He growled fiercely, his

as forced to take a step back. She was shocked. Why didn't he just accept the reject

ou, so take it like a man and move the hell on!" As she finished, she turned around to leave

a," He said, eyeing he

always taken everything I've done for you to be a joke so I understand

tightened till Rh

p, seething in pain as the sharp claws on his fingers cut into her skin, "I r

one stared and mumbled to themselves, but that didn't bother he

r, I'm leaving. Enjoy the evening," Rhia s

olest thing you've ever done. I did not believe a day would come when Rhiannon Blackwood, the girl who swoons and l

her hands crossed over her chest, "Why the sudden change of h

you really have to ask? He's quite a handful, isn't he? I'm

rowing yourself all

st exhausting, honestly. You should go back and enjoy your

er and friend walked away. Her head was calculating, and she never expected, in a mill

home once they were out of earshot, "What you t

ay, she's been having this argument in her head about whet

e would most defi

wouldn't that p

hts, and Rhia blinked back to reality, "What is it? Is it the p

ered with a deep sigh, "And d

you've been acting a little bit differently since yesterday. You kind of seem more...aware of everything happening around you, and you've had this a

asn't she given a Second chance so she could change her fate? And she's a

ayla? She trusted her sister and mate

jump out on us and attack anytime since they escaped before we could get them," Rhia sai

selves to a death sentence if

ever k

ice was soft as she said, "I know there's something else bothering you, and I'm not going to push you to tel

avering, and Rhia could see the genuine concern i

pulled her e

d in Rhia's stomach, and sh

rong?" La

me air before I come," She paused, "And you're right. S

"I give you an hour, max! If you're not back before then, I'll march right up to that hilltop and I will not give you space

ftly, "Fine, fine. A

f the True North. At the very top, it gave a beautiful view of the town and it was where

. Her thoughts drifted from her meeting with the Alpha of the Timberfang Pack, how she was

ooked down on her, and always had her back. Rhia trusted Layla wholehearte

ake the rejection easily. Ethan was the kind of person who would make a lot of f

han might decide to keep an eye on her from now on

ded to be mo

tonight. The look on Ethan's face had brought her pure jo

from behind her, and Rhia was instantly on her

ood behind one of the trees growing on the mountain about

ounded somewh

d out, "Step out of the

d the tree. She squinted her eyes, trying to see his face in the darkness. These wer

She instructed again,

ied, "I'm simply observin

he asked, carefully

iar, and curiosity was getting the best of her

the silver beam of the Crescent moon touched, "

pha of the Ti

use of his presence, and she felt a strange pull between them.

..

ed as to whether

ven let he

as, What was he doing her