Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Two
Thane walked past me, and I followed after him, Are you drunk?” I questioned again. “No,” he finally answers, “It would take more than a few bottles to get me drunk.”
“You are late and I was worried.”
“I’m sorry, I just…” he broke off his sentence, saying no more.
“For fuck’s sake it was only a scratch, it’s no big deal!”
“It could have been more Riley, and you know that; what would I have done to myself then?“”
“It wasn’t your fault?”
“Then who’s fault was it?”
“Whatever hellish thing that possessed you that night, that’s what we should be worrying about.”
“Axel told me about your… theories, so you do think I’m different?” he questioned.
“Different in a good way, “yeah,” I added quickly.
“Maybe I’ve noticed a few changes myself; I wanted to believe it was all as a result of the crowing,” Thane explains, and I nod. That makes sense; with the crown comes power. “But maybe I was wrong; maybe there is something more; I would have to find out.”
I settled on the bed, waiting for Thane to join me. I did miss the warmth that only he could provide, but then I noticed he had chosen to sleep on the couch.
“Thane, you can’t sleep there, you really don’t have to”
“What if it happens again?”
“If it does, this distance would still not be good enough; you are really fast, remember?” I said jokingly, but he didn’t carry on the joke.
“You are not afraid?” Thane questions
“of you? No, I am not.”
“Why?”
‘Because I trust you, I know you would never hurt me.”
“That only makes it worse; I hadn’t been in my right senses, Riley; you shouldn’t be this comfortable around me, not anymore.”
‘Well, I am, and nothing can change that.”
“I hadn’t done the right thing; I should have let you stay at Axel’s; that way you would be safe.
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“Thane, I am safe, okay? I don’t want to sleep alone tonight, so could you please come to bed?” Thane let out an audible breath before rising from the cushion; he walked up to the bed and slid beside me.
“You see, still very safe,” I said to him, but he didn’t look at all comfortable. He remained at the edge of the bed.
I woke up, noticing Thane still lay at my side. I took a few minutes staring at him; I still couldn’t believe he was all mine.
“You might as well take a picture, it would last longer” he says, and 1 quickly looked away, blushing. “Hey, I don’t want you to look away, I enjoy the attention” he complained and I couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle.
“What do you say we go for a run?” Thane asked.
“I thought you needed to go to work.”
“I could skip work for a few hours, just to make it up to you for being so irrational last night.”
“You do have some ‘making up‘ to do,” I agreed. I quickly got dressed.
I found myself thinking about other things we could do in the woods, things that do not involve running.
I followed Thane out of the room, noticing the stares. There were always people staring, and just as Axel said, I should get used to this, maybe I already have.
Thane watched me transform into my wolf; he stared at me like I was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, and my heart swelled with pride, but if he thought my wolf was beautiful, then he was breathtakingly beautiful.
We ran together into the woods. I knew he could easily outrun me but he was intentionally keeping pace. I didn’t even realize how much I needed this run or how badly my wolf wanted this till now.
Thane finally came to a stop. He swiftly and gracefully switched back to his human form; my own transformation wasn’t as graceful as his‘, but then it hit me: we were both naked, in the woods, far away from the pack house.
His lustful gaze trailed down my body, and he was right in front of me the next moment. He slammed me against the tree; albeit a bit rougher than he would have, but I ignored that, kissing him with equal passion.
“You want to play a game?” he asks, and I nod, excited. “All you have to do is run as fast as you
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can. I’ll give you some heads up. Don’t let me catch you.”
“That sounds like fun,” I say to him. My voice sounded just as needy as his, and before he could give the signal, 1 zipped into the forest, ruining as fast as I could. I ran till I couldn’t feel my feet. My heart drummed in my chest in anticipation. I didn’t know if he was coming yet. I dared look back; he wasn’t close. My smile widened, and just then I slammed into something
No, not something, someone. Thane.
For some reason, the anticipation I felt fazed out. I had said I could never be afraid of him, that I trusted him not to hurt me, but now all I could feel was fear.
His eyes were black–those same black they had been that night; he looked the same and at the same time a completely different person. There was this edge to him that hadn’t been there before.
I remembered his words; he had told me to fight him, but that is an impossible battle, one I would never win.
