All Chapters of Waiting for you: Howling Hearts 2: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The drive was silent.The tension was thick in the air.My mother’s gaze kept flicking toward me from the driver’s seat. Her silent judgment burning into my skin now and then. Finally, she broke the silence. Her graceful demeanor falling away as her tone turned sharp.“What were you doing there?” she asked harshly.I didn’t hesitate to counter. “I could ask you the same, Mom.”Her knuckles tightened on the steering wheel as she glared at me briefly. “I was there for a meeting with the highest-ranking council members,” she said pointedly. her eyes darting back to the road. Then she turned to me. her expression demanding an answer.“I was in a meeting too,” I said coldly, unwilling to back down.Her jaw tightened, and I could sense she already knew exactly why I was there. She just wanted to hear it from me.“Goddess, you’re just like your father,” she muttered, frustration bleeding into her voice. “No wonder you need a Luna.”I clenched my fists at her words, anger bubbling beneath my

Days had passed since the incident in the clearing. And it had become clear that Dawn was avoiding me.I’d see her glancing my way before turning and disappearing into another hallway or ducking into a room.It frustrated me. I thought we were getting somewhere and yet all I’ve been getting was rejection after rejection. If it wasn’t for that vision, I would be sure she would have rejected me.Today was no different. I lingered near the bulletin board, pretending to study the schedule pinned there, but really, I was scanning the hall for her.And then, like the moon goddess, she heard me. She appeared, coming around the corner with a stack of books in her arms, her head down.“Dawn,” I started, but before the word fully left my mouth, she walked right into me, her face hitting my chest with a soft thud. Her books fell to the floor.“Dawn, are you okay?” I asked. Steadying her with my hands.Those sparks went dancing across my skin again, but I ignored them.Focusing instead on the wid

I leaned against the gate outside the school, waiting for Dawn.My thoughts were racing, but I kept my expression neutral.I didn’t want to spook her. I could sense her anxiety from earlier, the way she hurried out of class like she couldn’t breathe.It was starting to make sense, all of it—the stolen glances, the nervous energy that seemed to build every time we were close. Axel stirred, knowing what was coming, but I stayed calm. I had to. For her.When she finally appeared, she looked up at the head of the trees, watching them sway through the light wind. She took a deep breath, calming the nerves that were eating her alive.I knew she hated the spotlight and this morning’s events made that spotlight unbearably bright and direct on her. It was all our peers could talk about.Her face looked beautiful as she calmed down, taking deep breaths as her eyes are closed. When she opened her eyes, she saw me and she smiled—just a small one. But enough to make my chest tighten. That smile co

Lilian and I clicked as friends quickly, in a way that seemed both surprising and effortless, as if we’d been pals for years instead of just days.From the second she said hello, her friendly vibe pulled me in, cutting through the haze of feelings I’d been stuck in.It began with small things.She stuck around after we shook hands talking about Dylan and how shocked she was that her brother had been hanging out with someone as “cool” as me.Those words made me laugh for real, my first genuine chuckle in days. Lilian wasn’t what I thought she’d be; she had a knack for making me laugh, embraced her quirks without shame, and showed such strong kindness that I found it tough to stay guarded.We grabbed lunch the next day, and within a week, it seemed like we’d known each other forever. She brought a lightness to my world, which often felt heavy.For the first time, I didn’t feel alone not just because I had company, but because someone wanted to get to know me.One afternoon, we sat under

Xander walked me home. We laughed and flirted the entire way home. I hated that the night had to end. I wished it could last an eternity without these moments turning to memories. I could live within them forever.“I still can’t believe I lost it,” I said as we got closer to my house.He stopped walking and a devilish handsome smirk spread across his face. He pulled my undies from his pocket and swung them in front of my face.“you mean these” embarrassment engulfed me, watching them sway in Xander’s hands in the open public. My cheeks turned a fiery red, and I tried to rip them out of his grip, which quickly let me know wasn’t going to happen.“Please, just put them away before someone sees it.” I begged, and that handsome chuckle escaped his lips, making me go wet all over again. I watched my favourite pair of undies slip into his pocket as his eyes never left me.“You can have them back next time,” he said with a big smirk on his face as he winked at me. Making those butterflies sw