125 Meeting Cassidy…

Lyla

I and Nathan sat in silence in his car outside the packhouse of Blue Ridge. We arrived nearly twenty minutes ago but no one was in the mood to leave yet.

My mind was running with a lot of conflicting emotions, I traced the edge of my blouse absently replaying everything that had happened today over and over. Suddenly announcing to Ramsey that Nathan had proposed to me without first accepting Nathan’s proposal properly was so embarrassing that I couldn’t even look at Nathan.

Did he think I was using him as a shield against Ramsey? Shame crept up to my cheeks at the thought but I shook my head again, trying to dispel the thoughts.

The silence stretched between us, comfortable yet filled with a lot of unspoken thoughts. Finally, Nathan

broke the silence.

“Did you mean it?” he asked quietly “About accepting my proposal?”

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My heart skipped a beat. I turned to him, the sincerity in his gaze numbing my heart. Swallowing hard, I nodded.

“I do.”

A small smile touched his lips as they curved into a wide grin making my chest tighten with more guilt and uncertainty. “Okay,” he said simply as though my response was all he needed to hear.

The warmth in his smile made me uneasy – it was too forgiving, too kind. I fidgeted with the hem of my skirt trying to come up with the best way to express myself. Finally, I gathered the courage.

“Nathan…” I began hesitantly.

He turned to me, giving me another small smile. “Is everything alright?” he asked.

“Everything is fine it’s just that I have a lot going on back in the human world and now I don’t know If I’m

ready to leave everything I had there and come back here. There’s so much at stake now. My job, my life back there… I just…”

I inhaled deeply.

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“I don’t think I might be accepting this position whatever it is anytime soon. I think I made a mistake; I led everyone into believing that I wanted to live here and now… I just don’t know how to feel. Even if I do how can I explain to them that…”

Nathan reached over, gently placing a finger on my lips, stopping me mid–sentence. “Lyla,” he called softly, “all I want right now – all I want to know is if you truly want to be with me. Everything else? We’ll figure it out

later.”

The tenderness in his voice made my throat tighten

now or turn him down, especially after everything he has done for me. I looked away, unable to hold his

to know that I can learn how to love you and hope that we can be happy

reached out again and took my hands in his, squeezing gently. “That’s all I need.”

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a few more minutes, watching as the moon slowly rose to its fullness. The silence between us felt different now – lighter, more hopeful and

the silence again “Can we keep our engagement to ourselves at least for now? I don’t know what decisions I’ll make yet but I should be able to figure out a lot of things after your coronation.”

at least tell my dad? Don’t worry, he won’t tattle to anyone.”

quietly “And I don’t want her to know yet. At least not now and until everything is settled.”

do that. Anything to make

happy.”

smiled. “I should

both longer and shorter than usual, my mind was racing as this was the first time

since I arrived.

the front door the living wng dimly lit

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and my mother sat on the couch, they seemed to be in a discussion. They stopped talking as soon

demanded; her eyes were wide with

talk about it right now, Risa,” I

It’s

“Fine, yes I am but I need to go now, I’m so

she chuckled “Unexpected, who would believe that you had such powers. Then again, I saw you

smiled at her and brushed past her to continue to the stairs when her voice reached me

the night at Nathan’s?”

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pause my

head. “I think it’s high time I come home until at least I go back to the

the Moonsinger, you can’t just go back. What if there’s another

From leaving the pack hospital to being shepherded to the White Mountain Council, I haven’t had a lot of

and walked up to where I was standing. “Sleep at Nathan’s house tonight, there’s no extra bedding in

can’t do that?” I

anything…”

you’ve been quite comfortable

inconvenience us.”

“But Mom…”

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protest but she was already halfway on the staircase. I gritted my teeth in frustration, ignoring Clarissa who just stood there looking at me and started for the front door again.”

marched with annoyance towards Nathan’s house, I was pissed for

Nathan showed up at the door, his

something?” he asked.

to Beta Jeremy who was setting the dining table and straight to the stairs, calling over my shoulders.

Ramsey and I was still angry. My emotions were just all over the place. I had just finished with my nightly skin

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