Blood Moon Howlers

Part 17| Bookstore Teasing!!!

There was no proof that Aiden's taunt really persuaded Jaxon nor is there proof that Jaxon went after her willingly, but like clockwork the prince of wolves was leaned up against the bookstore just as Skyler walked to the doors.

She wasn't sure which came first, the burning in her chest after physically seeing Jaxon watching her intensely, but either way, she froze a few steps away. She had gone through her whole day on auto pilot, numbing everything around her out. She couldn't hear the mean whispers or rumors normally swirling around her.

She couldn't focus on Kelsey's face when she spat something mean at her in front of the whole cafeteria nor could she grasped anything that came out of the professor's mouth. All she could think about was Jaxon and how mean she was to him.

This wasn't the first time she was mean to someone, but it was the first time that it has bothered her this much. Sure, she was a little thrown off about the almost kiss, but she wasn't all that mad about it. In fact the only reason she snapped at him was because she didn't want him to get close enough to hear what people said about her and how they treated her.

It seemed like he didn't go to her school so it meant that he didn't have any knowledge about her rumors. Honestly, she shouldn't have cared if he did or not, but she figured that there was no need to volunteer that information to him when she could just keep him in the dark.

Just because she didn't care about Jaxon didn't mean that she should allow the false rumors about her to spread outside the school. Judging by the way Jaxon had been treating her thus far, she knew he'd have a field day if he knew she was getting bullied or that people were talking shit.

He'd probably join in.

It'd be her personal hell, following her out of school. But when she saw him standing by the bookstore she could only remember feeling guilty.

She could only remember the confusion on his face when she spun away from him.

"Why are you here?" Her voice wasn't demanding nor was it angry, but genuinely curious. She was sure that her mean tone from before would've shoo-ed him off for good.

Jaxon shrugged, "I felt like it."

He waited for her to spout something harsh at him but she just stayed silent before nodding slowly at him, accepting his response. He watched, curious to why she seemed to be acting differently.

He could smell her from their distance apart and picked up hints of nervousness. She swayed unsurely on her feet while staring at her feet.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Jaxon inquired, sincerely wanting to know why she was acting weird. She was quiet for too long and it was creeping him out.

"Sorry about earlier." Her words rushed out quickly as she kept her eyes pinned too the ground.

Jaxon had heard the words clearly but he still looked at her as if she grew another head. He was positive that he was going to receive a verbal beating for almost kissing her.

"I'm sorry that I snapped at you and thank you for walking me to school." She mumbled, embarrassed. She hated apologizing. Her ego wasn't used to it since apologizing meant admitting that you made a mistake.

Jaxon grinned. It was definitely worth it. He was glad that he forced himself to come to her workplace if it meant that he could see her act submissive to him.

It was endearing but in the way a lion sees a wounded deer trying to run away.

"I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I didn't quite catch the last bit." He said, crossing his arms.