Chapter 14


    Slipping into the bedroom, I sneak over to my side of the bed once I spot Eric still asleep. The pillow


    wall has been torn down, as his arm isying across the ruins. Sighing, I climb on the bed and start to


    reconstruct the divider, but Eric grabs onto me and surprisingly pulls me over to him, holding me snugly


    against his body. With my eyes wide open, I make no sudden movements.


    Iy frozen in his arms, and soon enough I realized that he is thankfully sleeping despite what just


    happened. My mouth is hanging open, and my limbs do not know what to do. His scent invades my


    nose, causing me to rx on instinct.


    My eyes begin to drift closed even though I am mentally fighting to keep them open. Darkness


    consumes me, and I have never felt morefortable in my life as if the bed has suddenly transformed


    into a cloud on a breezy day.


    Just as I begin to feel myself slipping away, Eric''s unexpected array of movements causes my eyes to


    fly open. He shoots from the bed, and I turn to find him leaning against the wall with his head in his


    hands. "Your neck," he murmurs lowly.


    Promptly, I sit up and try to think of what to say, how to exin what happened. "It is really, I don''t think


    —"


    "I can''t believe I''ve done this," he mutters andes to my side. "Are you in pain? Does it hurt?"


    Utterly confused, I wipe my mind of all current thoughts. "Wait, you can''t believe you did what?"


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    "Your neck, the marks—"


    "You think that you did this?" I gape while pointing at the now darkening blemishes.


    "Well, who else could have? You were with me the entire night. God, Isabe, you do not know how


    terrible I feel about this," he tells me while I can see the self-hate clear on his face. Eric believes that


    he''s the one that hurt me.


    "No, no, no, no," I say frantically, "you didn''t do this."


    He peers into my eyes, prompting my heart to jolt. "Then how did you get the marks?"


    My gaze floats to the side. "Well, Olivia."


    "Olivia?" He repeats. "When did this even happen?"


    "Around three in the morning maybe," I shyly admit. "I realize that I have a lot of exining to do for this


    all to make sense, so it all began because I couldn''t sleep. I couldn''t get Kendra off my mind, and I just


    had to see her. Then I stupidly decided to pack up some things in the middle of the night, so I could


    take a quick trip home."


    Eric''s mouth hangs slightly open, making him look more human rather than his usual hard stares. "And


    you nned to leave without telling me?"


    "Well, you see, I did leave without telling you, and I do know how bad this all sounds. Obviously, I


    wasn''t thinking clearly—and to be honest, I''m probably not thinking clearly now—but I left with a little


    bag and began to head South off of packnd—"


    "You went off packnd alone," he says under his breath. "Isabe, do you know what could have


    happened?"


    "Not at the time, but then Olivia strangled me, so I think I''ve learned how dangerous wandering off the


    His eyes grow wide. "Olivia. She, she strangled you?" I nod. "And that urred how?"


    "I didn''t notice that she was following me, but Olivia has a lot on her mind right now. I know that it is


    weird to defend her because she attacked me, but I want to help her get through her troubles and find


    her own mate. She''s probably a wonderful person; she''s just stuck right now."


    Eric sits back down with his elbows on his knees, looking to the floor. "She attacked you," he mumbles


    out loud, and I make no sign of interrupting him. "I''m not sure if it''s the best idea to keep her here, keep


    her around you."


    "Don''t make her leave," I say quickly with no thought towards it. "Caroline and I are going to help her,


    and she''s not going to hurt me again."


    I can see that he is not sold on the idea of letting her stay, so I ce my hand on his shoulder. "Eric,


    she''ll be lost out there, she''ll have nowhere to go. All Olivia needs is a second chance, she needs to


    see that there is more out there for her."


    Eric nces back at me. "And how do you n on helping her?"


    I bite on the inside of my cheek. Caroline said that he would not agree with our idea, so should I wait


    until she talks with Evangeline? "Well Caroline and I areing up with a few ideas, and I have a lot of


    faith in them. Just let us try, please?"


    The extra sweet tone in my voice must have won him over because he nods and gets up from the bed.


    "Alright, just please do note home with any more scratches, or bruises, or anything. Also, you can''t


    leave packnds by yourself and without telling anyone."


    I nod back in agreement. "No more, I promise."


    "And if she hurts you again, I have to send her away. She could have killed you, Isabe," he says very


    seriously.


    "I know. Caroline saved me, so I owe her big time—"


    "Caroline saved you?" He says in disbelief.


    "Olivia woke her up when she left the house, and she followed her. Caroline found us just in time," I


    exin. "Your sister is a lifesaver, and I don''t know what I could have done without her. She''s sleeping


    downstairs on the couch; we came here after dropping Olivia off at home."


    He makes his way to the door. "Okay, you should get some more sleep since you spent the night


    getting into trouble. I''ll be out at the training grounds if you need me, and I''ll have Marina make you and


    Caroline something to eat."


    "Okay," I say back before he disappears out the door. He will be at the training grounds, I will keep that


    in mind.


    I will also have to find out where the training grounds are, but I am sure Caroline can help me out with


    that.