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

face and massaged the side of my head, relieving some of the pain and tension. I could already feel my body

voice I

smiling as he

time," he

at him through my wet

wiped the tears off my cheeks with his thumbs as he continued to massage my head. I was momentarily startled to see the red light surrounding him like a bright aura. It wasn't a painful flash in my

ago, I encountered a Seer 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

was the calm in

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

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

not

Boss," I heard

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

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