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I barely dared to sit up and look in the mirror, but when I did, it was my own face that gazed back at me—those too intense, eerie eyes that made people uncomfortable, the sharp angle of my cheekbones, the dark curls that were too long and drove Karissa crazy.
My cock was still hard from the dream. That voice…
Was it Amelia?
The thought that it was her, that she was here but I was too damaged to even talk to her, that everyone thought they had to protect her from me, made me pace angrily. I had to slip back out into the moonlight; just like when I had become a wolf and the nightmare had faded, this nightmare would fade too.
I threw open the door of my bedroom.
At just the same time, her door opened too.
She stared at me, her lips falling apart. Her hair was wild around her face and her nipples tented the t-shirt she’d worn to bed. She looked soft and feminine and sleepy, and I was sure she was the one from my dream.
Cole, in his wolf form, was sleeping in front of her door, blocking her from leaving. He roused himself, gave me a suspicious one eyed look, then jolted the rest of the way awake and leapt to his feet. He snarled at me, one lip pulling back to reveal his sharp teeth.
“Amelia,” I said, taking a step forward. Her luminous eyes locked on mine. My voice was rusty with sleep, or maybe with disuse from longer than tonight. “Our dream—”
Her eyes widened. There was recognition there, I was sure of it, but I took another step toward her, and the fur on Cole’s back went up, and she suddenly fled back into her room and closed the door.
Cole was still growling at me.
I went back into my room and turned on the shower. It was hard to move around the bathroom without looking into any of the mirrors, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that I would look into the mirror and see the ruined face again. So I hung towels over all the mirrors to block them, then stepped into a long, hot shower.
As I leaned against the tile, I kept replaying the sound of her voice. Her lips on mine. The warmth and softness of her skin. I ran my hand up and down my cock, longing for her, until I came.
I was destined to be a monster. And yet… had I been that monster in my dreams, and she had loved me anyway?
I would try to be human.
For her.
She couldn’t see it now. But one day, she wouldn’t be afraid.
CHAPTER27
Amelia
The next daywhen I walked Dylan to school, he asked me, “How long are we going to stay here?”
I’d been deep in my own thoughts. That morning at breakfast, I hadn’t been able to help noticing Stone wasn’t at the table. Karissa told me Stone was a tight-lipped asshole with her too, so I shouldn’t take it personally.
But of course, I did. Because Stone loved Karissa even if they fought, and Stone hated me.
“I don’t know,” I admitted. “Why?”
“Because at Christmas, they have a big party. And Stone dresses up like Santa’s helper. Like an elf! Isn’t that funny?” Dylan laughed and went on telling me everything he’d heard about Christmas in the King pack. His speech was hard to follow when he was excited, but his glee made me smile.
“It’s still just fall, baby. Christmas is a long way away…”
He wasn’t listening. He barely hugged me goodbye before he ran off into the schoolyard. Another little boy’s face lit up as the two of them ran at each other, and it was hard to tell if they were hugging or wrestling. Little cubs at play.
I stood there with a goofy smile for a few seconds. It was good to see him happy.
“Is that your little boy?” Another woman asked me as she walked out of the school. She pointed to Dylan.
“Yes,” I said, a sudden sense of nerves sweeping over me in case Dylan had done something wrong.
“My son Caleb cannot stop talking about Dylan!” she said. “He’s been a little lonely this year, most of his friends moved up to kindergarten but he’s doing another year of Pre-K. Dylan has been such a good friend.”
