Chapter 13 : Breakthrough

*Shawn*

She looked nervous when I asked her to dinner, like she still wasn’t sure whether or not she could trust me.

I guess I can’t blame her.

It may have been two months since she first came here, but I know that even without any of the details, whatever reasons she has for not being able to return to her old pack must’ve wrecked her faith in people.

It pains me to think that she has a reason to feel that way, and even more so when she downplays her skills. Over the past few weeks, she’s dismissed most of the compliments she’s been given by me, or the other occasional shifters.

But I’ve watched her grow exponentially even in this last month alone.

I’ve memorized the look on her face when she’s really concentrating on something, the way she wrinkles her nose slightly and constantly tucks her hair behind her ear, even when it’s perfectly neat.

Or the way she lights up when she finally manages to come up with a solution to a problem that’s been i