- your life flashes before you

, that's a

es a toy car - the size of his fist - on the sand. The picture is in bright vivid technicolor,

m very familiar with because it happened earlier on today. I'm sitting at the dining table with fat

oesn't look r

orphoses into a human being. A peeping tom carefully shielded by a pillar. The crease in between my brows inc

lves surrounding me, naked men, stand in their place. They're not much older th

e pack members shift, and even that is short-lived because I always avert my gaze. St

a mixture of mild confusion and curiosity, stamp

ething else they

ent

ey have to be

en it

erritory. I'm

e and another naked rogue walks forward. I can't stop staring. He's a head taller than the r

ine. As he comes closer, the heady scent of wood, pine and earth, fills my nos

time before my treach

ink me in, quite the same way I'm doing to him. Intrigued, I watch as he takes his time to wa

d, I feel totally naked before his scorching gaze. I watch the grey flecks in his eyes change color,

not harsh. His body. . . oh, his body is a work of art. Hewed to perfection. He'

our

like sap, slowly seeping from a maple. I

re some sort of rogue model agen

speechless because I open my mouth but

s lost her voice," One of th

flares in the eyes of grey eyes and he raises a finger. The nois

at his scent surrounds me. In a loude

ly released me and I make sure to move

nd more like a caress. I'm suddenly jealous of my name. "

was old enough to understand, stories have flown left, right, and centre, abo

k down at my sneakers, mentally

lifts my face to his

rown if it means I get to continue experiencing his touch. I stare into his eyes which are now green, and I get lost in thei

behind doesn't abate. I think he feels it too, or at least he feels something

e he turns and addresses one of the guys. "Kurt, pleas

allowed up by the trees. Once he's gone, I become hyper awar

y not feel

t look happy to be the one escorting me back. From the ground, he picks up

idestep him. "Please keep your hands to

ou objecting to having Ro

ma

as Kurt leads the way back. It's not until I'm close to the edge of

my room without being s

tures a reply. "I'll talk to one of the gu

l on him so fast, even he is shock

the look of alarm on his face. "I d

ld on to his hand. "If you have any honor left

ogues definitely do

ns to me with cold eyes. "It's best when you keep your pretty lips

ds, leaving me standing and staring after him

to ask Gavin, our head

the house. I don't get very far when a hand clamps around my waist and another co

familiar voice hisses into my ear. "Put thi

my hand. It's a shift that warriors wear to lounge around in after target pra

op to chat with him on the way to the house, but I hunch my shoulders, making

sound and smell of our qu

ayla? I went to her room but it's locked. I just got back and I

breathe. If Alexander knows it's me hiding behind Gavin, he'll a

down, and he doesn't stop me. We make it down the hallway until we reach my bedroom. Gavin inserts the key in

Layla, but I

the lock turning. The exhilaration which had gripped me earlier, fizzles away leaving me feeling empty a

ard, I slip under the sheets. Traipsing through the woods has taken it's toll on me as