Often Hushed

Chapter Eight

Hello all.

Wow, I'm just so excited that a lot of people have been taking a liking to my story! You guys have no idea how happy I am about it! <3

Sorry that this chapter will be a little bit short, so... Yeah. That sucks. But I will make it up to you next week, lol. Maybe if I trim down chapter size I can update faster? Idk. That's a lazy move. So I'll just see how it goes.

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Before I go, I think I should clear this up. Maybe I'll add it in somewhere... But anyway, though I'm not sure what year this takes place in yet, this is occurring from December through January, and it's based on the moon calendar from this year. Her birthday is January 12th, and she just got to Ever Springs on December the 15th. Full moon is on the 17th for December and the 14th for January. You'll see how this affects the story soon ;)

Until next update, my fantastic readers!

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CHAPTER EIGHT

~:December 15th:~

"It was your girlfriend's birthday today?!" I yell, my numb feeling from the drugs shaking off faster than I would have thought possible. "Why didn't you... Why would you-"

He covers my mouth with a hand and I let out a growl, pushing it away. I resort to staring at him curiously rather than persisting with more questions.

"She's not my girlfriend anymore, genius." His eyes glow and his lips twitch into a grin.

"I don't follow..." I reply nervously. Behr chuckles and grabs my hand in his.

"I want to try... Us," he says, "I want to see if your smell means what think it means to me." Behr took advantage of the pause to lean in closer to my face and inhale through his nose.

When he leans back, I sigh.

"I'm too tired for this shit..." I say. I clap my own hand over my mouth and giggle. I guess the drugs haven't worn off. "I just wanna go to sleep."

Behr's mouth turns down, and his eyebrows draw together in a look of frustration. He scoots closer to me and my giggles fade. He props himself up on arms that are on either side of me, face insistently close to mine, still frustrated.

"You can't go to sleep-" he lifts one of his hands up and puts it on the side of my face, sliding his forefinger gently across my cheekbone, "-until you tell me that you'll do it! That you'll go out with me?" Behr's voice draws up at the end, forming a question out of what he was trying to state. I want to laugh again, but his face is too serious.

"But..." I begin, "what if this ends badly?"

Behr grins.

"It won't. I promise. You're my Mate, Vanessa, and I'll do anything to prove it to you. You'll see." He leans forward and kisses my forehead delicately, and I inhale sharply. His lips are warm and soft and they leave too quickly.

He moves away from me slowly and my eyes flutter closed.

"I'll see you tomorrow, beautiful." I think I hear him whisper.

I fall asleep what feels like moments later when Behr's palm leaves my cheek.

~:December 16th:~

I wake up to an annoying glint shining right into my left eye, a rumble in my belly, and the continuing stiffness that aches in my bad leg. I blink a few times, not recognizing where I am and why I'm here. The walls shine with the glare from the sunlight that is seeping through a long rectangular window above my bed. The curtains are pulled back, and I can't remember if they were that way when I first entered.