Chapter 7

meant.

“I live in a farm house with my parents and little sister, just few steps away from here,” he said to her. She stared at him for a moment. He trusts her enough to tell her about his territory? He seemed calm about it.

“We moved here from Virginia.”

“Where’s that?” She asked, baffled. She has never heard of a place like that. Heck, she knew nothing about anywhere but her home.

“Uh, the Atlantic coast. It’s along the line that divides the north and south…” he paused when he reckoned he was mystifying her more.

She shoulder-shrugged and looked away. “I only know my home, which is here. I’ve never been out beyond my home because I’m not allowed to.”

He stares at the side of her face as she spoke. His heart sunk—was she sort of being locked up?

“My father is super protective because I’m his only child. He’s not brutal, I promised,” she clarified, knowing he’d be worried when she told him she wasn’t allowed to go out of her zone.

“Well, I just have a curfew. That’s all…”

She smiled and nodded, not sparing him a glance.

He looked over to her hair. He wondered if she dyed it or if that was her natural colour of hair. Her brows were also same color as her hair. On her right eye, her lashes were grey whereas her left eyelashes were black. She was like art—a beautiful art he wanted to take home and stare at it every day.

“Do you ever wish that you could just leave home and start a life on your own… far away from home if possible.” She always wanted to ask that question and he seemed perfect for her issue.

“Ha-ha, all the time. I wish I could afford to get my own apartment and start a new life, you know—far away from home like you said.”

“You can leave home when you have the requirements?” Her brows shoot to the roof when she asked the question. He nods at her. “Of, course. When you turn eighteen you can decide to leave home when you feel like you can afford it. I’m twenty and a college dropout but… still working on it.” He felt like he had said too much but he trusts her enough to tell her his darkest secrets.

She furrowed her brows and lowered her gaze. She was turning eighteen in a couple of months and yet to find her mate. It was disheartening—especially being the Alpha’s child and only heir.

Ethan noticed how her mood had suddenly changed. He used his index finger and raised her head up by her chin. He bored his eyes into hers and she found out she couldn’t keep up with the stare.

She closed her eyes and managed to smile. He ran his fingertips up her forearm, leaving trails of goosebumps. He inched closer, and circle his arms around her. She shivered, feeling his fingertips circling her back. It felt so good at the wrong time.

When he stopped, she opened her eyes and looked up at him, his eyes were already glued to hers. She moved her hands to his face and caressed his cheeks. “You have baby cheeks—so soft,” she admitted, gently stroking them with her thumbs.

He couldn’t help but chuckle, closing the inch between them. Slowly, he bought his lips down on hers. His breath was hot as his kisses trailed down her neck. His hands held her back as she arched, begging for more.

He moved back and looks at her. They shared a smile, and kissed again. He moves his lips in unfamiliar patterns that she tried to mimic with her own. His kiss was soft, but urgent.

“Ethan,” she mumbled breathlessly against his lips. He groans and pins her against the wall as he lays kisses against her neck, her hands weaving through his hair.

He kisses her, long, deep, wanting… and she respond arching into him more.

This was a new feeling she never knew her body capable of having. It felt good and she wouldn’t trade it for the world. She wanted more of it…

He suddenly stopped and shifts back, turning his head around. He looks at his fingers, to see if he has shifted. He has… it always happened when he felt tensed and Elise made him feel that way.

He had just shifted because of how intense he felt. He breaths in and out rapidly. And before she noticed, he finally calms down and shifted back to his form. He heaved a sigh and turned to look at her.

“Are you okay?” She asked worriedly, moving closer to him. He nodded as he moved in and wrapped an arm around her. She observes his eyes, as if to see something.

“Uhm… it’s getting dark, we should… I should accompany you home…”

It was at the moment she remembered who she was. She shook her head as she shifted back. “N—no! No need. I have to be on my way now.”

She freed herself from his hold and hurried out of the place. He didn’t go after her. He wouldn’t want to push things too far between them. Not after what had just happened.

He bites his lower lip and run his fingers in his hair.

“Damnit!”

If Elise finds out he was half werewolf, he doubts she’d want to be with him. He just met her but it feels like forever and he wouldn’t want to lose her.