His anger intensified due to what I've said, pagalit siyang napatayo sa upuan at laking gulat ko ng halos masia ang upuan dahil sa paghawi nito sa gilid niya. I looked at Dean, pero parang siya 'rin ay nagulat sa inasta ng lalaki. Bumaling naman muli ako dito at halos mabuwal ako sa pagkakaupo ng biglang mag iba ang kulay ng kaniyang mga mata. His eyes are now rimmed with gold and mixture of black and gray orbs.
Naalarma naman si Dean Greg kaya bigla itong tumayo ay hinawakan ang mga palapulsuan ng lalaki sa aking harapan, but then the sudden action intensified his sensitivity, hinawi niya na parang napakagaan na bagay si Dean sa gilid at nagresulta ng pag hampas nito sa dingding.
"Don't you come near him, Althea." He growled, like some animal in the wild, like a dog firing with anger.
Nabigla naman ako ng nagsimulang humakbang ang lalaki papalapit saakin, I took steps backwards until my back touched the wall behind me. Napahiyaw naman si Dean sa gilid, "Travis, control yourself around her!"
Ang matalim nitong mga mata na parang umiilaw ay sobrang prominente , his jaws are clenched tightly while his breathing is uneven. Nang humakbang pa siya ng kaunti ay halos dumikit ang mukha ko sa dibdib niya, he crouched and leveled his face on mine until we're just inches apart. His breath smelled like a mixture of mint and freshly saved cream, he kept on looking at my eyes.
"Calm me down," He took a deep breath, para bang inaamoy ako at ang mga mata nitong nag-iintay ng sunod kong gagawin.
Halos nangangatog na ang tuhod ko at konting galaw nalang talaga niya ay feeling ko matutumba na ako sa kinatatayuan ko, I breathed shakily, and all I could do was to slowly move until our forehead met. Kasabay ng pagdikit ng aming mga noo ay ang pagbigay ng aking mga tuhod ngunit bago pa ako bumagsak sa sahig ay agad niyang hinawakan ang aking baywang ng mahigpit.
A genetically unique but emotionally lost teenager must figure out who she is within her mixed-up, warring world of Shifters and Wolfstalkers.
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It wasn't Maddie's choice to be born a half-breed, half Shifter, half Wolfstalker -- a hunter of Shifters -- and it wasn't her choice to keep her identity a secret. But after trying to attend high school like any normal sixteen-year-old, things quickly spiral south when her Stalker uncle finds out about her and catapults her out of anonymity and into the awareness--or possibly the crosshairs--of The Order of the Wolfstalker. Maddie must think fast and figure out a way to keep herself and her family safe, or risk losing everything. Including her life.
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