The eye of the storm Star’s foot drove into the punching bag with ruthless negligence, the voice in her head was rambling at a mile a minute which fuelled the rage bubbling inside her. The unhappiness from earlier had long turned to anger, more at herself than anything else and it was because of that, that she was determined to dispel the ill feelings before they festered.  Truthfully, her problem didn’t lie with the fact that Stone kissed her, after all, he was simply acting on the signals she sent, her anger stemmed partly from the fact that she allowed him to believe she was even remotely interested and partly from the fact that she couldn’t keep her emotions at bay long enough to keep up the facade.  Delivering a harsh blow to the bag, she readied herself

Avenging death  Everyone was imposition well before the sky turned dark, there was no mention of the time of the attack and Star found herself growing worried, her only form of communication with Maximus was over the phone and she didn’t want to speak aloud in front of his pack members and worry them unnecessarily, so instead she sent him a text message.  Star: I have a bad feeling about this, something tells me they’re planning theattack for the early morning. “The wolves are more vigilant at night,”those are Stone’s exact words.   Maximus: If we keep everyone up all night, they will be fighting fatigue as well.

Healing  Spotting Landon in the distance she quickly approached him, “What can I do?” she had to keep herself occupied, her fingers were already starting to tremble and the last thing she needed was to have a panic attack.  “Do you have any medical experience?” He glanced over at the triage mats which were becoming fuller by the minute.  “I did medical training at The Academy, but I’ve never worked on a werewolf before.” His lips curved upwards, but it fell before she could really call it a smile. “You’ll be fine, go help them out at triage, take the simpler cases and get people off those mats. Kits are over there.”

All victories are meant to be celebrated  Star sat on the padded chair beside Maximus’ hospital bed, much like she had every other day since her return to his territory, reading through paperwork regarding the transfer of her father’s house.  Sheriff Jeremy was able to find a buyer much quicker than she’d expected, but she was grateful it would all be over soon. All the items she decided to keep were in storage for when she would leave for college and though it was only a few months away, she was thinking of moving closer to New Hampshire sooner than that. If only Maximus would wake up soon.  A slight movement caught her eye over the papers in her hands and her head shot up to find Maximus staring straight at her. She wasn’t ready for the happiness

As I close my eyes to old ends and open my heart to new beginnings “I’ll stay,” Max’s body froze a step away from her door. “At least until the semester starts in the fall.” She decided, not giving herself time to take back the decision.  “Are you sure?” She nodded, she was in the moment, she only hoped she didn’t grow to regret it. “But I have a few conditions.” Max considered her words before nodding for her to continue, “I will take up duties in the pack like any other member.”  “Of course.” He gave a curt nod.  “We will see where this goes, but if it doesn&