Elsa Laroche is part human, part wolf. She and her pack rule half the territory in her town. The other half is ruled by their rival pack, the Starks. But when Elsa and one of the Stark alphas begin to fall for each other, they must decide what to...
"Having something forbidden is exciting, don't you agree?" ~Allan Dare Pearce
Caleb
When my sisters got home, Elsa immediately darted to her room. Frowning, I flicked my eyes over to Anna, who gave me an equally confused look and said, "She's been in a weird mood ever since she came out of English. She won't tell me what's up."
"Let me go talk to her. Maybe she needs a brother's advice," I suggested. I jogged upstairs, heading to my sister's room; I knocked softly, but Elsa still demanded rather gruffly, "What?"
"May I come in?" I asked through the door.
"Yeah," she replied, sounding slightly calmer. I opened the door to find her unpacking her school bag, tossing stuff onto the bed. She'd put her bouquet from Hunter and me in her window along with another one. I cocked my head at the sight of it. As if reading my mind, she said, "I don't know who sent them to me. There was no note."
"There any wolves in your high school other than the Starks?"
"Besides us? No. Probably just some human that knows it's stupid to approach me but still wanted to flatter me. Anyway, what's up?"
"You doing okay? You look like you've had a bad day," I said, sitting on the sofa bench at the foot of her bed.
"I'm fine. Just a lot of work to do that I don't have enough time to do. Thea is getting on my nerves, Barry and Oliver were being annoying..."
"Anything to do with Anna?"
"No. She never gets on my nerves. I'm going to go back to town in a few minutes to work at the Library because I need to see if they have some books that I need for a report for AP Lit."
"I can make sure the others stay quiet so you can work."
She smiled at me. "Thank you, but if Noah comes over, he and Ember are never quiet. Hunter likes his music too much, and I don't want to infringe on that. Besides, I have Guardian hearing, so even when you guys are all quiet, no offense, you're still kind of loud."
At that, I chuckled. "Yeah, I know the feeling. Do you need a ride down there?"
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"No. I don't know how long I'll be, and I don't want you having to come at nine or ten at night to pick me up. You always go to bed early."
"I'd do anything for you; you know that."
"I do. I'll be fine. Seriously. I mean, what could happen at a library?"
"A lot of things. I've seen those teenage movies."
"Caleb, you're twenty. It wasn't that long ago you were one of us teenagers. Plus, you know my love life. It's non-existent, so you don't need to worry about me rendezvousing with some secret lover. Really, with the way my love life is going, I'm going to die an old maid, and I've accepted that. I'll just be the crazy aunt to the rest of the pack."
