Nina’s Pov- It was absolutely scorching under this sun, my choices in wearing joggers seemed and felt like such a good idea this morning but now as I was busting my ass off under the afternoon sun, I was regretting everything. When I had agreed to clean the boys pool, I never imagined it would be such a hard job to do. It was physically straining my muscles having to balance along the pools edge although I do have to admit that I was pretty pleased with myself, I had successfully managed to clear any and all leaves that where floating around the pool without falling in the thing. Axel had called the task skimming but I honestly didn’t care much for the correct termination of each step that I had completed so far. Skimming was the easy part, the scrubbing of the visible tiles along the edge of the pool was the challenging part, in fact because of that step alone in the pool cleaning process was why I had decided I never want to own an inground pool, or if I did I would hire someone for

Nina’s pov- Even though it was a Monday morning I felt positive about the day ahead of me. After my day at the Kingsley ranch yesterday I had awoken this morning feeling more than content with the direction my life seemed to be swaying in. The Kingsley boys have this sprit about them that has me feeling almost like I was at home with them and then there was Maverick, He was so beautiful not just on the outside but on the inside. His presence made me feel safe and his playful mischievous ways has me feeling all and every bit of the happiness he brings out in me, I even felt a boost to my confidence lately and I think that was down to him too. “it’s a little early but if you want a lift to school it has to be now because I have to leave” Uncle Jesse said stuffing a stack of papers into his duffle bag. He seemed rushed off his feet this morning and tense as hell. He certainly was not in the best of moods which was odd as he usually wasn’t bad of a morning person. I guess today just does

Nina’s pov- Today had dragged on, might I add more than usual. I swear the days in Texas where somehow getting longer than the days that we had back in the city, or that is how it felt right now anyway. Earlier I had spent the entire of my lunch break with Kat, filling her in on everything that has happened since the party on Saturday night whilst she relentlessly apologised to me for leaving me on the side of the road and blaming the behaviour on her lack of female friendships. Which was fair play, but she truly didn’t have anything to apologies to me for because I willingly wanted to be left at the side of the road, maybe at the time not with Maverick but that turned out to be a good thing and it was what it was, we couldn’t change back time anyway. Eventually I had to appease her and accept her apology in hopes she would stop verbally pecking my head with her constant apologising. Thinking about my school day was Hella depressing and the fact that my day hasn’t got any better sinc

Nina’s pov- I shivered at the chill that went down my spine as Uncle Jesse talked with the man that was giving me a horrible vibe, it wasn’t his appearance that gave me the chills rather this gut feeling that was knawing at me. The woman at his side wasn’t helping the growing feeling as she eyed me through the glass of the window and I clung to the rim of my dress, my fingers curling the fabric into my fist with the agitation that filled me. She had some god damn nerve making what was so clearly a move on Maverick whilst I was standing at his side, actually all of them so rudely interrupting what was so obviously a personal and very much private conversation. I kept my gaze on the woman, standing my ground as she was smiling, no not smiling but grinning at me like she was accepting a challenge and ill be damned if she thinks I’ll sit back and let her challenge me. She can try me all she pleases but if she keeps up the fluttering of her eyelashes in Maverick’s direction like she so smu

Maverick’s pov- ‘You have to tell her’ Levi linked obviously having been listening in on the conversation me and Nina had just had. I ignored him, the only thing on my mind right now was to keep Nina in my sights. “Nina” I called after her as she stormed her way around back so stubbornly. “Nina” I tried again but louder, she could hear me she just chose to ignore me, her current behaviour bringing agitation to my wolf. “Darling” I reached for her hand, tugging her sharply to a still. My wolfs agitation was brewing into fury, I was struggling to keep him in his place. “Just leave me alone, I want to be alone” she tried pulling away from me, but my grip was firm and tight, she was not getting away from me so easily and not just because I didn’t want to let her but because my wolf was scratching in my head trying to get out. “Talk to me” I tugged her closer using the fact she hadn’t managed to pull away from me as an advantage to circle my arm around her waist. To keep her close to m