"I have to find him," Eric tells me as I follow him out of the building. We could not find them inside, so Eric insisted on looking further.   "What if they want to be alone?"   He pauses briefly. "Then we have to hurry. I am not leaving my sister alone with some guy she just met."   I grab his shoulders and force him to look at me. "He is not just some guy, he is her mate."He sighs."You're overreacting. Let's just go home, the party is almost over anyways, and you can relax," I suggest and he agrees after a few more tries.Once in the bedroom, I sit on the bed and take off

"Isabella, what are you doing?"Turning around, I see Caroline standing in the doorway. "Oh, just enjoying the morning."She rolls her eyes and takes a seat at the counter. "Marina should be here soon."We relax until the doorbell rings. Thinking it is Marina, I hurry to answer it, but instead I see Sebastian waiting. It was him; he knows that I followed him into the woods. "Why were you in the forest?" He asks calmly.I motion for him to come in but he counters my action by telling me to come outside. Standing on the porch, I begin to feel nervous. "I saw the rogue.""So you decided to go after it?"Swallowing, I nod. "I wanted to

I finish up in the bathroom and change into my clothes, trying to go about my nighttime routine normally. I hear many footsteps coming up the stairs as assume it is the group preparing to go to bed.A few moments later Eric comes into the room, and I close the bathroom door before he notices. I hear him moving around, probably changing himself.Taking a deep breath, my eyes find my own in the mirror, causing me to sigh. My head tilts to the side. "She's not like you," I whisper to myself, repeating his words. "She's been with someone."My fingers grasp onto the thin straps of my plain nightgown before inching them down my shoulders, my mind always telling me that it will be his someday. His fingers will be pulling the straps down, leaving me bare.

"Eric!" I call to him as the two of us make our way onto the training grounds. Eric's eyes find mine then they move to Alpha Kenn, probably confusing him."Alpha Kenn," he greets. "To what do I owe the pleasure?""My Beta, Lucas, your sister's mate, I have come to collect him and move south, but I recently discovered he left last night. The issue is, no one knows where he has gone.""What if he was attacked," I cut in.Eric sighs, taking a moment to think. "I'll have search parties organized. You and your men are welcome to stay here as long as it takes. Caroline must be worried.""That's an understatement," I tell him."I should jo

I do not know where last night came from. It was sudden, a spur of the moment kind of thing, and it has me second guessing everything. In the moment my mind was clouded with lust, a need for him that I wanted to conquer, but now that the sheets have settled, questions come to mind.There is no doubt that what we did has me walking a little funny this morning, and I wish I could only focus on that. When I woke up, Eric was gone. I cannot be upset about this, as we laid together for a long while afterward before falling asleep, though he did not talk much. Either way, I woke up wrapped in the sheets, alone and nude. It is a weird thing to wake up like that. My head was a little dizzy, I was looking for Eric, and I could not present myself downstairs without showering first. The entire event last night felt like a dream.