An Alpha's Melody

Chapter Sixteen: Cameron

Even though Melody has been flat out told that she is my soul mate, but didn't seem to believe it! How could I make her see how I feel? How can I make her understand I wasn't just shamelessly flirting with her when I said that she was mine?

Being a wolf is so much easier, at least at first. When you learn to control the shift, you have to give up some of your animal instincts, as if you are merely human in a different body. Your mind is still altered, so the world is clearer, but you feel most of the same emotions. You can still think about taxes and bills and unemployment.

Being a wolf is so much easier early on, when you can easily be care free. When the only worry is of other wolves.

I wish I could escape the way I could when I first started shifting. I need clear thoughts . . .

I love Melody, but she isn't certain about her feelings for me.

She is my mate, she has to love me.

I can't lose her . . .

I smell deer and morph to the chase, mentally attempting to abandon my human thoughts. My human life, and human ways. Freedom . . .

Taking down a young doe, her blood on my muzzle. Her blood in my mouth, and the taste of wild meat on my tongue.

My only escape can't protect me from my feelings for Melody. I was never supposed to hear her conversation.

I have to go back, tell her that I love her.

When I return, the greeting I receive is less than welcoming.

"Whose blood is that?!" Melody is awestruck, and I realize that she and Alexa must be assuming the worst. "I can't be with you and kill people!"

The girls hid away before I could explain. Just when I had decided to proclaim my love . . .