Falling Petals

RHEA

We lay on the bed, wide awake. Jaden held me in his arms with my head resting on his bare chest.

I contemplated talking to him about Sheila but decided against it.

"Haru told you, didn't she? " Jaden rasped. I raised my head from his chest and looked at him, surprised. His eyes were closed, his long eyelashes brushing the skin underneath his eyes. I laid back down and said,

"Did you read my mind?" I asked. He exhaled slowly, his chest rising and falling.

"I didn't need to" he responded. I was caught unawares by his statement.

"You can read my mind? I didn't know that" I said.

"You didn't know about my ability to shift into a Lycan either" he pointed out.

I smiled, closing my eyes.

"How did you become a demon wolf? Were you born that way? If you were born that way, it doesn't explain why Zaden is not a demon wolf" I said.

"When I was a child, I used to have terrible fevers. I used to be quite smaller than Zaden because of my frequent illnesses. One night, I