Chapter Seventy Eight

Chapter Seventy Eight

There’s a knock on the door, and I’m awoken from a very peaceful slumber.

It was Axel.

“Why are you here so early?” I questioned

“It’s actually very late, close to midnight, and you’ve slept long enough,” he says, letting himself in.

That’s when I noticed something different about him; it was his dressing. Don’t get me wrong, Axel was always good–looking and in the right dress, but a white well–fitting dress shirt paired with dark grey chinos was unlike him.

“Uhmm, was the occasion?”

“Is a surprise?” he says.

“I don’t like surprises.‘

“Trust me, this one you will like,” he says, deliberately imitating Thane.

“I trust you, so this must be good,” I say, heading towards the door.

“Where are you going?”

“You said you have a surprise for me?” I questioned, giving him a pointed look.

“Not dressed like that; you look good, but maybe a bit more effort.”

“You’ve never been bothered about my dressing.”

“You will thank me later for this,” he says, and I huff.

nodded, picking out the dress. I was bad at this, so I would go with anything ‘anyone‘ says.

I need to be this glamoured for my surprise? I asked

but this is appreciated,” he says, and again he gives

the dress, and Axel turried his attention to the wall, like it was the most

me naked before; I’ve got nothing to hide,” I said, despite the burning

creepy, and

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felt self–conscious. Slowly Axel turned

look?” I asked him, and his eyes trailed

actually,” he says. “I think you are very

skips a beat.

good looking too,” I complimented, trying to act all calm, but inside… inside I

straighten my hair and apply the slightest makeup–I never really believed I

about this surprise?” I asked

down the stairs was the hardest, and I was grateful that there were fewer people present. It was late, so we were most

relieved. The air was cold and nice, beautif the moon shone brightly above us, and the moon was full

Axel stopped.

“What?”

to move any faster,” he explains, and with that, he swept

Why are we going into the woods in the

will harm you?”

but this is

werewolves; the woods can’t be creepy. Maybe to the humans it could be “he says, and though he wasn’t implying it, I couldn’t help but feel the slight sting; the woods never felt like ‘home‘ to

is in the woods?” I asked, brushing off the hurt.

more minutes, and you

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