12. Falling

Henry

I woke up with a start and sat up immediately, gasping for air.

“We have to get back there, get back to her,” I told my wolf.

“For you to reject her?” Knight barked in my mind, he was very riled up and seemed like he wanted to pounce at me, if only that was possible.

He didn’t want to do it, not now that we saw her, touched her, kissed her. I clenched my eyes shut, she made it very hard for me to reject her; her lips were so soft and she tasted so good.

I rubbed the back of my neck and started pacing back and forth around the large bedroom, like a restless animal, a caged wolf.

“Knight, I don’t know what to do!” It was hard for me to hesitate so much, it was something that went against my nature. Alphas didn’t hesitate, they either attacked, waited for the prey or retracted, although we mostly attacked.

I continued with my pacing, hoping to get somewhere. My body, my soul, all of me was completely drawn to that woman, to that dragon-woman.

“F*ck, Knight! I can’t do it and