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“That’s not possible—” he starts, but Elara isn’t done talking.
“I don’t know what happened to me last night, but I drove to the woods and—and I don’t know! When I woke up I was naked, my clothes were everywhere, and there were these huge paw prints! Laith?—”
Kade growls as his name passes her lips again and she narrows her eyes before she continues whispering.
“Laith saw my car and pulled over to see if anyone needed help, and he was attacked by a wolf! Kade, I know you know something, and you have got to stop avoiding me! I need answers!”
Kade drops his head between them and lets it hang. He takes a deep breath and exhales slowly. He should be elated, Elara’s the child of the prophecy. Except her fate lies with someone else. It hurts more than he anticipated.
More than it should.
“Is she alright?” someone asks.
Kade looks up to see a crowd of nurses and pedestrians gathering.
“Are you alright?” he asks, looking into her eyes again.
She looks down, looks all over her body, and then looks back at him. “I’m not hurt, if that’s what you’re asking.”
“She’s fine, I’m going to take her home now,” he tells the crowd, and then with one quick move, his hand on her shoulderslides behind her neck and he walks her outside like he’s her boyfriend. Someone tries to stop them, but when their shoes crunch on the glass beneath them, they don't continue.
As soon as they’re back outside and into the brisk autumn air, Kade tugs Elara over to his car and pins her to the passenger door with his hands on either side of her. “Rule number one, never go to the hospital, ever,” he growls low in his throat.
“What? What are you talking about?” Elara reaches forward to push him away, but he smashes his body into hers and holds her against the car harder.
“Rule number two, never get caught!”
Elara is breathing hard, and it takes everything in Kade’s mind not to focus on the way her small hands curl around the fabric of his shirt on his chest.
“What are these rules for, Kade?” she whispers, pulling her face closer to his and licking her dry lips.
“For survival, Elara. Mine, yours, all of ours.”
“All of ours? Whose? My friends and family? You? Whatever we are?”
He starts when she says ‘we’ and pulls away. There will never be a ‘we.’ The prophecy has decided. Dragging his hands through his hair, he turns his back on her and starts pacing. He misses her warmth against his body already, but he can’t think about that now.
“For everyone, Elara. Everyone and everything. You need to just listen to me and do what I say, understand?”
“No!” Her eyes narrow and she folds her arms over her chest defiantly.
“No?What do you mean,no?” Kade snaps, rushing back into her personal space and putting his nose so close to hers it is almost close enough to kiss her.
“No, I will not obey my stalker, Kade!” She tilts her chin up defiantly.
He pinches that defiant chin between his thumb and his knuckle and angles his head like he just might kiss her—god knows he wants to. “You will do what I say, Elara. You will get in my car, you will let me drive you back to your dorm, and you won’t tell another living being about what’s happening to you.”
“I drove myself here, I can drive myself back, you—you ass!” Elara snarls, pushing him away so hard that he stumbles back a few steps.
“Fine! Have it your way, do it your way! But don’t come crying to me when your way doesn’t work and you need help!” Kade hisses between clenched teeth and walks around his car, yanking the door open.
She should go to Laith.
“As if you can stay away from me, Kade. We both know you won't. Try not to follow too close behind me. If I see your headlights, I’m slamming on the brakes!”
Kade punches the top of his car and jumps in the seat, peeling away from her so fast she has to jump out of his way to avoid getting her toes run over.
“Jerk!” she shouts.
