r just meant

e thunder. I stared at him, practically giving hi

cked on mine. His jaw was tight, like he al

t thinking. If he let something like that slip,

asked, my voice sharper

s fingers twitch

said, I can

f course not. That means you'd ha

d back. I felt like I could reach o

it's not

me, Ethan. You acted like I didn't mean anything, and now you say th

I needed to know; it means that he wasn't just hiding s

e. My chest felt tight. Is

ch was all I need

idn't want me because I wasn't strong, o

l

acking away. Don't say

his fists.

how it

aded the a

sure if I wanted to hear it, anyway. Because deep do

. It smelled like rain, mixed wi

still. We

? I

Alexandra.

mmand. But I wasn't one of his pack members. I wasn'

oned him and

ic. But it wasn't Ethan. It wasn't me. It comes

mething was watching us; I could feel its eyes on me.

thing bad was about to happe

a pair of glo

rsed. Al

ned and ran as fast as I could, the r

s right

eart pounding. Whatever was out there wasn't just

round where I'd just been. I didn't dare turn to look. I just ran. We kept

alling over the edge. It was at least fifty

eathing hard. He looked at

, he

t him. Are

he onl

es. It was huge. Not a wolf, or anything close to it. It looked like something f

d to ice. What

o explain. Then, he grabbed my w

it took my breath away. I sank deep, the weight of the water pulling me down. I kicked and fo

and pulled me up. We broke through the surface, gasping for

Ethan

moving, following Ethan as he swam through the water. We made it to

, but he wasn't looking at me. He was looking at the

eyes burned in the dark, staring down at us. I

ed away, disappearing i

ed. We nee

shaking. W

ering. Something that sh

tions, but I knew one thing for sure: That thing, whatev