VENUSI decide to call Mom to ask about him. When the call doesn’t go through, I lower my phone with a sigh. She must be busy. I shove my phone in my pocket and tie up my hair before heading toward the gym.Last night’s midnight training was brutal. I can still feel the tight pull in my thighs fro
VENUS“I felt it watching me. Before you came. The air felt... heavier. Wrong. It wasn’t an animal, I don’t think.”Jacob and Mason exchange a look. There’s confusion. “You sure?” Mason asks. “Could’ve been a coyote. Or maybe one of the patrols. Happens all the time in these parts.”I nod slowly, b
VENUSI quickly look away, heat crawling up my neck and settling on my cheeks. I’ve never been around people this casual about being naked. But even as I try not to look, my gaze flickers back for a moment and I catch sight of the scars. Long, jagged ones crossing Mason’s ribs, smaller ones dotting
VENUSMason turns to me, voice calm and smooth. “In order to call your wolf, you first need to connect with your roots. That connection comes from the earth. From nature. From this forest.”I listen carefully as he continues.“First, I need you to hand me your phone.” He says and my lips part in sho
VENUSJacob steps closer, his voice more intense now. “You might lose control.”I freeze.Arya looks at me carefully. “Early-shifted wolves are often wilder. They don’t understand your values or emotions fully. They act on instinct. Rage, hunger, defense, you name it.” “Which means,” Mason finishes
VENUSShe shifts off me. I stumble up, brushing the dirt off my joggers with as much grace as I can muster for someone who was just tackled face-first into a pile of dead leaves. My palms sting, but I ignore it.The girl beams at me like we’re old friends and as if she did not just ambush me two sec