In the Alpha’s Arms

Can You Feel The Heat?

Fucking terrified that this would be amazing, life–changing, the best thing I mer had. I wouldn’t know what to do with that, Lita. I wouldn’t know how

not to fuck that up…”

“Honestly, I used to watch James and Stacey together. It was a beautiful thing. Shit, I was envious as hell for a long time. But I also saw her after he was gone. And I never want to feel that, Cole leaned back to sit on the ground, saying the last part more to himself than to Lita, “I’m not strong enough to survive that.”

Lita looked at him for a while, trying to find the words to say that would make his fears go away. She wanted him to ignore his mind and just be with her. But the more she thought about it, the more she realized she shared those same fears. And probably even more. She was terrified this was another mistake. Yet another time she ignored all the signs in front of her face. Would he become something else as soon as she got comfortable?

how. My parents never had a good relationship. Well, that’s not entirely true, they never had a real relationship. More like two strangers who coexisted, I think

mean with him, I could really believe that a person might have a split personality. The second I let my guard completely down, he turned out to be a nightmare. I’m terrifed of letting my guard back down, of

as if she were fragile. Then he hugged her so tightly she thought she might burst, “I would never. Ever. E–V–E–R hurt you like that or let anyone else touch you. Ever,” he murmured into her neck. A strange sense of calm

fucking day but, it doesn’t mean I would take back a sing second I had with him. Like, knowing him, loving him, is

it was always that I have to fight. I had to fight against things that weren’t right and

eyes, “I want you. There I freaking said it, you difficult, frustrating, imitating man, L. Want. You. And I don’t want to pretend like 1 don’t

“Me too.”

he said quietly, grinning as he

a thing of beauty,” she laughed, adjusting into a better position