As I approach the town hall I can see a figure up ahead. It doesn’t take much for me to know it’s Matt. My body responds to him before I can even see him clearly. Stupid mate bond has me like a sex mad teenager. As I get closer I can see his body tense and I wonder if he’s resisting the same urges that seem to rack my body every time he’s in a 5 mile radius. “ let’s go to the basement Dr Stevens will meet us down there” oh lovely back to being the cold asshole. As I go to walk past him he grabs my arm and pulls me to a stop. I raise my eyebrow at him but he ignores me and sniffs my clothes “who’s scent is that?” He sounds angry. Not this bollocks again. “Could be Miles or Milo or even Adam” I say with a laugh. He glares at me and I hold myself back from sending a little magic attack his way. I wrench my my arm out of his grip and say through clenched teeth “there was a group hug. Nice , cheesy and awkward to celebrate the fact that Leah found her mate. It’s Adam incase y
I knew I shouldn’t do it. But I’d seen how her powers link to her emotions. I felt like a cock as every cruel word left my lips. See her face flit from pain to anger. I watch as her power grows and for a moment I really think she might attack me but she turns and unleashes on the statue. A massive cocoon swallows her and the statue as gold and purple lights filter through. “Remarkable” dr Steven muses as I step closer to try and keep an eye on Nova but I can’t see through the wall of her magic. Noises start to deep through and it sounds like breaking glass. “Nova?” I call but get no answer. She either can’t hear me or she’s majorly pissed with me, I’m not sure which is worse. Dr Stevens steps forward and try’s to touch the cocoon but pulls his hand back with a whimper. I look down at his hand and see scorch marks on his palm slowly disappearing as his healing kicks in. He opens his mouth to say something when the cocoon starts to dissolve from the top. I try to peer
My head is spinning as my eyes strain against the light. I groan as I try to glance around. Shit this isn’t the basement or my room. A cold blue eye comes in to my view and the mate bond tingles along my skin. Oh great it’s this dickhead. I sigh and try and sit myself up with as much elegance and sass as I can muster but I’m willing to bet I look like a tranquillised elephant struggling to get to its feet. I hear a snicker from beside me and close my eyes and count to ten so I don’t elbow his nose. “How you feeling?” I turn to glance at him not sure I’ve heard him correctly. His face gives nothing away. I decide to ignore his question and slide myself off his bed. “What happened with the wolf?” I ask trying not to let on that I’m still majorly fucked off with him. He sighs and gets off the bed to running his hands through his hair. My eyes travel down and my pulse hikes realising he’s just in boxers. My body reacts to the sight and I silently curse my traitorous vagina. No
Geoff sighs again although I’m not sure if it’s stress because of the break in or the stress of having to speak to me. “Nothing was taken , they broke in, the guards tried to stop them. Once they killed the guards they went straight down to the lab where the rogue was being held. They checked no other doors. They went straight to the lab , killed the rogue and left. They would never of known which of the labs the rogue was in without inside information” “oh fuck! So how do we work out who the mole is without raising suspicion?” Another sigh and more finger drumming follow. “ we have to go dark , there was obviously something about the rogue that we aren’t meant to find out although with him dead that doesn’t make testing easy” my brain sparks as a light bulb moment appears. “Geoff there’s something I have to tell you that might help!” He waits in silence for me to confine “ when I first got to Matts pack...” a cough interrupts me “Matt?” Geoff asks flatly. Oh shit fix up N
I throw my shirt and phone down on the floor and wait for Nova. Behind me Brax is anxious to start patrol. “We going or nah?” Brax calls out. “You go ahead I need to speak to someone so I’ll catch you up” this guy is always on the go. Always impatient and wanting everything done now. I watch as he shifts and I can’t help but smirk. Every time his bald shiny head gets replaced with fur I almost double over laughing. It’s like an instant hair transplant. Shame he doesn’t get to keep it when he shifts back to human form. I watch as his brown wolf takes off running round the perimeter and shake my head. Lord knows where this bald headed fuck gets the energy from. I hear movement to my left and I turn to see Nova approaching. She looks better than she did last night though she still looks tired and worn out. “Hey sleeping beauty , how you feeling?” I wink at her and she punches my arm harder than I would of thought she was capable of. “I’ll be fine , just takes some time to get
I’ve messaged Nova multiple times now. I can see she’s read the messages . I can also see she’s not replying. At one point the typing bubble appeared and I thought ahhh got you, just for the bubble to disappear just as quickly as it had arrived. I’ve tried to apologise, I’ve offered to take her out. Hell I even offered to let her throw me against a wall. I can’t take the silence. I scrunch my face and try again. Matt to Nova : Can you just meet me after dinner to talk ? I stare down at my phone waiting for the notification to say she’s read it. It doesn’t take long to show the tick. I wait for they typing bubble to show but it doesn’t. Ughhh “we’ve upset her of course she isn’t going to reply” Zeus taunts. I shove him to the back of my mind and look up to see Luca stood in front of me. “Who’s got your face all twisted?” He taunts. I grunt and turn on my heel heading towards the town hall entrance and he follows close behind me. “So what did you nee
I take a deep breath as I prepare myself to walk down the stairs that lead to the basement. I know Matts down there, I also reckon he’s not happy about his many unanswered messages he’s been sending. This has gone beyond being petty or proving a point. The whole situation between us just feels toxic. The sooner we can part ways and never see each other again the better. Then we can both move on. As I make my way down the stairs I see Luca and Doctor Stevens. Standing off to the side is Matt with his back against the wall and unsurprisingly he’s scowling at me. Great here we go again. “Nova! Nice to see you again!” Dr Stevens is smiling at me so warmly I can’t help but return the smile “hello Dr Stevens!” I say enthusiastically. I wink at Luca as I step past him towards the wolf and make a point not to glance in Matts direction. “So Dr Stevens, you need me to make him shift?” I peer over my shoulder at him and he nods with a soft smile. I don’t think I can actually do this
Ok nova we can do this. “Why are you smiling?” His eyes crinkle with amusement. “It’s hard to believe such a little woman can tell 3 grown men what to do!” He chuckles. Yes yes very funny. I roll my eyes at his words. “What’s your name?” He raises an eyebrow at me , his mouth hanging slightly open. Did I activate a kill code or something? “That’s really the first thing you want to ask me?” He sounds confused. I shrug my shoulders “if we are going to talk I’d at least like to know what to call you. The last surviving wolf that attacked the pack and got turned to stone doesn’t really roll off the tongue now does it?” To my surprise he actually laughs. “No your right it doesn’t and would be a nightmare if I had to fill out paperwork” now I’m laughing , what the fuck is going on here? I’ve heard of sleeping with the enemy but never laughing with them. “My name is Paulo, I’ve heard the men call you Nova so no need for an introduction “ he says with a wink. Is he flirting w