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Something about seeing Sara put me at ease, and that revelation was a sign of my doom. Of the undoing of my resolve.
I told myself I didn’t need her or anyone else. That I was perfectly content being on my own. But ever since I came to know the sensation of her skin against mine, and the softness of her lips, it was getting harder to believe my own lies.
I couldn’t take it anymore, and I had to see her. At the very least, I needed the chance to talk to her. Hence why I was outside her house on a Saturday at noon.
Watching her approach, a rush of panic consumed me. I wondered just how desperate I looked waiting for her, afraid of looking like an idiot.
Those worries seemed irrelevant the moment she approached me with a smile. She looked beautiful with her cheeks pink from the chill lingering in the spring air.
Even just looking at her made me crave that feeling of closeness again. I wanted so badly to touch her and reacquaint myself with everything that had to do with her.
I felt pathetic pining for someone, but knowing it was Sara, it didn’t seem like such a bad thing.
As she stepped forward with a greeting on the tip of her tongue, the breeze that came with her had a scent that was different from Sara’s.
Somehow, it seemed familiar. I knew right away that it was masculine, and while I processed it, the damning realization made my excitement drop.
I knew that smell from when he came to harass me. Noah.
That memory flared my anger all over again, and I couldn’t stand it. He tried to threaten me and accuse me of planning some sort of attack in one stroke.
Furrowing my brows, I watched as her expression fell into confusion. “Were you with Noah?”
“Hello to you too.”
“Were you?” I pressed, not entertaining her sarcasm.
She looked off-put by my questions, but she nodded slowly. “We just got coffee. Why?”
My stomach churned, and my wolf raged from within me. Clawing at the walls, it wanted nothing more than to track him down and show him what I was really capable of.
I clenched my jaw to hold it in. “I can smell him on you. Did he touch you?”
Sara looked to be at a loss for words as she examined me closely as if wondering how to tread the conversation. “It was just a hug, but—”
“He’s testing me,” I growled, finding it harder to push back against the threatening shift.
That blinding wrath was unlike anything I had ever felt, and I had the feeling it had to do with Sara. With my want to make sure no other shifter had the chance to claim her.
It was unlike me. But then again, I hadn’t exactly been myself since we hooked up.
Sara glanced around nervously, then reached for the door. “I don’t understand why you’re so mad, but we can talk about this inside, Griffin. Nobody needs to see this.”
I followed her, holding back everything I wanted to say, even if that anger was meant for Noah. The mere thought of him touching her, whether it was innocent or not, was enough to have me teetering on the edge of losing my mind.
The moment the door was closed, she turned around to face me, still looking confused.
“What were you doing with him?” I snapped at a loss for why she would even bother with him in the first place.
“Like I said, we just got coffee and talked. He’s just a friend.”
“And why are you spending time with him?” I asked, aware of how unbearable I sounded but unable to do anything about it.
Sara recoiled at that, seemingly getting worked up as a result of my pestering. “Why do you care?”
Seeing his face in my mind only enraged me more. How smug he had been when Donovan took his side the day before. It made me wonder if he knew about me and Sara.
“I can’t stand him, that’s why!”
