It was nine o’clock when the front door opened and Scott stepped inside. Ciara ran to greet him from the living room. She stood in the hall and her face beams when their eyes met.“You’re home!” she greeted, with her passionate innocence.For a split second, Scott was stunned. Thoughts preoccupied him on the way home, and he was used to silence and solitude every time he set foot in the house. Seeing someone greet him took him by surprise and he thought it would annoy him.But no, he actually felt something else. Seeing Ciara actually made all his anxiety disappear.The nervousness on her face made her look adorable, and he wanted to tease her a little.“Waiting for me?” he asked, arching one eyebrow. His lips twitched from holding back a smile.“You’re home so late,” she mumbled. “I waited for you to think you would never come back again.”That’s it. He couldn’t hold back his smile anymore. She looked so freaking cute and he felt the urge to hug her.“Guess what?”“What?”“You’re in.
Scott woke Ciara before the sun came up. She even felt as if she had just fallen asleep ten minutes ago.She moaned and stretched, then yawned as she rubbed her eyes. “What do you want?” she asked him, half asleep.His eyebrow shot up. “The training. Remember?”The room was lit only by the dim light from the window, so she couldn’t see his expression. But he seemed to smile.“Come on. I’ll wait for you outside. Five minutes.”“Kay,” she replied in a lazy tone.Since living with Scott, Ciara had slept peacefully, even though she had had nightmares several times, but she could sleep soundly on a soft mattress. She even felt safe here, even though the members of Silvercrest didn’t like her.Five minutes later, she came out of the room. She was wearing sweatpants and a white tight T-shirt.“Where are we going to practice?” she asked Scott, who was waiting for her by the door, leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.He looked sleepy as he blinked. The dark circles under his eyes wer
Scott kissed Ciara as if he wanted to swallow her and suck in her scent. He didn’t give her a chance to ask or think. And when she moaned as he explored the inside of her lips with his tongue, it only made the kiss grow wilder.His arm wrapped around her bare waist, and his other hand cupped her breast. His legs stretched out, trapping her body, and she felt something hard down there touch her core.Her breaths ragged, her heart raced, her eyes half closed. She had never felt anything like this before, but what she was experiencing now and the effect it had on her body was almost as she had imagined all along.Scott rolled his hand around her breast and his lips slid down her neck, sucking it gently and biting it. She flinched and arched her back up; feeling the pleasure that made her could not hold back her screams. Scott slid his hands further behind her back and cupped her butt.His fingers played on the tip of her bosom, then his lips dragged down and his tongue rolled over her ni
Time never healed Ciara’s hurt. Each day gave her heart a fresh wound because every morning she had to wake up and see Scott. He avoided her and didn’t talk to her, and the happiness she felt before now turned to pain.She had been training with the rest of the patrol team and she was making rapid progress that made Scott’s friends smile. Even Maila was a little soft on her, though she still frowned whenever she spoke to her, and never smiled when she greeted her.The friendliness that the people of Silvercrest had slowly shown lightened her heart a bit, though not by much. That was enough for a start.And Ciara knew not everyone in this place could accept her. For example Hayley and her friends.“Bitch,” muttered a girl named Bianca, one of Hayley’s closest friends, when Ciara passed in front of them.One of Hayley’s friends even deliberately extended a leg for Ciara to trip over, but she dodged at the last moment and she didn’t fall. This led to mutters of annoyance and derision tha
Scott towered behind Bianca and looked at them one by one.This was on purpose, Ciara thought. As if Scott hadn’t tortured her enough by having to see his face every morning and night, they were even on the same sub-team.“From now on we are in the same sub-team,” said Scott. “I hope you can work together and I don’t want to hear any more team members whining to be transferred to another sub-team.” Then he looked at Bianca. “If you do it one more time, I’ll kick you out.”Bianca nodded obediently, though she didn’t look happy with the decision. She walked over while grumbling and stood next to Vaire.“We will be patrolling the north border area. There are two shifts overnight, and we get the first shift. We will carry the patrol out for three hours and after that, we will exchange with other sub-teams.”Everyone nodded, understanding Scott’s explanation.“Any questions?” he asked.Vaire raised a hand. “What if there is an attack? What should we do? Should we call in reinforcements?”“
‘Where are you?!’ Ciara shouted while running towards her arrival.‘Help me!’ was all Bianca had been saying. She sounded scared. Seemed the situation was very dire.Ciara nearly collided with Scott while sliding down the ridge. She yelped, and Scott nodded. They both ran towards the caves on the cliff, beyond the pine forest. It was quite dark there, moreover the clouds had just passed and covered the moon.Scott lifted his snout in the air, smelling Bianca, and Ciara tried to do the same. But instead of finding what she was looking for, she found another scent. And all her fur bristling with horror.The same scent she had inhaled most of her life.They are here; she thought. They had found her.Her wolf felt the panic, and fear build up inside her, and the calm she had enjoyed earlier, the control she had had over her wolf, was gone in the blink of an eye.Ciara growled loudly and dashed past Scott, into the dense forest, following her keen sense of smell. Their smell became more pu
“I’m immune to silver.”Burke looked at her like Ciara had just made a bad joke.She shrugged. “I know that’s hard for you to believe. But that is the truth.”“How can you be immune to silver?”She turned her head, her view slightly obscured by a strand of her hair. “Sorry, but… I can’t tell you. I just want to talk about it with Scott.”“I assume Scott didn’t know about it yet.”Ciara nodded.“Are you planning to tell him this?” he asked again.Actually, she didn’t plan to say that. But since Burke already knew, and sooner or later Scott would too, she had no choice but to say it.“Yes.”“I hope you say it as soon as you meet him.”“Sure.”Burke was about to leave when Ciara stopped him.“Burke,” she called.Burke turned to her. “What?”“Don’t tell anyone about this,” she begged. “Please.”Burke stared at her expressionlessly, and Ciara didn’t think he would approve of it. But he said, “Sure,” in a casual tone and walked away.Ciara stayed where she was until everyone left the post.
Anxiety crept all over Ciara’s body when her steps brought her back to Alpha’s house for the second time. She had a feeling that whatever talk that was about to happen would definitely not be good for her. But she had no other choice but to obey the order, because she was an eyewitness to the terrible events on the territory’s border.Scott repeatedly calmed her down, but the words he said didn’t make her anxiety go away.“Ready?” Scott asked as they reached Hugh’s study door. Scott held the door handle and looked at her.Ciara raised her gaze to him. “I have no choice,” she muttered.Scott pursed his lips. “I know. Hang in there, okay?”She nodded, and he opened the door.Inside, Hugh, Gordon, and several other werewolves that Ciara had never seen were waiting for her and Scott.“When they said you were badly hurt, I thought they were kidding,” Gordon said. He stood up from the chair and greeted Scott, giving him a manly hug while gently patting him on the back.“I’m not badly hurt,”