~Troy’s Point of View~ 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️       I’d held dozens of baby farm animals and watched them come into the world. I’d even helped animals birth in the wild. But little could prepare me for Alice shifting in my arms. It seemed painful for her and I hated that, didn’t she shift on a regular basis? I knew she was at least a year older than me, by now it should be as easy as breathing.   I watched curiously as her bones moved and her skin contorted, her white fur giving way to her tanned skin, a little red and blotchy from the shift. Her face finally formed and her features appeared, she blinked rapidly, taking me in.   “Hi,” was all I could think to say.   Her arms and legs finally finis

~Troy’s Point of View~ I’d gotten so busy helping my mom in the kitchen I lost track of time. I quickly loaded up the truck so my dad could make the daily delivery and bolted outside to fly back for class.  My feet hit the grass and I went to step forward but her scent hit me. The scent I’d dreamed about for over a week, and wasn’t sure I’d ever get to enjoy again. I looked up to see Alice staring at me, clearly stunned by what she’d just witnessed. Fuck. How would I explain this away? The simple answer was? I couldn’t. Once I realized my face must have looked like a kid caught in the cookie jar, I fixed it and began to walk.  

~Troy’s Point of View~ “I have to do what you seemingly can’t,” he said, his eyes glaring at me as we wrestled. “You will not fucking touch her!! I’m not you,” I yelled, not sure I even believed my own words.  I had to do anything I could to buy time, to let her get to safety. Ryan had been right, this was a big fucking mistake.  I don’t get to have it all. Not me. We continued to throw each other around and once I finally didn’t sense her anymore I stood back. It didn’t matter. He had her scent now, he could easily find her, dra

~Troy’s Point of View~At 3:40 I began pacing outside my house. This was a bad idea, a horrible idea. But before I came back to school I came clean and told my parents everything. I didn’t ever want to keep secrets from them. Mom cried, dad shook his head. Both had only words of encouragement, but also no real path forward. Mom of course begged to meet her, anxious to see the female who captured my heart. I loved the idea of introducing them but Alice was from a totally different world.  All I knew at this point was my wolf was losing his damn mind. I’d also eaten six honeydews in the past week. Jesse and Dough thought I was nuts, constantly in the kitchen chopping up melon.  Alice and I were both adults, consenting adults. Now she knew the stakes. I’d ta

~Troy’s Point of View~ She’s a fucking billionaire. Holy shit! You’d have to live on the moon to not know the name Westin. Suddenly it all hit me, it made sense. While I knew fully well the type of school I went to, it still wasn’t always in my face just how rich these kids were. Well it should be seeing as my roommate gets around by helicopter and limo everywhere he goes. How did I never wonder about her family? How did I not once think to ask Dough about her?  They seemed like they knew each other. Fuck, did they date?! *It doesn’t matter, you’re hardly a saint,* my wolf said, scolding me. *You know damn well paren