Her Forever – Chapter 19

Sadie

My mouth is agape at this point. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that werewolves were real. Seriously, they are real! Come to think about it, though, the signs were all there.

The growling, the freakishly tall people, muscles everywhere, and the way this town was so secluded from everywhere else, and they didn’t let people in regularly.

ould run for the hills and never look back. If they were going to hurt me, it would have been some time ago, right? These are my friends t

ot.

thing.” Seth pleaded.

is is a lot to take in.” I kept my head down, glancing at Seth’s hands in mine. They are so rough and

Short on the sides, long at the top, and so unruly. I just wanted to run my fingers through those locks.

formation overload.

s that guy going to bite that girl?” I bit my lip in hesitation.

ng for him to answer. “They are mates. They found each other tonight, and they wanted to complete the mating bond. Just like in the story, it’s very sa

nd I felt they would fall out of my sockets. “It doesn’t hurt!” he quickly added. “In fact, it can be quite pleasurable.” He smirked.

they did the nasty in my bed!” I huffed and crossed my arms. He gave a loud la

pull my arms so hard?!”

life; in the middle of mating, wolves can be very territorial; he would have killed you if she hadn’t.” I

iggling, “why do

half. I’m not the nicest wolf around here. I’m pretty ruthless, they say.” He said in a somber tone.

on’t believe that for one second,” I scoffed. “You

er a spell I couldn’t understand. It was like he was always supposed to be there all along. Had I never known he existed, I would have walked through life partially empty. Now that he is here, I don’t want him to leave.

I spoke.

es,

e. Did I say the wrong thing? He must not feel the same with me, and he is just a nice pe

.”

t feeling I had for him at the club that night. Normally, I would never approach a guy, but he was supposed to be mine, and I was going to be his.

I smiled.

once in a long time, I felt wanted, needed. I felt like I belonged. I was supposed to be here.

ith their embrace.

minute, but the only constant that seemed to stay was the realization he was my soulmate. Werewolf or not, he was.

ere each other’s other half. The half I never knew that I was missing.

d me to wait for the tingles I would feel on my skin! That’s why I always waited for som

only grew tighter as he picked me up and carried me into his arms. “I’m so happy, Sadie. So happy!” Frantic kisses on my cheek made me giggle.

said we do not want to be disturbed!”

y reacting to it. It was a strange but a perfect feeling. A blushed face was going to be permanent if this keeps up.

ghed, almost forgetting someone at the door.

ff your link, and I couldn’t reach you.” Marco spoke with a shaken voice.

put me back on the bed.

come back. Do you understand, Sadie? It’s for your safety.”

leaving? Right now?

t. He just told me I was his mate, and he was leaving. I sounded like some clingy teenager, and this is too much. “When will you come back?”

and?” speaking softly and rubbing the side of my head with his hand. “This is a lot, but you have to trust me, OK?” I nodded, and with long strides, he walked to the door.

me and smiled. I buried my face in my hands, hiding the heat to my face.

ack.

***

-size bed. Having time to look around the room, I realized it was warm, inviting. An enormous fireplace

room felt raw, like it was built exactly from nature. None of it was tampered with a chemical of finishing paint. You could still smell the pine that oozed from the meat of the tree.

in. The room was warm, and I didn’t even need a blanket to cover up from the night, which was strange because I was always cold.

ud knock came from the door as if someone was listening, and I saw Rebecca’s head poke out from the door

now, sleeping beauty?!” she said in a chee

ons I need!” I tried to look angry, but she laughed in my face.

chipmunk!”

and chucked it at her face.

you come to accept our ways?”

“Your ways? Is it like a cul

definition, I guess we kind of

human?”

er how awkward and weird my first day here was. It was like me moving into town was such a big deal. I had frequent visits from the ‘mayor,’ and people looked so s

d in our town.” Rebecca trailed off towards the end of her sentence. “Your aunt lived here with other wolves. Alpha Adrien woke up one day finding the house bare and had no signs of life. They didn’t tell anyone where they were going, just vanished.”

most of my life? Is that why I had been comfortable around everyone here? “Was my aunt a werewolf?” I gasped.

s with me.

Rebecca put her arm around me as I put my head on her shoulder. “They looked for her and your uncle, but they lost t

er death must have been hard since he had known her since childhood.

eated stress in me. My whole life, my aunt, kept a secret from me. A huge secret!

ulmate. The depression of losing her mate really did kill her. How she could hold on so long is beyond my understanding.

too? Maybe even my father? She would never bring up my birth parents, and I never really asked. She was my Maria. I’ve only known her.

of my eye.

my left eye, and did a slight groan. Not knowing what to do, Rebecca held my

ADIE

red.

m my eyes.

letic shorts, sweating profusely and scanning the room for a potential threat.

stab now in both of my eyes scorched through my brain. The scream hurt even my own ears, and I could not imagine the werewolves in the room with their hearing.

ped the back of my head, and my cries of pain stopped.

yes once more, I saw Seth. His eyes were struck with worry and pain. He held me close to the bed. All sound was now void from the room, but I knew there were others present. I wanted to hug him back, but my body could not move. My voice was caught somewhere in my throat.

ee him speaking to me, but I still could not hear what he said. My eyes gently closed, and I saw the blanket of darkness cover me.