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When Scarlett heard a knock at her door, she assumed it was Sienna. She assumed it with such confidence that she didn’t bother to engage her senses. "Come on in, Chick," she shouted from her bed, laying on her front to scroll through her usual websites while talking to a couple of randomers in chat rooms. She liked to talk to people she wouldn’t normally meet since travelling wasn’t allowed."Oh," she cried, rolling over and sitting up when Riley popped his head around the door."Chick?" he asked with a lopsided grin."I thought you were Sienna," Scarlett said and giggled, feeling her cheeks turn pink. Once she got her wolf, her sense of smell would be good enough to sniff him through the door without any effort, but for now she could only get small ‘nosefulls’ as he wafted about the room.The scent of him made her fingers tingle. It was a strange reaction but one she couldn’t control."Oh, your friend Sienna is otherwise engaged," Riley said, making an odd face. A face that made her
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All three of them practically tumbled down the stairs and piled into the kitchen to find the strange neighbour, Rob, standing far too close to Mum. She was asking him if he’d managed to find a lodger yet, but the answer was obviously no. Not many people were keen to move into the spare room of a weirdly little creep like Rob. Her mother had to know this—she was just being nice, as usual.Rob wasn’t horrible exactly. He was a small and strange man, not ugly exactly, just... odd. He had this strained, humourless smile and a tendency to trail off into jumbled words before falling silent whenever he spoke for more than a few minutes. Mum said he had social anxiety, so we should be patient with him, even though he clearly mistook her kindness for sexual interest."Have you seen anyone in Rob's garden?" Mum asked. "His Rhododendron was pulled up.""Oh, that's a shame," Adrian said with such false sympathy Scarlett almost burst out laughing."Is that your Hyundai i10 parked out there?" Riley
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The pub was located opposite the dog-walking park. It was a traditional Victorian building set behind a large carpark that always had the same three cars present. This carpark was mostly used as an outdoor smoking area since the outdoor ban, as much as the landlady tried to discourage it.Unfortunately, Tom and his friends currently loitered around the sloped disabled ramp, meaning Scarlett's group would have to pass them on the way inside.Tom looked up, giving the lads a cursory glance before pinning Scarlett and Sienna with his stare."Ladies," he said in a cheery tone, blowing smoke in her face.Both girls ignored him as they made their way into the pub, to the familiar smells of spilt beer and wood polish. Tom and his gang entered just as they placed coins on the table, seeing a game in progress."House rules is that the winner stays on," Tom's best mate Dylan said to Adrian when they clocked the pile of coins. "Well, I want to play him," Riley told them in a deadpan voice. He
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"Sienna, you should enter that tournament thingy Tom was on about. It would be so hilarious if you beat him," Scarlett said, only to change the subject away from Riley's sad family situation."Oh." Sienna looked down and picked at the corner of a beer mat. "I'm not as good as him.""I am," Adrian declared with so much certainty that it didn't even sound arrogant--it was just a fact. "I'll go.""We should all go," Scarlett suggested. "I'll be fun."As the others nodded in agreement Scarlett glanced around the bar. A couple of blokes in suits had arrived for after-work drinks, but aside from those, only the regulars remained. One was a guy they called 'Chris-the-Piss' who sat way too close to the television screen, talking back to the football commentator. The other, Aussie Daz, sat with his new American girlfriend at the table by the window, drinking red wine and arguing loudly about who should win the X-Factor.One of the business types was openly staring at Sienna's behind as she lea
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Sienna felt the dew from the grass permeate her canvas pumps as she walked across the sprawling lawn outside the Rec Centre. She looked up from her sodden, grass-covered shoes to see Adrian and Riley were already waiting by the entrance. The pair were leaning on the smooth metal bike rack, talking about something funny if their laughter was anything to go by.Her heart pounded as she looked at Adrian’s smile, sending a flourish of adrenaline that rushed to unlock the cages of butterflies in her tummy. This happened every time she saw him without fail, even if he'd only left the room for minutes. Seeing him was like a drug.The pair stopped laughing as they shifted, getting up to meet the girls."Come on, let's get a space before they fill up," Adrian said, leading them through the automatic double doors.Sienna felt Tom's eyes on her as soon as she entered the computer room, filled with the hum of computers and the smell of furniture polish. The room was immaculate, every wire neatly
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Scarlett could barely wait to drag Riley away from Adrian. She felt naughty doing it, but the feeling of wrongdoing only made her more excited. The situation gave her Romeo and Juliet vibes, and for now, she was only focused on the all-consuming love part of the story, ignoring the inevitable tragedy at the end.As the pair walked up the brightly lit corridor, flooded with natural light from the giant windows, Riley placed an arm around her waist and pulled her into his side. The roughness of the act made her cry out in shock.She looked up at him questioningly. "You mind?" he asked, glancing down at her with an almost angry frown.Scarlett smiled as she looked down and shook her head, walking as one with their hips swinging in time. It felt so right.When they reached the cafeteria Riley pulled out his wallet and sighed. "I have no cash.""I'll get you something," Scarlett blurted with far too much enthusiasm. He looked away, glancing out at the playing fields beyond the carpark. T
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As Riley leaned over, poised to pounce on his innocent victim, Scarlett grabbed at his hand. It wasn't just another excuse to touch him--the thought of him fighting was one thing but she didn’t want to see it. It made her stomach turn, giving her that same feeling as the time her neighbour’s cat had caught a bird in the bushes. The poor thing had squealed and flapped to no avail, and though she’d desperately wanted to save the poor little thing, her mother stopped her. It was just nature, she said, and it was kinder to let it take its course.Maybe that was why her wolf hadn’t appeared. Her soft-hearted nature was holding her back. She was no hunter-killer. Not deep down.He looked down at her and sighed at her pleading eyes."Let's go outside and sit on the grass," she suggested, taking hold of his hand. The sun beamed down on the field, drying the ground and making the perfect environment for a picnic. She popped the sandwiches in a bag and grabbed her coffee, waiting for Riley to f
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"Adrian?" Scarlett asked, sliding up to her stepbrother with the sweetest smile she could muster."No," he uttered. She watched as he placed the butter knife he was holding into the sink and wrapped his sandwich."You don't even know what I'm going to say," Scarlett whined."Yeah, I do," Adrian said, giving a humourless smile as he passed her and exited the kitchen.She trailed after him as he went and sat in the living room, getting his phone out to check the time."Why don't you want Riley and me to date?" she asked."Well, because it will get awkward once you figure out he's not what you think and he stomps all over your heart," Adrian said."How do you know I won't break his heart?" Scarlett asked, feeling offended by his assumption. "Why is it not conceivable that he could fall for me?""Because I've seen him do it over and over. He finds a girl, flirts with her, little playfights and touches, then he bangs her, rips her heart out, stomps all over it and never speaks to her agai
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