By the next day I still couldn't talk about Dimitri's arrival at Pack's house and only five days left. Not because I put it off but because Alex was very busy since morning, he wasn't even beside me when I woke up.Apparently by now the news of our parents' house being burned down had spread throughout the Pack, and now all the Pack members knew Dimitri was the culprit. The atmosphere at Pack's house that was usually relaxed and calm now turned tense. All werewolves were forbidden from going out alone until Dimitri was found.I called Mum and Dad to see how they were doing. The plan is that this afternoon me, Alex, and Jake will visit the apartment they are temporarily living in to have dinner together. My time to say goodbye to everyone I care about is also getting narrower.Several times I thought of just running away, but if I did everyone would be sad. And now I'm no longer a volatile teenager who has to run away every time a problem arises. I need to solve this problem asap so I

At first I thought we were going back to the Pack house, but Alex brought me to this forest. He unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car. I followed him out of the car and tried to look at his face in the darkness. Since this afternoon the sky looked cloudy like it was going to rain, so tonight the moon and stars were only faintly visible because they were covered in gray clouds."Why did we come here?" I asked Alex who was standing with his back to me."Because I want to talk alone with you without interruption at all," he replied. He turned to me and took my hand again and led me down the path. His big hands felt very warm as they held me, the slight emptiness and numbness that had appeared in my heart before was now replaced with a bit of warmth.Alex walked slower than usual, his gaze fixed straight on the darkness of the forest. I want to know what's in his head right now, what he's thinking, what he's feeling even though I can already guess a bit because after all I'm the

"Will I ever be able to visit Mum and Dad again?" I asked Alex as we lay on the bed to sleep. Since the incident with Dimitri and the mysterious man who broke into my room, Alex never let me sleep alone again. So now we're living at the Pack house again ... even if only for a while.Alex pulled me into his arms, his hand stroking my hair gently. His gaze was fixed on the ceiling of this room when he heard my question. "I think Dad still needs time to understand you, Cara" he answered after a moment.I can't blame Dad, I should have explained better and calmer yesterday. And I shouldn't have said Theodore Brennan's name right away, because that werewolf was Dad's father, after all. How complicated this family relationship is, I thought as I pressed my cheek against Alex's chest. The sound of his regular heartbeat makes me feel calm and peaceful."Do you think Dad will accept me?" I asked again. "What about Mum?"I looked up in his arms. Alex's hand was still moving around stroking my h

Alex came back to the room when I was asleep. I know because I had woken up a bit when he pulled me into his arms. But when I woke up the next morning, he was gone from my side.Last night's events put me in a gloomy mood this morning, and as if to mock me, it had been raining heavily since the last hour. I haven't come out of my room after waking up and washing my face. All I've been doing since earlier is just sitting by the window watching the rain fall. I just opened a small gap in the window so that the fresh, wet scent could enter this room.Embracing the blanket that covered my whole body I stared at the dark weather outside. Even though it was still ten in the morning, the atmosphere outside was rather dark, in fact it almost looked like six in the afternoon.How many hours left? I thought while trying to count.Eighty five hours.And I wasted precious time shutting myself in my room. Instead of cajoling Alex into letting me go, I got into a fight with him. Again. Maybe Alex h

We didn't have much time left, so Alex and I planned to visit Pack Yellowstone today as well. Alex had already contacted Alpha Sam and he said he would convey the plans for our visit to Balthazar. I just found out how much of a hassle it is to contact Bathazar, as he doesn't have a phone, internet or cell phone in his castle.On today's visit we will go with Vincent and Evelyn as well. Jake still hasn't come back from the Basilisk Pack, Alex says he'll probably get home later tonight.Like I said earlier, we should have left as soon as we were ready but because of the damn mark on my neck our aim was slightly off the mark. We just finished changing clothes in the room, but somehow at first now my back is against the bed with Alex on top of me.Alex's hot breath caressed my face as he shifted his kisses to my jaw very ... very slowly. "We have to stop soon," he muttered which I replied with a weak nod then pulled my head up while closing my eyes, giving access to Alex and his kisses to