Riley kept squealing and doing different tricks in the water. It genuinely looked like she was having the time of her life and I was like a proud mother hen for it.I remembered seeing a lake the last time I wandered off on one of those days when my head was everywhere.So my brain let off a light bulb when I thought about what we could do for fun. I also did it to cheer Ri up.I know she deserves to smile. She deserves every bit of happiness I can provide for her.I made my way through the water floating backwards and listening to her screams. It was a perfect day and I was well rested.“You know, I really believed you were bringing me here to execute me” she said chuckling.She swam close to me, watching me float on my back, smiling.“You've always had a creative imagination. But why would I want to ‘execute’ you like you say?” I asked teasingly.“Oh, you know. Revenge for all the things I did to you growing up. All the pranks I pulled on you” she said hysterically.I doubled over i
I ran out of my room and into the kitchen as fast as I could. My heart was beating as fast as a drum but I didn't mind.Already, I had played out different scenarios about what could've possibly caused the crash when I got to the kitchen and I saw Christian standing there with blood dripping from his hands and broken glass at his feet.“Oh– are– are you okay?” I said, rushing to his side in a panic.I picked a cloth immediately and ran it under the water for a while and brought it to his hand.“Here” I took his wounded hand and started cleaning the blood from it.He groaned in pain and just seemed to close his eyes for a few seconds and when he opened it he was just staring at me.“What happened to you?” I asked him tentatively.He sighed and ran his free hand through his hair. By the looks of it he seemed to be doing that a lot, his hair was messed up.“I came to get a glass and guess I was just tired so it slipped and broke. I tried to pick it up and…” he said, gesturing to the bloo
I had been avoiding Christian for the whole morning. I hadn't left my room and didn't even want to face Riley.She could see right through me and I obviously wasn't ready for that kind of exposure right away.I wasn't really angry anymore and my annoyance was that a part of me wanted, like really really wanted, him to mark me yesterday.But it was wrong on so many levels. One being he had a werewolf mate out there that would one day want his mark on her and vice versa.And second, my mate was out there too. Doing whatever I don't know where but eventually we'll be together, I suppose.“Argh” I said frustrated. I was currently lying on my bed counting the ceilings.I was particularly starving, but leaving this room meant facing everyone and I wasn't really looking forward to doing that.At some point in time I told myself I didn't really need food, I could survive on air and water for the rest of the year and I wouldn't die.Okay, who am I kidding, my hunger has recently worn over my s
“Ahhhhh”That was the sound of me attacking my best friend so that she would not embarrass more than she already had.“Celeste get off of me!” She said trying and succeeding to get me off her body.“I will if you would just stop walking towards the door and come with me” I hissed sharply.I dusted the non-existent stint from her clothes and proceeded to ignore me and continue her walk towards his office.“Why are you doing this??” I exclaimed, frustrated and out of breath.“You're keeping things from me and truthfully it sucks. But I will get answers even if it means I'll have to find them from someone else” she gestured towards the door we were currently headed to.“No– you– just stop, okay I told you I was being honest” I said, panicking at this point.Curse my small legs, I couldn't keep up with her as she was walking really fast at this point.“No no, I believe you. I just need extra information from the last person that saw you yesterday” she pointedly.Okay she was just pushing
I was trying my possible best to not laugh at Riley's reaction. I mean she basically bugged me to tell her the reason and when I did, this was her reaction?She was currently looking at me like I had grown two heads, and I was curious to see if her eyes would stay in their sockets after all.She was shocked and so was I. But I had had enough time to process everything and honestly I had everything under wraps.The same could not be said for Riley, but I was glad. Oh I was feeling exulted. I had gotten everything off my chest, well not everything but she didn't have to know that.For the most part she knew all the details and now I could probably wrap my head around the whole thing.“How–are you sure he wanted to mark you?” She whispered fearfully.I nodded frantically and sat down next to her sighing heavily.“I cannot believe it” she said, with a far away look on her face.“Yeah, I felt his teeth grazing me over and over again like he was tasting me first, you know?” I said enthusias
We jumped apart at the sound of the knock at the door.I coughed into my elbow and she awkwardly went to the door.Reluctantly, she opened the door to answer whoever was there.With surprise on her face, she stepped to let the person in.Lo and behold, it was the same person we had been talking about that stepped into the room.Immediately I saw him I froze up like a deer caught in headlights.What was he doing in my room at this very moment? Wait! Has he been standing at the other side of the door listening in to our conversations all this time?Oh my days! I was as red as a cherry right now. This is so embarrassing. Okay, the best thing I could do for both of us was to pretend like I don't know what he's talking about.If he brings it up, I hope he doesn't bring it up.“Um, hi– hello. How can I–we help you?” I asked, behind him I saw Riley facepalming at my obvious discomfort.Yeah I was sweating buckets and I didn't know how to make it stop.“I just came to check up on you. So how
I had mixed feelings about leaving the lake house. I was going to miss it dearly.I thought about asking Christian if we would be able to come back here once we were settled but I changed my mind.Assuming we would be together when all was said and done was scary. I hadn't thought that far.As for Riley, I know she was eavesdropping on our conversation yesterday and I also knew that she had a lot to say.But for some reason she was awfully quiet. It was both endearing and scary at the same time.On one hand I knew she just wanted me to think things through but on the other, she would've been buggering me to spill by now.I chalked it up to the fact that we were going back home and she was probably processing now.As for Christian, the last time we spoke about him leaving the pack, he said he was a rogue.Would things still be the same now that he was going back. I had this ever present feeling at the back of my mind.I didn't know what to make of it and that scared me a little. I just
I ran towards him hurriedly, almost tripping on myself in the process.The minute I came in contact with him I felt tears that had been bottled up for the longest time spill out immediately.I missed him so much, just the thought that I wasn't going to be stuck in some house or cellar for the longest time gave me cause to squeeze him even more.“Oh dad” I said, crying on his shoulder like a pup that had been ripped from his mother's breasts.“My baby. Oh Celeste. I thought I had lost you forever” he said, gently patting my back over and over again.Fresh tears threatened to pour out at the sound of that but I maintained my cool. Coughing, I let go of him slightly and just looked at him.He seemed to have aged a lot since the last time I saw him. His weight had greatly reduced and he had worry lines on his face.I frowned, taking in his composure and stance to detect any signs of illness or maybe it was just fatigued.“Dad?...” I began to say but he waved me off and just took my hand.