Chapter Twelve

Noah's POV

" Storm, we've talked about this already. It's just nerves, why don't you get some rest and we can talk more tomorrow." I ran his hands over his face.

She stood abruptly. " Stop it. Stop trying to make me feel like I'm not okay. Noah, I don't belong here, I'm not a Lycan and I can't even shift. I've never belonged anywhere not even in my pack. I want to be free, I want to go back to the city, to my old job. I want to leave among the humans." Her voice was wobbly. Goddamnit, today had been a good day, what the hell happened.

"Storm, I'm sorry if I'm making you feel that way but I can't lose you. You know what will happen to me if you reject me and break our bond. I don't want to lose you."

" I know." She said in a quiet voice. " What if… what if we don't break our bond. I won't reject you but you'll let me leave." She bit her fingernails.

" What about me? What's going to happen to me when you leave?" What she was saying was absurd and there was no way I was going to let her