My Little Sunshine

Seven

Rose POV

"Can I lay with you?" Isaiah asks in a gentle tone. Hesitantly, I nod and quickly move my book to my bedside table while Isaiah took off his shoes to lay down. After a couple of minutes we were both laid on my bed on our sides facing one another.

A gasp left my lips as Isaiah grabbed me and pulled me close to him. Our chests were connected, one of his arms over my shoulder while the other was around my waist. His hand trailed down my legs, and stopped once he got to mid thigh and pulled my leg over his side.

His thumb rubbed back and forth on my thigh while his other hand ran through my hair. My cheek rested on his chest with my head tucked under his chin, my whole body comfortably against his. I once again found comfort in this just like I did when we were in the woods.

My conscious wanted to stay wary of him, keep him at arms length because of the fear he inflicts. Yet my subconscious wants to relax, let myself succumb to him and just let him have me. To just let him have this moment where he can hug me and run his fingers through my hair because in these moments I've seen a side to Isaiah that I have never seen before.

Every other time I've been in his arms I'm scared every time, fearing he'd hurt me. Yet today being like this, that fear leaves. It's like it vanishes and I'm left wanting it stay like this for so much longer. I turn my face to the side to bury into his chest, taking in his scent.

Isaiah stops running his hand through my hair and rests it on my cheek making me look up at him. His eyes a shade darker than what they usually are as he stares down at me. He lowers his face to mine where he nudges my nose with his. I can feel his breath on my lips telling me how close he really is.

Our eyes lock and I can't help but want to be so much closer to him. What the hell is this? Why is he making me feel like this? My heart beats rapidly in my chest the longer we stay like this.

"Isaiah." I whisper feeling myself inch impossibly closer to him.

A knock pounds on my door pulling me from my trance. The door handle turns and I feel my body fall limp on the bed. Isaiah no where in sight and my mum stood by the door.

"Rose why is your window open? Are you silly? He could get in here and take you again." She shouts as soon as she sees my window open.

"Sorry." I mutter as I sit up. "I got a little warm and just wanted some fresh air."

"Be careful okay. I don't want him anywhere near you. Me and your father are going to talk to alpha Marco tomorrow to see what can be done. This has gotten way out of hand." She shakes her head.

"Mum I told you he just wanted to talk. It was nothing serious, he wanted to go somewhere private and we did. We just lost track of time." I sighed.

"Rose I love you I do, but I don't believe that. Elodie called me crying saying her brother took you and she didn't know where. I know what that boy is like and he's no good. Not for you, not for anyone. So just stay away from him from now on, okay?"

"Okay." I nod.

"Goodnight sweetheart." My mum kissed my head and left my room. I sighed and went back over to my bedroom window to open it, only to see darkness and no sight of Isaiah. For some reason, disappointment filled me and I couldn't pin point why. My mum is right, he's no good. He fights all the time, he's got a bad reputation around the pack and everyone stays clear of him.

Yet here I am wanting to see more of the boy that holds me like I'm a china doll and plays with my hair until I'm so relaxed I almost fall asleep. Grabbing my book again, I sit comfortably and start reading again until I fall asleep. And just as I was dozing off, I felt a hand run through my hair comfortingly.

"I'm really sorry about yesterday, Rose. I don't know why he does it." Elodie sighs.

"It's okay." I smile softly.

"No it's not." Sasha spat out. "He could kill you or do anything to you and you wouldn't be able to stop him."

"Sasha he's still my brother and I know he wouldn't do that. He couldn't do that to anyone let alone Rose." Elodie argued.

"I don't think he'd ever hurt anyone unless he had to." I shrug and look down, not caring what they say. I've seen a side to Isaiah that I want to keep seeing and I don't want anyone to ruin that. I don't care what they think, I know what I know and that's all that matters.

Although Isaiah has hurt people beyond recognition, I know the people he cares about wouldn't ever see a scratch on them from him. The way he held me last night proves that to me. I don't know what is going on with me but I'd do anything to have Isaiah climb through my window again and hold me like he did. If anything I'm confused now because I know with Isaiah he's misunderstood, the pack see the bad because that's all he allows people to see.

But not me. I've seen a side to him that I want to continue to see. The side that not many, if any, people see. I close my eyes and think back to last night where he held me so intimately, so lovingly that I didn't want it to stop. And the way he nudged his nose with mine and I felt his breath on my lips. I don't know what it did but it did something to me.

In this moment in time, I don't care that I have a mate out there somewhere. All I care about is being held by Isaiah again. Just go in to the woods where no one can interrupt us, no overbearing parents to walk in to your room and ruin it. It's just him and I in the quiet like he likes it and sit and cuddle like we did.

"He's a psychopath, Rose. He practically kidnapped you yesterday." Yasmine spat out. "Who knows what could've happened. Like Sasha said he could kill you, he could have if he wanted to yesterday."

"But he didn't." I sighed and looked at them. "I'm here and I'm okay. I'm more than okay and you have to believe that. He didn't hurt me in any way, he," I trailed off not wanting to tell them what actually happened.

"He, what Rose?" Piper raised a brow at me.

"I don't know." I shrugged.

"Well just be careful, okay. Who knows what he could do." Sasha said.

"Sasha he's still Elodie's brother. We need to trust her and if she says he won't hurt anyone that we need to trust that." I tell her.

"Yeah." She scoffed. "Tell that to Dominic. He was unrecognisable and barely made it out of hospital. Isaiah nearly killed him."

"You don't know the full story, Sasha. Stop talking bad about him." Elodie glared at her.

"Enlighten us. What is the full story?" She asked. Elodie stayed silent us all knowing she also didn't know the whole story. "Exactly. Not even you know so I'll carry on saying things that I want to."

Elodie looks down and then gets up without a word and leaves. I sigh and shake my head. "No matter what he does, at the end of the day he's still her brother. She still loves him like anyone would love their brother. Maybe you shouldn't talk about him in front of Elodie." I tell her.

"Maybe you need to keep your mouth shut and stop telling me what to do." Sasha rolled her eyes. Just like Elodie, I get up without a word and leave the group.

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