Defiance

2.1

Chapter 21

A L D R I C

Even though she was invisible, I knew she was leaving. I followed the sound of her heartbeat. I couldn't believe her. What sane witch would think of leaving a safe haven because of boredom? 

Did someone drop her as a baby as well as try to bury her? 

That's very rude, my wolf chided in the back of my head. 

I ignored him. 

Then I thought of the way she looked at me. I needed her to stop looking at me like that - she looks at me like she wants me. 

Maybe she does. 

Maybe I underestimated how powerful our mate bond was. Just because she was a witch didn't mean she didn't feel what I felt. Maybe she felt it too and was just as good as hiding it as I was. 

I travelled back into my bedroom once I was done with my duties for the day. 

As much as I wanted to see her, as much as I wanted to talk to her, as much as I wanted to know her, my priority was my pack. 

I had to attend a meeting with the war general from another pack. Her name was Ileya and she had updates on the battles of the West. The battle would be moving to East soon; there was no point of travelling to the West anymore. 

It was up in flames. Once I was done, I moved through my room as fast as I could.

I avoided all my other wolves; I had to see Elysia. I had to talk to her. She even found out about Freya. 

How often had she been sneaking out? And I didn't even know. 

I couldn't believe it. I saw the pain in her eyes when she looked at me after she said Freya's name. 

Was that why she seemed mad the other day? She was mad because of Freya? Freya affected her? I couldn't understand - all of it - I was worried if Elysia could ever feel anything for me but I didn't realize - maybe she already did. 

My wolf cheered in the back of my head. I couldn't straighten my thoughts; I couldn't put it together. When I entered my room, I was frustrated. But it turns out I wasn't the only one.

Elysia stood up from the ground. She had been learning magic during this time I realized. When she looked at me she crossed her arms. I could see the flames in her eyes. She looked away. For a few seconds, I didn't know what to say to her. I wanted to say so much to her but I didn't know how to start.

"Are we not going to talk about it?" She demanded.

"Talk about what?" I blurted out. 

All this time, I wanted to talk about what she wanted to talk about but instead of being a normal werewolf about it, I had to lose all my common sense.

In Elysia's eyes, I could see a volcano erupting. I had pissed her off. Moon Goddess. I saw her hands ball up into fists and she looked away. But then, I watched her take a deep breath.

"Tell me what you feel for me," Elysia demanded. "What even are we? You can't try to kiss me and then act like nothing happened!"

"You want to know how I feel about you?" I snapped. I didn't mean it to be so rude but it was the truth. 

Then it hit me all - tell me how you feel about me.

I hated her. I hated what she did to me. I hated how a single touch made me want to let it all go. I hate how much I want to see her smile, to see her laugh. I hate how much I want to know everything about her - her story - down to every single detail. I hate how much I want to wrap her in my arms, protect her from anything or anyone that even wanted to hurt her.