Page 20 of Silas

The sound of the water running snaps me out of my stupor as I hustle into the kitchen. How?… how did he know where my vase was? He looks up from the sink to see me staring at him. “You only have one cabinet with the shelf height to hold a vase. It was just a process of elimination, nothing stalkery or anything.” He turns back to the vase to see that it has plenty of water. Shutting off the water, he comes to the counter and gently places it on the counter. He opens my drawer, finds the scissors, and proceeds to cut the elastic holding the flowers together and the plastic that is around them. As I watch, he carefully puts my flowers in a vase.

He chuckles to himself when he glances to see that I am still standing here, staring at him like he is a zoo animal in an exhibit.

He walks over to me to present me with the Oreos and the fuzzy blanket. “I know you love Oreos and fuzzy blankets, so I wanted to gift you both, but I have one more surprise for you.” He places both the Oreos and the blanket on the counter and turns back to me while digging something out of his pocket. He pulls out a long rectangular red felt box. “I wanted to give you this necklace.” He pops open the box and there, on a delicate silver chain, is a silver paw print with two little stones. I grab the box and pull it closer to examine the stones. The one on the right is a ruby which is my birthstone. But the other is an aquamarine. Scrunching my eyebrows in confusion, I glance up at him. “The aquamarine is my birthstone. I am a March baby.” I blink down at it. It is simple, but beautiful. My parents are the only ones who have ever given me jewelry. I feel tears well up when I look back at him.

“Will you put it on me?” he nods his head and pulls the necklace out of its box. I turn around and lift my hair out of theway. He lifts the necklace over my head and grazes his fingers across my neck as he pulls it to the back. Chills race down my spine as bumps cover my skin. He clasps the necklace on and comes back around to face me. Holding his elbow out toward me, “Are you ready to go?”

As I looped my arm through his, his scent enveloped me in a warm embrace. I wrap my fingers around the paw charm, realizing that maybe this date won’t be as bad as I thought it would be.

Chapter 13

Silas

We have a problem. I knew the moment that I opened the front door that Nova was feeling the mating pull. With the Full Moon less than a week away, our bodies are preparing for mating. She has no idea how much she is perfuming the air, but you know who noticed? Storm. He is riding me so hard right now that I am surprised that fur isn’t sprouting along my arms.

“You need to chill out or you are going to scare the shit out of her,” I grumble to Storm.

He scoffs, “Do you smell that perfume? I don’t know how you aren’t humping her leg already.”

Rolling my eyes, “Because humping legs is highly frowned upon in human society. We would for sure lose her then.”

“Humans have such weird rules. I bet if I humped her leg, she would already be begging me for my bite.”

“This is why I haven’t let you out since we found her. I am terrified to see what you will do if given the chance.”

There is a small clearing of a throat next to me. Shaking my head, I glance over to Nova sitting in the passenger seat of my truck. “Are you doing okay over there? You were making all these facial expressions. You battling with a split personality over there? That’s something I should probably be made aware of” she says while staring at me with concern written all over her face.

Chuckling, “If you only knew but no split personalities to worry about.”

She is still staring at me without blinking. “I swear, if you turn out to be a psychopath, I am going to make your life miserable.”

If she only knew that while I am not a psychopath, I do have a split personality of sorts. Maybe I should drop subtle hints to warm her up to the idea of Storm. What could I say? Oh, hey how do you feel about dogs? No, that is too on the nose. How do you feel about fur? Shaking my head internally, no, that is an odd question.

I glance over at her, “I’m not a psychopath at all, I swear. Do you ever have conversations with yourself but feel as though someone is responding to you?”

She just slowly blinks at me. Okay, maybe that sounds a bit psychotic. Chuckling, I say, “Yeah, I am just joking with you. You can close your mouth now.”

Shit, this isn’t going well at all. I really need to find a way to bring her around to the idea of the wolves without scaring her away. “You look beautiful tonight. I love that outfit on you.”

Blushing, she says, “Thank you.”

“Well, I am glad that I was able to give you an opportunity to put it on. Those red lips are taunting me, though. I am not sure I will be able to make it through dinner without getting a taste of them.”

Her cheeks redden even further, allowing her freckles to deepen as well. Her perfume fills the air and my wolf presses against my skin. A growl builds in my throat and I have to cough to prevent it from coming out.

Rolling the window down slightly, I try to let out some of the perfume before I fully shift while driving us to dinner. I glance over at her, only to find her scowling at me. Damnit, I can’t seem to prevent myself from messing up. Rolling the windows back up, I try to take shallow breaths to keep my wolf settled. I am going to have to ignore the zipper digging into my lengthening dick. Fuck, this is going to be a long dinner.

We pull up in front of You’re Bacon Me Crazy and I jump out to run around to her side. I open the door for her and hold out my hand to help her down. As soon as her feet hit the ground, I pull her hand into the crease of my elbow. This only bringsher scent closer to me, and it’s like it is seeping into my pores. I really love that smell, even if it is making me harder in a couple of ways.

Holding open the door for Nova, I watch as her beautiful smile spreads across her face. That can only mean one thing. “Gail,” she squeals. Fuck my life. Of course, Gail is here tonight. This meddling woman is up to something.

“Awe, look, it’s my two favorite people finally arm in arm. What a sight to see.” Gail smiles fondly at both of us. Glaring at her from behind Nova, I shake my head at her, but she keeps going. “I just knew that before long, you guys would finally end up together.” She claps her hands together, giving me a wink.

Nova turns to the side and looks back to me, “Oh Gail, we aren’t together. This is only his chance to show me how much of an ass he isn’t.”

Gail places her hand softly on Nova’s cheek, “Oh, he isn’t at all like he has been behaving. That man right there is going to be the love of your life, just wait and see.”

Giggling, Nova looks back to me and I just shrug. I mean, what else am I supposed to do here? “Alright ladies, let’s get to the actual eating part of the dinner. I would love to actually talk to Nova.”

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