Chapter 54- Slade

I shed one skin for another. And I now stand before her on two legs. Her smile is bright beneath the stars. And all I can do is stare. She’s so fucking beautiful. I am entranced.

She reaches down and takes my hand. I will follow her anywhere. She leads me deeper into the woods. The beta bleeding on the ground is nearly forgotten, until I finger the bruises on her arm. I growl in spite of myself.

But my mate does not cower in fear. She is not afraid of me. She used to fear the forest, and with good reason, but I know she feels safe with me. And that alone helps to calm the rage I feel inside. I push down my wolf. It is far too beautiful of a night, especially with my mate beside me, to be lost to the animal inside me. Right now, I want my human side to be dominate. To feel every fucking thing this night brings.

“Does it hurt?” she whispers as her fingers circle around the bite mark.

I shake my head. Her midnight eyes are as luminous as the moon above.

“I dream about you every night,”