e
thes and the cloak that I 'borrowe
conflicting em
m he was my first. The revulsion on his face... it made me feel cold. And I'm angry that I care. One admittedly, m
ky control back. I must be home when the cloaking spell wears off, I don't want t
finally shut the front door with a relieved sigh, but I stiffen i
not do something about it, he'll end up waking the entire Oliv
d out of their room and sigh
as you." He say
ou doing he
nkles. Unlike me, my gamma ha
Who left his mar
diately wiping at my ne
sh he would not get that
x?" He asks in a
I try to chang
t... let's just say there's no way I'm touching you t
cow
cting." I say,
not.
ose wrinkles at using the s
So close to your Shifting too. You are p
g I don't know."
d not for the first time I not
. I can't think of anything bad enough
eact... but
past him and run for th
if not for my father's worried stance
y forward. "What
e looks like he lost a massive amou
?" I ask in a ho
with red-rimmed eyes. He kisse
still form. She can't be dead, can she? M
my hand
ve to look after your mother,
her?" I ask, hating this new development. Bot
ses my brow. "For now, I just need you to
eak. It's too much, from Alpha Z
go to bed and wake up tomorrow to find that this night has o
nder his control. "You are my daughter, the daughter of the A
with Rollen to calm the pa
isper, hanging ont
always stay by her
pha." H
. Why does this sound like goodbye? How am I supposed to
moment, then seeming to make his m
he door, looking back a
ie?" I ask. I
o something abo
him go with silent steps. I wish Merry, his gamma was here, she could
I say, spinning around and
es, he knows just as
what happened ton
entwined, soft breaths and moans,
say. "You can't te
ed. "I'm not a
betrothed must not catch wind that I slept with another male so close to my Shifting. They have held ba
e faster than I thought. I knew