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Cara's POV

I freeze, not sure I heard him right.

No, I must have misunderstood him. Either that, or... Or he's just messing with me. A cruel joke. Yes, that must be what this is, I think to myself.

"...Ha-ha, very funny," I deadpan to Alaric, who is still standing outside my door. "You've had your fun."

"I'm not joking, Cara. I do miss you...more than even I realized..." his voice trails off just in time for the loud BOOM of thunder to echo against the house, making me jump in surprise.

Alaric must have been caught off guard, too, because he drops the bouquet of flowers he was holding.

Rain starts falling quickly, great buckets of water pouring down, drenching Alaric and everything around him in the blink of an eye. A gust of wind blows hard, shaking the open door behind me on its hinges.

Petals separate from the bouquet's flowers, blowing around us in the violent winds. I think, fleetingly, what a shame that is to have ruined such a beautiful arrangement of flowers.

Another ominously loud clap of thunder rings out, making me jump again once more.

"Hurry, get inside!" I yell to Alaric, running into the house before I realize that I've just invited him inside, something I had absolutely NOT planned on doing. I'm only focused on getting myself out of the weather, on preventing my comfortable clothes from getting wet. Alaric follows closely behind me. I close the door after him and turn around, leaning my back against the solid wood. Another strong gust of wind causes it to buck underneath my weight.

It's only when I look up at Alaric that I realize what I've done.

I've invited the big, bad wolf right into my home.

Alaric's shirt and pants are soaked. The fabric looks dark, pulling tightly against every ridge and ripple of his body in its damp state. Puddles form on the floor below him as his clothes drip.

I'm staring at the pooled water, desperately avoiding looking at this display of his impressive muscles when I hear myself say, "I'm sorry, but I don't have any men's clothes you to change into..."

for

up at him to see one of Alaric's black

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confused, very confused indeed.

Wait, where is your husband?" Alaric asks, a bit of an edge in his voice. He's glancing

from the wine. Standing here with Alaric, I realize I've drank more than I normally would. It has me feeling unusually bold, courageous even, +25

don't have a husband," I declare, letting a hint of my irritation show through. I turn off the music I'd been listening to before I was rudely

right does he have to come here, into my home, and ask demanding questions about

saying, "Okay... so you're

want

questions, moving away from him. I point down the hall and call over my shoulder to him,

will you be?" Alaric asks, not

AL

down on the couch in the middle of the living room, saying, "I need to rest a bit. I've had some wine, and I really wanted to watch this movie, so please don't disturb

where I sit on the couch and the TV, blocking my view with his large

chest... across the muscles

watching my movie

he asks

."I don't answer him.

only the sound

I don't want

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a quieter voice, almost pleading,

me. I feel something inside me snap, and I look up at Alaric with what I'm sure

He repeats.

Another silent.

don't

couch. "And what does that have

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only the sounds of the movie still

hot. It's like I can actually see the tension between us,