08

Josh

After my date with Pietra, I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned, my body screaming with desire for her.

The connection between us called me to her, and I did everything I could to stop myself from opening my tent flap and running naked across the field to find her.

It probably wouldn't be the best view if Frances and Ruth caught me.

I expected the kiss to dissipate some of the sexual tension between us, but instead, it all escalated. But as soon as her body stiffened, I realized we had to stop. I knew it was a bad idea. For her, who had to swallow Professor Doyle to get her grades, and because there was clearly something in her past that made her wary around me, and for me, who needed to be on high alert for the presence of other wolves, and so I could find and destroy the paintings. Which would be difficult as long as Pietra was keeping an eye on me.

But maybe now she would pull away. It took everything in me to pull away from her, and I could see the disappointment and embarra