. “But things were very different back then and we simply couldn’t be together because there were rules”.“But you had mom”. I spoke.“We met in secret”. She grinned as if remembering the time, they spent together. “It was very difficult for us to stay apart so we had secret meetings, secret hideouts. We made it work for a period of time”.I swallowed the lump that appeared in the back of my throat. I couldn’t imagine what they both had to go through.“What happened after that?”.“His parent’s found out and I never saw him again until I was walking in the park with your mom in the push chair and your grampa. I was pregnant with your aunt Claire at the time”.“So, he never knew you were pregnant?”. I asked.She shook her head. “I didn’t find out until a few weeks after he left. I had no way to contact him, I didn’t know where they were. It was a very tough time for me”.“What happened when you saw him?”. I as
You could hear a pin drop. I maybe shouldn’t have approached the subject the way I did but I had to do something. I was all for moving on, it’s the only thing I wanted but I wasn’t going to do that until everything was out on the table. The air needed to be cleared once and for all.I deserved that much right?My gran cleared her throat before she got to her feet. “I’m going to make coffee and then we’ll move into the sitting area”.No one said anything. I watched as she disappeared into the kitchen making sure to close the door behind her. No one knew what to say or where to look for that matter.“If you’ll excuse me”. George spoke as he got to his feet and followed her.Probably making sure she was okay. Was I wrong for saying what I did? I in no means wanted anyone to feel uncomfortable but I think it was a little late for that.“Is Jake coming back?”. Carter asked.I shrugged. He left to sort out cover for tonight but knowing him he’d be the one covering it. If he could do it all
“So you want to get to know me?”. He smirked.“Why not”. I shrugged taking a sip of my coffee. It’s not as if I was going anywhere.“Why’d you move to Texas?”. Taking off his jacket he sat back in the chair getting comfortable.“I don’t really know. My gran got up one morning and decided to put the
Switching off my alarm I sat up. I had already decided I wasn’t going into school today. My hand was throbbing and I felt sick. Hearing my phone ping from under my pillow I remember last night.I had sent him a message.‘What for princess?’‘Coffee??’I could hear my gran coming up the stairs. I co
After finishing my dinner I placed my plate on my beside drawer. I could still hear the music and it was probably going to be like that for the majority of the night.There was always something going on in his house...I couldn’t sleep.The music was starting to get on my nerves.Throwing my cover
“Babe-…”“No Jake I can’t do it I’m sorry”. Maybe I could just miss school today. But I already told them I was coming in.Damn it.“I’ll drop you away from the school so no one will see. How does that sound?”. I must admit it sounded great considering I was freezing. I couldn’t feel my toes.What







