Bounded By The Moon

ht, and she didn't want to risk seeing him again. Adrian. His name felt too fami

anket over her legs, notebook beside her but untouched. She thought about writing. Journaling. Someth

meone. That old panic, that cold warning in her ches

just because he was powerful. But because he

nce. A message fro

idn't see yo

dn't reply. She knew she shouldn't. But her

ded

o name. Jus

later, her pho

comp

tared

push. He j

t of her wanted to say ye

-

ket, the other holding his phone. When she didn't respond, he

udents. Girls. Business contacts. He always had people around, but none of it

ted to be left alone. And that was the first

felt

. The bond wasn't clear yet. Not like how his father described

glass. He saw it in her posture, the way she flinched when people g

pected

getting close ne

-

The air was cool, the wind brushing her cheeks as she walked through the quiet paths behind the

to go. Not to give him an

eet didn'

sitated. Her fingers gripped the railing. Her heart beat to

kept c

forest. His jacket was slung over the bench beside him. The moon

he walked up. He just said,

either," s

her then. "

ake it a

. He moved his jacket aside and nodded toward the bench. "

down, her han

anything. Just the wind. The trees. Th

to come up here all the time.

him. "Your l

line for the pack. And I run a company.

he didn't really understand that wo

most Alphas," s

ed. "You've known

rugged

eason you lef

tched. "You sai

aid, sitting

sil

nearly full. Not quite. But enoug

ore," she said, alm

s head slowl

st do

ain. That her last shift ended with betrayal and blood. That she hadn't felt

cause I had t

ded, like he understood mo

olves who just stop,"

et many like m

id softly.

onger. Not touching. Not talking

n years that she didn't

-

tance from people, but she noticed that Adrian wasn't trying to talk to her i

w times in passing. A no

elf walking the same path to the rooft

imes they just sat there, side

strang

ed her more t

hat feel safe do

w that

-

was already waiting. He had a box next to him th

this?" s

ing a cup. "It's not

most s

a mug, and t

tonight," she

he month. Before the full mo

was warm and tasted l

you," s

at her. "F

xplain everything. For

nds. "I don't need your story to know

what to say to that. It was the kindes

ed, "Do you ever think about

id quickly.

dn't

nterrupted. "There's not

ka

breath shaking

n't hav

hands. "You're really

w s

e you to be arrogant. L

nd

quiet. L

little. "Maybe that's

ared a

se. Just sipped his tea a

nce, she