“Then quit talking to me,”I childishly replied. I didn’t know why, but hearing her say that hurt my feelings, and I didn’t like that.
“No. We are one, and until we act as one, we will be surrounded in chaos.”
“Why wait all these years to appear? Why not make yourself known a long time ago?”
“I’ve always been here, but something kept me silent, maybe for our own safety.”
Lord, I have to be going out of my mind.I shook my head at myself in the mirror. I was really having a conversation with myself.Get it together, Bellamy.My eyes focused on the red bite marks on my shoulder. They looked more painful than they actually felt. Honestly, any time I ran my fingers over them, it made my pussy tingle, and my craving for Kenzo intensified. Apparently, he could tell too because the last time I touched them, it led to Kenzo's face being buried between my legs. After that, I kept my hands away from my markings. I was tempted a few times, but I was trying to think clearly, and when Kenzo was anywhere near me, that wasn't possible.
“Hey!” Halo’s cheerful voice startled me as I whipped around with wide eyes like I’d been caught doing something I wasn’t supposed to be doing. “Sorry! I didn’t mean to scare you,” Halo said in a calmer tone.
With my hand on my chest trying to steady my heartbeat, I replied, “It’s okay. I thought I was home alone.”
“Well, you were, but Kenzo asked me to sit with you while he went to help Creeland on our packlands.”
“He thought I was going to try to escape, huh?” I asked with a small smile. Even though Kenzo had been acting a little funny with me, the thought of him still made butterflies swirl in my stomach. Hearing his name put a smile on my face, even though he was being an ass.
I liked Halo, especially the comforting feeling I got whenever she was around. She seemed like a genuine person. I wasn’tgoing to admit it to mywolf,but I trusted Halo as well. She was beautiful, and I would have never guessed she was a shifter.
I honestly thought all shifters would look weird. I mean, they did shift into animals. I figured they would carry something from their animal sides into their human looks. The shifters I’d come across looked okay. They weren’t the ugly, but they were nowhere near Halo or Creeland in the looks department, and they damn sure didn’t hold a candle to Kenzo.
I will say Halo had her own style of dressing. It was interesting. She was giving tomboy mixed with the boho style. Her clothes weren’t ugly. They just didn’t go together. I was shocked she’d come outside dressed like that. I wasn’t judging Halo, though. If she was comfortable, that was all that mattered.
Pressing her lips together, Halo tried to hide her smile. “I mean, you did make it halfway down the mountain before he caught up with you. The Moon Falls are a good way from here. You’re fast for a shifter with a latent wolf.”
“I’ve always been fast my entire life. I remember my senior year of high school, the school wanted me to join the track team, but I didn’t find it stimulating enough. I was too fast for anyone to come close to beating me.” I chuckled while thinking back on the few things from my teens that I could recall.
“What’s that face for?” Halo asked while looking at the frown on my lips.
“I’ve never really thought much of it, but I don’t remember a lot about my teen years or my younger years. I kind of struggled to remember that story.”
It had never dawned on me that a lot of my memory of my younger years was nonexistent. I don’t think I ever noticed my memory was sketchy around that time because I didn’t have a reason to recall things from my past. My mom was always there to fill in certain blanks in my past. After she passed, Alonzo andI barely talked about my past. I chalked that up to him being around so long that he knew everything about me.
“I can understand that. There is a big chunk of my past that I don’t remember. I think it’s because of a traumatic situation. I must’ve blocked out a lot of things from my past.” A look of pain flashed across her face before she covered it with a smile.
“I wonder if that was around the time we could have met.” It was clear my wolf was familiar with Halo and her wolf. The only logical thing that would have made sense was us meeting during the gap in time we both had a hard time remembering.
“I’m assuming so. Since meeting you, my own wolf has become a lot more vocal. She hasn’t been this loud in years,” Halo giggled.
“So, that means you have a latent wolf as well?” I asked more enthusiastically than I intended to. However, it did feel good to know someone who was dealing with a similar situation like me.
“Yes, but only because my mom suppressed my wolf. Ferrin wanted me to only use my mage side. She hated my wolf.”
“Were you scared when your wolf made her appearance?”
“Nope. I always knew she was here,” Halo said while pointing to her heart. “And I always had the extra abilities that my wolf gave me. I just can’t shift at will. I really want to, though. I’ve been trying to connect with my wolf more like I do with my magic.” Halo was talking a mile a minute, and I could tell she was excited. I kind of felt bad about how I felt about shifters. Halo didn’t seem that bad. “I was actually going to spend time with my wolf. Do you want to come with us?”
I hesitated. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go with Halo. I did like her, but I didn’t want what she was trying to do to affect me and what I had going on. Unlike Halo, I had no real interest in getting in touch with my wolf. Having to deal with the voice in my head was enough for me. Shifting into a wolf allegedly wasn’t something I wanted to chance. Even if I didn’t think it was thecase for me, I still didn’t want to chance it, but I did want to get out of this cave.
If only I had some clothes to wear. Kenzo tore my clothes to shreds when he tore them from my body. The last couple of days, I’d been wearing Kenzo’s shirts that swallowed my frame. I can’t lie and say it hadn’t been nice wearing his clothes because it had been my pleasure. I was never going to admit that out loud, but it was the truth. Having Kenzo’s scent on me helped curve some of my cravings for him, but this wasn’t my ideal clothing to wear outside. Not to mention that I didn’t have any undergarments to cover myself with.
“Umm... I wouldn’t mind, but I don't have anything to put on.” I tugged at the bottom of Kenzo’s oversized shirt.
“I can run and grab you something to wear from my house,” Halo happily offered, and I tried to hide the awkward expression on my face, but Halo caught on. She looked down at her own clothes before letting out a chuckle. “My clothes are a little wild, but I don’t always dress like this. Well, not anymore. I do have morefeminineclothes I’m sure you would like better.”
I let out a small sigh of relief. I didn’t want to offend Halo, but her unique way of dressing wasn’t my cup of tea. I liked to think I was closer to the fashionista side.
“Okay. That will work.”
