The party was being held at the beach near the town’s main strip. It was the typical hangout for locals. A huge bonfire blazed lighting the sand around it and reflecting off the waves that were quietly crashing behind. The whole place was full of bodies, something that immediately made my skin crawl. This was the exact reason I detested parties. "Do you want a drink?" Amanda asked grabbing hold of my arm much too tightly. "No thanks, unlike you I would like to make good decisions tonight." Sticking out her tongue Amanda hurried away, just as I knew she would do all along. It seemed it was time for me to find something nonalcoholic to sip on and to find a place in the sand to sit. After all it was going to be quite a while before I saw Amanda again. Quickly snagging a bottled water from a cooler sitting beside the keg that already had tipsy college girls hanging around it, I found my way to a more secluded spot by the rocks. It would be the perfect spo

"Why is he here?"  I demanded, shooting a glare at my parents.   "He came to meet us. After all, we will be family soon." My mother responded as if it was that easy to comprehend. How could she easily accept some stranger into our home like it was no big deal? "Why are you being so rude?"  My mother asked, narrowing her gaze. "Travis went out of his way to come here and you're treating him like that." "Of course I am!"  How could she be siding with him over me?  I was her daughter!  "I never agreed to being his mate."

This could not possibly be happening right about now.  How was it possible that this man was my English teacher?  "Is he seriously the teacher?" Amanda who happened to be sitting next to me asked."Why are you asking me?" She was seeing exactly what I was seeing, of course he was the teacher.As if sensing my unease Travis' eyes immediately found their way to me and I swear to god just a look from him sent shivers throughout my entire body."Is he smiling at you?" Amanda asked.She was eyeing me suspiciously and I was pretty sure that meant she had begun to catch on.I needed to distract her from me and soon.  "I'm sure he is looking at someone behind me."There were quite a few cute girls sitting in the seat behind me, why wouldn't a handsome young teacher be interested in some of his students?  After all this was college, it wasn't like it was high school.  It wasn't against the law for adults to be with ad

After a quick shower and change I headed downstairs to find my parents hanging out in the kitchen talking animatedly.  Of course they would be super excited that Melanie was coming home.  Melanie after all was the golden child, graduated from high school a year early, went to medical school to become a well known doctor, and even joined the same pack as my parents.  I guess you could say where I was the disappointment, my sister was the pride and joy."Marissa." My mother called the minute she spotted me.  "I just got off the phone with Melanie, she will be in early tomorrow morning.  She wants you to go pick her up from the airport."Why me?  My parents were just as capable of picking her up as I was."Sorry, I have class tomorrow morning."  It was a lie, but how were they to know?"Class?" My dad asked narrowing his eyes.  "I thought you didn't have classes on Tuesdays.""It is a special elective th

Kicking a rock around I tried to figure out exactly where it was that I could go for the evening. Staying with Amanda was completely out of the question as her parents would harass me to go back home.  Staying in the park for the night was a possible option, but I didn't know if another rogue would appear or not.As I continued to walk the sound of an engine could be heard driving up behind me.  Turning I held a hand over my eyes to block the harsh light that was beaming off the vehicles headlights trying to see who the ass hole that was trying to blind me was."What the hell do you think you're doing?" I growled leaning into the passenger window.The smell of pine and cedar immediately attacked my nose as I took a deep breath."Coming to see what my silly mate is doing roaming around late at night." Came Travis' delicious voice."Who is your mate?" I asked leaning my elbows on the windowsill.  "I never agreed to that."