Book Two – Ch.#14
Over the next few days, I found myself feeling anxious. Under the constant watchful eye of both my father and Gavin, I continued to play along with my usual daily routine. Acting as if nothing was amiss. Doing all the training that was asked of me. But, inside, I was thinking back to that keycard.
The one I‘d hidden under my mattress. Waiting for exactly the right moment for when I‘d be able to use it.
…A moment I found finally presented itself on the night of the third day.
With my father expected to be staying overnight elsewhere for a late meeting and Gavin only working until seven o‘clock, I saw an opportunity to take advantage of the soon–to–be quiet house.
And I devised a plan to leave as soon as the sky grew dark.
A few hours later, I was slowly scaling to the ground from my bedroom window. This being something I did with ease and without being seen. And though I never thought to use my abilities to go behind my father‘s back, I certainly couldn‘t deny that it came in handy.
Soon, before much time had passed at all, I found myself facing the door I‘d been thinking of so incessantly. The door I‘d been wondering about every day, contemplating all of the things I could possibly discover once I entered through it. A door that might just possibly change my life forever.
And I stared at it.
…And stared.
…….And stared.
And I kept staring, even while my hand reached out several times to knock, failing every time to go through with it.
…I‘d been so certain in my decision and come all this way, only to But then, suddenly, the door opened in front of me.
“...Are you just going to stand out there all night?” came a voice from inside.
It was his voice. I recognised it well now.
“I ah…,” I started, feeling a little awkward for being caught. “I‘m sorry. I just… I—.” “It‘s okay. No need to be sorry,” he said, his face then appearing from the other side of the door.
Instantly, that same effect started to hit me, a reassurance spreading throughout as his presence held me. “I get it. If you need more time to think, I can just leave this open. I‘m not pressuring you to d–.”
“No!” I quickly blurted out. “No, it‘s okay. Everything is okay… I‘m ready.” I came here with determination to get answers. I couldn‘t back out now. Whatever happened tonight, at least I could say that I tried. My mistake would only lie in wanting to hope for a better life.
“Okay… well, come on in,” he said.
I was ready to step through the door but was stopped as he held a hand out to me. Just as he had done so once before.
However, the last time he‘d done that, I had been too overwhelmed to reciprocate. Too many thoughts and questions holding me back, so unsure of everything that had been happening at the time.
Now, when I looked at his outstretched hand, I saw a possible beginning.
(*“I just need you to trust me,“*‘ he had said to me that day.
Well, I couldn‘t be sure if I was ready for that just yet, but I was at least willing to believe. Believe that there was a chance of this being real… if only for a moment.
same sparks tingled along my skin in greeting upon
my cheeks began to burn ever
I could see how easy it would be to become distracted from the mission
mean I trust you,” I clarified. “And I… I‘d like some sort of proof. I‘m risking a lot by coming here
forward through the front door and closed it behind me, his gaze never leaving mine. From where I stood, he towered over me, something that I became painfully aware of as I became trapped between him
I can manage
he were somehow devouring me with his eyes. Eyes that I could have sworn appeared darker for
maybe it was just the
“Make yourself at home.”
him into the living
definitely some sort of penthouse. Honestly, it felt larger than some people‘s houses in here. Room enough to host
people might see,” he said as he walked behind me. “We‘ll just have to make do with the space
to just spin right back around again. Because he stood to
yelled in surprise, unable to stop myself from looking. He didn‘t seem phased in any way though, his lip twitching into
moulded around perfectly sculpted ‘muscles underneath. A sight I never would have expected to be hiding behind his shirt. Sure, I knew he was strong…
quickly tried
I asked
a little confused. “You asked me to prove we were
going to do that in here, was he? And my mind immediately recalled the massacres I
immediately made him laugh, much
Right now, I could only make assumptions based on the knowledge I had. And
my prior experiences. So lost that I didn‘t even notice when he appeared right in front of me. And, instantly, a shiver ran through me involuntarily. “Raven,” he said quietly, drawing in my attention. “I promise you, there is absolutely nothing in this world
of me wanted
he was done, there was a semi – large open space in which he stood looking at me expectantly. “Are you ready?” he asked. I took a step back cautiously and nodded
then… something
I watched him shift forms in a mere matter of seconds. Changing
familiar hazel eyes. But I didn‘t feel like running or feel even remotely afraid, as I thought I
to walk towards him, moving until I was crouched right in front of him. And, in response, he laid down on the ground, presumably trying to make himself appear less
now? Would this wolf move if he instructed it to? He looked at me as if he knew
trust that instinct… reaching out hesitantly
mused aloud
me to continue feeling the different textures. And though I didn‘t feel the same sparks as when I touched his skin, I still felt an
this really be something I can
to anything even close to this level of control. But Kieran apparently
nod, confirming that this
to learn this,” I whispered. “I don‘t want
could teach me and
Natural. No lies or
me the truth so far… did that
room I couldn‘t see. I was taken a little off guard by the sudden movement
did finally emerge again, he was back to his normal self and tugging on
said,
this immediately made me
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