Guilt and sadness took turns carving into me. Everything hurt. Maybe it had been a bad dream after all, but when I tried harder to remember, I only thought of Joseph. I didn’t want to keep ignoring Joseph, but I hadn’t wanted him to hurt me either. How could I ever trust him again? My body tre

Asher was waiting for an answer on how I noticed him following me, but I couldn’t tell him the truth. The emergence of my wolf was not a secret I was ready to tell him yet. “I saw you turning at the streetlight,” I said. It wasn’t entirely a lie. That had been when I spotted him, but only because

“Tell him you aren’t interested,” Asher said, crossing his arms. I lowered my gaze to the phone in my hands. The nervous boy’s innocent message stared back at me. Do you want to go out on a date this weekend? At first my fingers moved to comply with Asher’s demand, almost on reflex. I even ope

I didn’t know how to say my true thoughts. I couldn’t tell him that I very much didn’t dislike his presence. That it was actually the opposite. Saying it aloud would admit too much to both him… and myself. Yet for some reason, I couldn’t bear the thought of him thinking I hated him. You just h

I could endure it. Elena lifted her hand, and traced her nail down Asher’s clean-shaven cheek. “I’m only asking for a turn,” she purred. I couldn’t endure it. My heart shattered to pieces, I couldn’t breathe, and – He gripped her forearm and ripped her touch away from his face. He moved her