Chapter 27

Ariana Belle

My lips burned, my cold finger tips kept running over my bottom lip as I walked back to the pack house.

My feet stumbling over rocks and branches on the ground.

And my mind kept running back to that kiss. The feeling it held.

Out of all the things I could feel through it, love was the most prominent. And it scared me.

'Don't be an idiot Ariana. We have our mate who we love.'

I know I do love Caleb.

I replied to my wolf calming her from her outburst.

'So why are you thinking of that pathetic lower class dog.' She growled.

Anger swelled in my chest as she talked ill of Jake. No matter what I knew Jacob, and I knew he was better than half the Alphas out there.

He's a beta for goodness sake!

Don't Rose.

I growled back quickening my steps like if I could outrun my mind, my wolf, and my feelings.

'You forget we are the same person, the same wolf, and I can see how much you are thinking of him Ariana!'

Shaking my head I burst into a sprint, not caring if branches c