wavering down to those full lips and the way the muscle ticked in his jaw. Was it my imagination, or had his eyes wondered down to my lips too? I watched the muscle in his neck tighten as he swallowed.
“You’re bleeding and it doesn’t help my concentration. This close to the full moon, I can’t think about anything else. I’m craving blood.”
I could have gone without knowing that. Rex was exasperated. He was barely keeping it together.
I hugged myself, partly for heat and partly out of mounting worry. There was nothing I could do about my cut knees. “Just tell me what you felt was so urgent that we had to meet tonight.”
That remark earned a raised eyebrow and the briefest hint of a smile. His irises flared amber and his pupils widened. He was enjoying my presence just a little too much. When he held his breath, I thought he intended to kiss me. I was disappointed when that smile faded and his eyes darkened again.
“This has to do with pack politics. For the safety of the pack, I had to meet with Sonya when she summoned me,” he said.
Sonya again. This woman had it out for me.
“I don’t personally know her, but her name keeps popping up,” I said.
His sad look softened me. “She is a major influence around here. You drew her attention and she wanted us to get closer.”
His words didn’t immediately register, but when they did, numbness rolled over my brain and down my body. Our relationship was a lie? Sonya was the sole reason he dated me?
There was time to get upset later. Right now, I needed to figure out what Sonya wanted.
“So you’re with the Berserkers too?” I asked. I expected so much more from Rex.
“You’re going to find out just how hard it is to avoid her. She always gets what she wants,” he said.
I fought the urge to shiver. This wasn’t a beneficial conversation. I had enough to worry about.
“I didn’t know who you were until the start of this year. Sonya said she wanted me to get close to this girl at my school and see what I
felt
when I was around her,” Rex said.
He waited for my reaction. I wasn’t going to show him how much that bothered me. I wasn’t going to stand here and cry in front of him.
“You’re personable and friendly. You’re funny, brave, proud and strong. You made it easy blurring the lines between duty and personal interest. I’m a werewolf, I can’t be with someone human and I was forgetting my place. It was better to break it off before it got too serious. I told Sonya that you were a dud. There was nothing special about you and I assumed she let matters rest,” he said.
Why did Sonya need so many people watching me? What was she waiting for? If she had as many agents as it sounded, someone should have grabbed me by now.
“What were you thinking going to Xyla?” Rex said.
I wasn’t surprised he heard about Xyla. After all, I lost a Berserker bracelet there.
“I was thinking it was going to be a fun night,” I answered.
He grabbed my arm and pushed the sleeve down to expose the bandage. “And did you find your good time?”
“Not as good of a time as Amber and you obviously have.” I yanked my arm back, feeling petty for airing my jealousy.
He let my arm go and grabbed the bottom of his shirt, pulling it over his head. He looked as good as his fitted clothes promised. He was pale from the lack of sun and scarred. Scarred almost as badly as I was only his were fresher. His skin was puckered pink over his stomach, chest and the right side of his shoulder.
“I’m a werewolf, Belen , by pack law, I should never have dated you. I can take a beating and heal from it, but you, if my alpha caught you—”
He ran a hand over the older scars on his stomach, tracing a path he knew by heart.
“So Amber—”
“Is pack and I’ve forbidden her to touch you,” he said.
I felt a little peeved he had a need to fight my battles. “I can take care of myself.”
“You’re doing a great job,” he said. That stung. “You know
“You’re bleeding and it doesn’t help my concentration. This close to the full moon, I can’t think about anything else. I’m craving blood.”
I could have gone without knowing that. Rex was exasperated. He was barely keeping it together.
I hugged myself, partly for heat and partly out of mounting worry. There was nothing I could do about my cut knees. “Just tell me what you felt was so urgent that we had to meet tonight.”
That remark earned a raised eyebrow and the briefest hint of a smile. His irises flared amber and his pupils widened. He was enjoying my presence just a little too much. When he held his breath, I thought he intended to kiss me. I was disappointed when that smile faded and his eyes darkened again.
“This has to do with pack politics. For the safety of the pack, I had to meet with Sonya when she summoned me,” he said.
Sonya again. This woman had it out for me.
“I don’t personally know her, but her name keeps popping up,” I said.
His sad look softened me. “She is a major influence around here. You drew her attention and she wanted us to get closer.”
His words didn’t immediately register, but when they did, numbness rolled over my brain and down my body. Our relationship was a lie? Sonya was the sole reason he dated me?
There was time to get upset later. Right now, I needed to figure out what Sonya wanted.
“So you’re with the Berserkers too?” I asked. I expected so much more from Rex.
“You’re going to find out just how hard it is to avoid her. She always gets what she wants,” he said.
I fought the urge to shiver. This wasn’t a beneficial conversation. I had enough to worry about.
“I didn’t know who you were until the start of this year. Sonya said she wanted me to get close to this girl at my school and see what I
felt
when I was around her,” Rex said.
He waited for my reaction. I wasn’t going to show him how much that bothered me. I wasn’t going to stand here and cry in front of him.
“You’re personable and friendly. You’re funny, brave, proud and strong. You made it easy blurring the lines between duty and personal interest. I’m a werewolf, I can’t be with someone human and I was forgetting my place. It was better to break it off before it got too serious. I told Sonya that you were a dud. There was nothing special about you and I assumed she let matters rest,” he said.
Why did Sonya need so many people watching me? What was she waiting for? If she had as many agents as it sounded, someone should have grabbed me by now.
“What were you thinking going to Xyla?” Rex said.
I wasn’t surprised he heard about Xyla. After all, I lost a Berserker bracelet there.
“I was thinking it was going to be a fun night,” I answered.
He grabbed my arm and pushed the sleeve down to expose the bandage. “And did you find your good time?”
“Not as good of a time as Amber and you obviously have.” I yanked my arm back, feeling petty for airing my jealousy.
He let my arm go and grabbed the bottom of his shirt, pulling it over his head. He looked as good as his fitted clothes promised. He was pale from the lack of sun and scarred. Scarred almost as badly as I was only his were fresher. His skin was puckered pink over his stomach, chest and the right side of his shoulder.
“I’m a werewolf, Belen , by pack law, I should never have dated you. I can take a beating and heal from it, but you, if my alpha caught you—”
He ran a hand over the older scars on his stomach, tracing a path he knew by heart.
“So Amber—”
“Is pack and I’ve forbidden her to touch you,” he said.
I felt a little peeved he had a need to fight my battles. “I can take care of myself.”
“You’re doing a great job,” he said. That stung. “You know
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