"How about this one?" Kim beamed, holding up a short red dress with a dipping neckline.
This was probably the tenth or eleventh dress that she had shown to me. However, each one was way too revealing, and Kim wasn't accepting that I didn't want to show a ton of skin.
"Maybe something a bit more conservative." I tried, standing and heading towards the rack that she was rummaging through.
While busying myself, I searched until I found a black lace dress with a dark blue underlay. The neckline was a v-neck, but it didn't dip anywhere near as much as the ones Kim was trying to force me into.
"How about this?" I said, pul
"You look beautiful." Travis murmured, coming up behind me. "I almost don't want to share you with the world."Through the mirror in front of me, I caught Travis' eyes turning a dangerous shade of gold. It was clear that his mind was quickly heading to the gutter, and if this continued, we would never leave the room."Party and marking." I reminded him while wriggling free enough to turn and look into his eyes. "After that, you can do whatever you want to me.""Fine." Travis huffed in frustration. "I'm wishing we hadn't promised to do the marking in front of the world.""Too late for that." I whispered, snaking my ar
Marissa's POV"Are you ready?" Travis asked, continuing to gaze into my eyes. "Just say the word, and I will tell them to forget it.""No..." I managed to squeak out as everyone began to move towards the stage to get a place to watch. "I won't go back on my word. Not anymore. "Even if I was fucking terrified, it didn't mean that I was going to leave Travis hanging like I always did in the past. I owed him this and so much more."I'm okay." I said more strongly. "Just some nervous butterflies.""Are you sure?" Travis continued to push, not se
"Marissa, what exactly are you doing?" My friend Amanda demanded as I laid flipping through my phone. "What do you mean?" Come on, what else could I possibly be doing at a time like this? She had shown up here unannounced almost three hours ago going on and on about some party that we just absolutely had to go to. Amanda was well aware that large gatherings weren't something I was fond of, yet here she was forcing me to go along with her. "I've been asking you which lipstick looks better and you've just been ignoring me." Amanda pouted as she turned to face me. "Can you for once at least act like you care?" Act like I care? How could I possibly act like I cared when I was being forced to do something against my own will? "Does the color truly matter?" I mean, in all honesty did it truly matter? By the end of the evening chances are it wasn't going to be on her lips anymore anyway. "Why don't you go for whichever won't leave your next v
The party was being held at the beach near the town’s main strip. It was the typical hangout for locals. A huge bonfire blazed lighting the sand around it and reflecting off the waves that were quietly crashing behind. The whole place was full of bodies, something that immediately made my skin crawl. This was the exact reason I detested parties. "Do you want a drink?" Amanda asked grabbing hold of my arm much too tightly. "No thanks, unlike you I would like to make good decisions tonight." Sticking out her tongue Amanda hurried away, just as I knew she would do all along. It seemed it was time for me to find something nonalcoholic to sip on and to find a place in the sand to sit. After all it was going to be quite a while before I saw Amanda again. Quickly snagging a bottled water from a cooler sitting beside the keg that already had tipsy college girls hanging around it, I found my way to a more secluded spot by the rocks. It would be the perfect spo
As the crowd around looked shock (apparently Amanda had brought us to a party with lots of normies) I began making my way over. I could hear the sound of Travis following closely behind. Picking up speed I charged straight for the wolf ready to tackle it, I couldn't change in front of these people so I had no choice but to take the wolf on my human form. "Are you about to be reckless?" Travis called from behind, there was clear amusement in his voice. "So what?" I called over my shoulder as I lunged forward through the crowd of shocked onlookers and wrapped my arms around the wolfs neck. I needed to quickly pin it so that I could snap its neck. Huffing, I used as much force as I could to take the wolf down and began to tighten my grip. The feeling of bones beginning to snap could be felt until finally a satisfying pop. "Look what she just did!" Someone called from the crowd causing a wave of murmuring to begin. Shit, I had screwed up b
"Why is he here?" I demanded, shooting a glare at my parents. "He came to meet us. After all, we will be family soon." My mother responded as if it was that easy to comprehend. How could she easily accept some stranger into our home like it was no big deal? "Why are you being so rude?" My mother asked, narrowing her gaze. "Travis went out of his way to come here and you're treating him like that." "Of course I am!" How could she be siding with him over me? I was her daughter! "I never agreed to being his mate."
After spending most of the night running through the woods, Monday came much too early and when that alarm clock broke me from my sleep I was ready to go 50 shades of insane on the entire world.I hadn't been able to sleep well due to the fact my brain was filled with images of Travis. As much as I wanted to deny it, the man had possessed some part of me and I couldn't get him to go away.Sighing I pushed my hair out of my face before getting up. It was the first day back to school after Spring vacation and I found myself wondering....why the hell was I even bothering to attend college?Because you want to try to be normal, that's why, I told myself as I quickly ran a brush through my hair and changed."Marissa are you awake?" My mother called from downstairs. As always she was as punctual as ever. "Hurry and come eat before you leave for school!""Sure." I called quickly throwing on a pair of denim shorts and a white
This could not possibly be happening right about now. How was it possible that this man was my English teacher? "Is he seriously the teacher?" Amanda who happened to be sitting next to me asked."Why are you asking me?" She was seeing exactly what I was seeing, of course he was the teacher.As if sensing my unease Travis' eyes immediately found their way to me and I swear to god just a look from him sent shivers throughout my entire body."Is he smiling at you?" Amanda asked.She was eyeing me suspiciously and I was pretty sure that meant she had begun to catch on.I needed to distract her from me and soon. "I'm sure he is looking at someone behind me."There were quite a few cute girls sitting in the seat behind me, why wouldn't a handsome young teacher be interested in some of his students? After all this was college, it wasn't like it was high school. It wasn't against the law for adults to be with ad