Chapter 26
Chapter 26
Della
That stupid bitch.
Ayla
I woke up feeling like death and confused before realizing I had crawled under my bed at some point in the night. I don’t know how long it will take my brain to realize that I am safe out in the open, on top of my bed, but here we are. My wolf never responded, but I know I felt her. Beep. Beep, Beep. It takes me a minute, but I get up and scramble to my phone knowing there could only be one person messaging me and the thought has me eager to see what Thane wants.
Thane: Good morning little wolf. I hope you had a good nights rest. I will be by in an hour to take you out. Don’t worry, you won’t need to get out of the car if you do not want to.
Me: Good morning to you as well. Sleep was interesting. I will be ready,
Thane: Good girl. I will bring you buy some breakfast. Any requests?
Me: Do you have doughnuts? A long john doughnut with sprinkles and cream filling sounds amazing. Cream not custard please.
Thane: Custard in pastries is horrible.
Me: The worst. Hot garbage.
Thane: Hot garbage?
Me: I was reading articles on my phone and learning new phrases.
Thane: Oh really? I can hardly wait to hear what else you have learned. I really mean it. I would love to HEAR you sometime. When you are ready little wolf. I know you can do it. I will be waiting.
Me: Me too
Knows i can do it? My eyes bug wide with the thought of Thane hearing me in the tub last night. No, I’m sure he just means he knows I’m selective mute and is hopeful I will speak for him. Surely. That’s really it. Whatever I need to tell myself so I can face him again. its difficult to pull myself from the phone to get dressed. Talking with him comes naturally which is shocking, but a good kind of shocking.
I braid my long hair and throw it over my shoulder. I really need to cut it. It isn’t practical having hair down to my knees. Dressed in skinny jeans and an off the shoulder cardigan! look in the mirror and hardly recognize myself. My teal eyes are bright and the bruises off completely gone from my face. The increased healing only confirms to me that I did in fact feel Aramana’s presence. She really is coming back. Knock Knock Knock sounds at the door and I check my phone, seeing that he is here and hour later on the dot. I rush to answer the door with a huge smile on my face eager to see Thane and to see if he realizes my bruises are gone.
Good morning little wow: Your bruises are gone. Not only that, but I notice a stronger shifter sent coming from you. Did your wolf make contact? My smile fades a little, but he quickly grabs my chin with his thumb and index finger, thrusting my chin up so I can look him in the eyes. ‘It’s okay if she didn’t. This is progress Ayla. Your shifter healing is obviously working now. It’s only a matter of time before she reconnects with you. I am really excited for that to happen. When she returns, she and Ronan will go for a run. The thought of running as my wolf causes me to nod “yes” in agreement and my smile returns. He knows just what to say to make everything better i step out of my rooms and he hands me my doughnut and I immediately take a huge bite, not caring that there is probaby frosting all over my face. Thane chuckles and reaches over, scrapping frosting from my face and putting his frosted finger into his own mouth and proceeds to suck my frosting off of his finger. The view causes me to blush with flashbacks to last night’s tub escapade and 1 quickly look away attempting to hide my embarrassment “Don’t worry little wolf, if I get frosting all over my face, you can have it my eyes dart up to him and go wide reusing tum to laugh loud and stuff his own doughnut in his mouth.
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