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
VENUSOlivia was…scared of Rowan? Just the thought of it sounds odd to me. Whenever I saw them together, they seemed to share a good bond. A bond that makes me jealous. It felt like Rowan knew Olivia for a long time. Alex slurps noisily from his espresso, breaking the tension in the air and snappi