AMELIA’S P.O.V

Kaden stared at me like I had grown two heads. “I have never heard that term in my life. Is it something I should know?”


I let out a frustrated growl as I buried my face into my hands. Talking to him was a stupid idea, I should have known he wouldn’t know. I was told that they were extinct now I had opened a can of worms that I desperately needed to close before he started asking too many questions. I could feel his eyes on me as I thought up ways to momentarily make the last few seconds go away.

“Okay,” I ended up saying finally as I shrugged. “We should go in and order.”

I started opening my door when he reached over and grabbed the handle. His hand was so close to my mid section and I could feel the heat radiating off him. It had been a while since he touched me and my body recognized him, I felt him close to me and I wanted to touch him, I wanted to climb over the console and kiss him until we were both gasping for breath, I wanted him to take me home and sink into me until the only thing I remembered was his name.


“Amelia, please,” he groaned out. He wasn’t even looking at me, his eyes were straight ahead. “Whatever you are thinking, please stop, because I can smell you and I want you but I will not be touching you right now. You aren’t ready.”

He was right, but I didn’t like the way he said it. I crossed my arms over my chest. “What do you mean I’m not ready? You aren’t the judge of that.”


He turned to me and there was so much hunger in his eyes that I was momentarily caught off guard. My throat was so dry that I couldn’t even swallow. I wanted to look away from his piercing gaze but I couldn’t. Everything was far too much for me and somehow it still didn’t feel enough.

“Are you telling me that if I kissed you right now, you wouldn’t run?”

I couldn’t respond but I already knew the answer. His face was so close to mine already and it was taking everything in me to stay still. I wasn’t going to run, I was going to kiss him back but I would regret it after because I didn’t make him earn me back. He had a lot of earning to do and I wasn’t going to make things easy for him.

I looked away breaking whatever spell had been cast. “The Vibrius wolves.”

He cleared his throat knowing that whatever had happened between us was now over. “Do you want to talk about it here? We can have our food brought out here or we can go in and have the conversation inside.”

“I want it here, it is a very sensitive topic.”

Kaden left to get our order and it wasn’t until he returned that I realized he hadn’t asked what I wanted but still, he managed to get me my favorite burgers, fries and oreo milkshake. I didn’t ask how he remembered the order but the action had me smiling softly despite trying to hide it.

“Where did you hear about these Vibrius wolves?” he asked and I explained everything that happened at the library to him. It sounded absurd even to my own ears but I needed to be sure. I told him everything and by the time I was done, he just stared at me. “My mother might know something about it but we are not exactly speaking right now.”

I stilled. “I thought you would have made up with her by now. If this is about what happened at the hospital-”

“This is about the fact that she disrespected my mate in front of everyone,” he cut me off. “She blamed you for something that was not your fault and I will not easily forgive that. I will find answers elsewhere. Pamela and Devin might have answers. They seem to know everything.”

I mentally face palmed. “Why didn’t I think about that? I live with them.”

“I could drive you there and we can ask,” he offered and I so badly wanted to take him up on that offer but there was something I needed to do. I took a long sip of my drink before speaking.

“I need you to know that I asked you this because you were the first person I saw,” I lied. “I haven’t moved on yet and if we are doing this together, it isn’t an indicator that I am ready to get back together with you. I know that isn’t what you want to hear but-”

“Amelia,” he cut me off. “I am ready to have you in whatever form you are willing to give me. I don’t care if you want to be friends or acquaintances, I just want you. It is better that I have you in my life as someone I cannot have than I do not have you in my life at all. If you want to do this as friends then we will.”

“You might say that now but I don’t want you to get upset later. What happens when you realize that you really cannot deal with this and you want me as your mate again? I don’t know if I can handle what happened again.”

“You will never have to,” he assured me. “I know my words might not be enough but should you ever decide to take me back, I promise you, that you will never have to worry about that again. It was my fault that all of this happened in the first place and I will spend every waking moment trying to make it up to you.”

He reached out and grabbed both of my hands in one of his. His hands were warm and I didn’t realize how much I missed the feel of his calluses against my skin until he was holding me.

“That being said, let me worry about myself, okay? I am not a child, I can handle a little rejection. I can be your friend,” he sounded genuine and despite everything that had happened, I knew I could trust him, my wolf did too, so I nodded. “Now, are we going to see them or not?”