Run (Caged Trilogy Book 1) by H.G. Lynch

Author:H.G. Lynch [Lynch, H.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CHBB Publishing
Published: 2015-03-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

** Tilly **

The final couple of days until the full moon passed in a blur. Dominic and Spencer joined me for breakfast the morning of the big event, which was about as awkward as it had been the first time. Then Dominic insisted on showing me the route the wolves would run that night, since I wouldn’t get to run with them—obviously. I just got to watch them Change, and then I…I didn’t know. Stood around until they came back? Returned to my cabin for a cuppa? I was hoping Sarah would give me a little guidance on what I was meant to do before the ritual started.

“So…looking forward to tonight?” Dominic asked, holding up a branch as I passed under it.

I gave him a swift, grateful smile and he let go of the branch, sweeping into a gentlemanly bow. I blinked.

“Shouldn’t I be asking you that?” I replied.

I stepped over a raised tree root, only to slip on another one I hadn’t noticed buried under some scattered leaves. Dominic caught my arm, steadying me. I frowned at my feet. I didn’t usually stumble like that, the woods always steered me, guiding my feet. I wasn’t focused on the energy around me. My mind was all over the place, distracted and flitting from worry to worry. The witches, the ritual later, the wolves being out in force with the hunters looking for them, the dirt I kept finding in my bed in a morning, and Spencer. No specific worry about him, just Spencer in general made me anxious. His sudden daylight appearances had me a little thrown and a tad spooked. He just popped up out of nowhere sometimes, and vanished again just as abruptly. I wasn’t sure what he was doing, except for annoying Dominic.

“This is normal for me. Well, your presence excluded. We Change on the full moon every month. It’s no big deal really.” Dom shrugged, shoving his hands into his jeans pockets. “But it’ll be a new experience for you. Are you scared? You don’t have to be. Everyone is totally in control in wolf form. Nobody’s going to hurt you.”

I smiled softly. “I know. You’ve said that before.”

He cut a glance at me from under his curls. His responding smile was shy. “I wasn’t sure you’d still believe me, now that you know…” He looked away.

“Now that I know you’re all werewolves? Of course, I still believe you. You were a werewolf when you promised me the first time, and nobody hurt me. The only thing that’s changed is now I know you’re a werewolf, so I don’t expect anyone to hurt me any more than I did before.”

I stepped in front of him, and waited until he met my eyes. His were a startling clear green, but if I looked closely, I could see flecks of gold in the green rings. “What you are doesn’t make your promises mean less to me, Dominic. It’s who you are that makes me trust you.”

I don’t know why I was suddenly feeling all sentimental.

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