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"Bria?"
"It felt weird not to name my wolf," she admitted and actually blushed at the admission. "Is that silly?"
"Nah," I replied. "Bria's a nice name."
She beamed at my praise and took a sip of her drink. "I miss running. Or at least, the feeling of freedom. I'm a bit anxious," she confessed.
"You, too?" I whispered and noticed how she lifted her eyes to meet my softened ones. "Running helps me feel less anxious," I admitted. "But I've been trying to wait till we go for a pack run."
"Are we not allowed to go on our own?" she offered. "Well...I know last time landed you almost dead, but let's pretend that was a trial."
I actually chuckled because it was fucking funny. We'd unexpectedly gone for a run and it resulted in us getting shot with silver bullets, and that whole fiasco went down. The situation it led to wasn't funny but recalling the craziness that our run brought was now a laughable memory.
"We're allowed. I told Dimitris I'd go for a run with Saint, but he's asleep. As long we don't go by ourselves, it's okay."
"Let's go then," she offered, already bubbling up at the idea.
"Aren't you tired?" I suggested.
"Nope," she huffed. "I slept like two hours, but I'm not sleepy."
"Then let me go piss and we'll go." I winked at her and she fought not to squeal.
I finished my cup and Willow offered to wash it while I went upstairs. I didn't really need to piss, but I wanted to clean my room real quick. Shifting was rather exhausting after a good run, and my nerves would get to me if I had to return to a messy room due to my negligence.
Opening the door, I noticed my room was completely clean, and even the extinguisher was put back in place. I knew only one person who would enter my room and leave it sparkling like this.
Walking over to Saint's room, I opened the door to see he was still asleep, only now he slept on his stomach while he quietly snored away.
Out of all the pack members, I was closest to Saint. It was odd because we were rather opposite - him being far too happy, while I was always angry at something - but he always got me in his own unique way.
He did things for us to express that he cared and was always in an uplifting mood to help tame our rather dark dynamic. Dimitris was the serious ones, Neo the calm one, and I was the short-tempered force. With Onyx, he held a bit of everything while upholding a level of mystery, and Willow was just a unique package of fierceness.
That left us with Saint, who aimed to bring some light-heartedness to the game, and it was what we sometimes needed to trick people into thinking we weren't as dangerous as we seemed.
Until we threaten to kill their entire generation.
With a smirk, I closed his door and decided to head back downstairs. There was no need to get clothes; my boxers were more than sufficient. With Willow in lingerie, I was pretty sure she wouldn't care about coming back naked.
We'd shift back on safe grounds, and I knew where all the hidden clothes were on the property. I'd helped Saint add a set of clothes for Willow after our first pack run, so at least if she felt uncomfortable walking back naked in daylight, she had options.
Arriving back into the kitchen, Willow was drinking some water and tossing her pills into her mouth.
"Isn't it early?" I inquired.
"Ya," she replied after finishing her glass. "But a run is going to hype my body up, so it would make sense for me to take them now.
I nodded in understanding, knowing she knew her body better than any of us. I couldn't imagine how stressful it was to be on a medicine routine like Willow's, especially with the need to tamper with it depending on multiple factors.
With how busy Aurelia was becoming, I could only affirm she'd try to find a combination that would need less tweaking.
She finished and walked over to me.
"Ready?" I asked.
"One more thing," she whispered and moved to give me a hug.
"What's this for?" I replied but didn't deny the urge to hug her right back.
