My body tensed for a moment and when I felt his warm hands brushing the hair out of my face and tucking it behind my ear, relief flooded into me. "Elliot?" I gasped, nearly flinging myself into his arms.

He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his chest.

"Where did she go?!" I heard the gamma yelling at the others.

"I swear, I thought she went in here," the other said.

The shuffling of feet disappeared while they searched the perimeter.

My entire body trembled out of fear.

"Just stay calm; it's going to be okay," Elliot whispered in my ear. "They don't know it was you, so you'll be safe once you transform back."

I nodded against his chest, hating that my tears were soaking into his nice suit. I will have to apologize for this later.

winced as more pain slammed into

rough and calloused fingers ran up the side of my face and massaged the side of my head, relieving some of the pain and tension. I could already feel my body relaxing into his as I clung to him. "That's

voice I asked, "I

feel him smiling as he pressed his lips against my

time," he answered

at him through

I was momentarily startled to see the red light surrounding him like a bright aura.

who had told me I had a special gift; I could see scents. I went to her the first time I transformed when I turned 18. She couldn't tell me much more other than that, but she told me if kept practicing, I could eventually control this

Elliot was the calm

my entire life. The best sleep I've had was when you were by my side. I can't really explain it, but something about your scent and your body... it calms me. Being away from you is almost painful

and I found myself leaning into him. As I looked into his eyes, I didn't feel like a monster. no longer felt the pain in my temple and the flashing of light was gone. I knew I still looked strange because of the transformation, but there was this tugging inside of me that drew me towards him regardless of what this might look like. It was an aching need I couldn't explain but there was a part of me that

least not

here, Boss," I

the other gamma, the leader, muttered. "Let's go back to the banquet. We'll have to explain to the

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