Destined for the Lycan Prince HUNTER

literally my wo

old school bus lurched over another pothole on the des

e light even though I was low-key terrified too. "The bus just got a fl

last

pened up and rain started pelting down in biblical proportions. Our bus driver had given up trying to wrestle

e were gonna be trekking two hours into the mountains,

round - Hunter Westbrook's gravelly timbre had been ha

t teenage disaster would be complete without the human embo

er-aware of his presence whenever he was nearby, like my subcon

unter's voice, I turned to Jessica with a tight smile. "See? No big deal. May

roper screwed. Our bus had gone completely kaput almost two hours out from main roads and civilization.

r crashed open, letting in a ferocious gale of wind, rain, and -

from his chiseled face. Eyes smoldering with irritation, he stalked down the aisle

hat's when I noticed his clenched fist was gripping the flimsy plastic bus door handle. With a powerful whip

s the driver flinched and scrambled t

lar, but just...emanating from him like a feral beast ready to strike. The only other

ossible to miss the defined cut of his biceps, the rugged angles of his jawline, the

y. While another deeper, more primal part felt bizarrely drawn to it in a way that made zero

tual hell was

possible, trying to put some polite distance between me and

me like I was his sole focus. Just as I thought he might start growling at me for

uffly, a muscle working in his chiseled jaw. "I just..

ted because I couldn't seem t

g herself right into the conversation, batting

off steam?" She practically purred the implication, leaning across the aisle to shamelessly p

ying right in front of me and the entire bus. For Hunter's part, he barely reacted excep

se. Determined not to be brushed off so easily, she li

xt to me and let me help y

blurted out, cuttin

ter's gaze searing through me like I'd just run into

call out Jessica for her blatant me

w voice, amazed at the steadiness of my tone even as my heart thudded

r old demeaning venom sparking behind her eyes. "Since w

to back down. "Take it from someone who knows what it's like to be hum

ensity of his focused stare. It was like he saw right through the surface me, into all my secret insecurities an

etain your dignity. No guy is

tanding up for myself for once. Half the girls looked impressed by my uncharacteristic moxie, while the

body igniting sparks across my hyper-aware skin as he

voice like liquid sex dripping in my ear. "Maybe it

the delirious tingles coursing through me

attempts to fluster me, I forced my voice into an

h the electric current of heady tension suddenly sparking between

long beat before rallying with a scathing sn

tly made things even worse by standing up to Jessica in front of everyone. It was a small triumph not to be wa