Arabe furrowed her brows as she stared at the screen of her phone. She had been doing so for a while but couldn’t think of the reason.


    She sighed whilst leaning against the wall, and her eyes snapped shut, and then she opened them again.


    Her ears perked up as she heard the sound of a motorcycle and rushed to the window.


    Her eyes rounded as ze climbed down from it, and a smile formed on her face.


    She hadn’t thought he wasing.


    After pleading with him thest time he visited, a week after he dropped her off, ze told her he’d be leaving her for some while as he had a mission to attend to.


    Arabe didn’t know what the mission was, and she never bothered to ask him about it because she was sure she’d never get an answer.


    She stayed by the window for a while and moved away to the door as he strode towards the building.


    The door flung open almost immediately, and Arabe gasped.


    She wondered how he could climb the five flights of stairs easily.


    He wasn’t even breathing hard.


    Yet she didn’t mind. All that mattered was she was seeing him.


    She hurried towards him without thinking and engulfed him in a warm embrace.


    “ze.” She mumbled, cing her head on the slope of his neck.


    “I’m d you missed me.” He chuckled.


    Momentarily, he released her from his embrace and stared into her eyes.


    “I miss you too.” He said seriously, and his eyes scrutinised her.


    Arabe flushed. “I didn’t know you wereing.”


    “It was meant to be a surprise. I guess the sound of my motorbike ruined it.”


    She nodded. “I am d it does because I don’t think I’llst longer if you decide to show up at the door unannounced. It’s been creepy heretely.”


    “Care to enlighten me?”


    “I’ve been seeing things, or maybe I am imagining them.” Sheughed.


    “Seeing what?” ze asked. He yanked off the gloves in his hands and tossed them on the bed before cracking his knuckles.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    Arabe shrugged. “Just some funny things, and I always assume someone is following me. I don’t know. Also, I have been seeing strange lights and dogs everywhere.”


    ze’s ears perked up at the mention of dogs. He sat up straight and frowned. “What do you mean by dogs?”


    “I mean, they look like dogs, but I doubt it. I see them from the windows of my room and whenever I go out. Luckily, I don’t get followed. I think it’s because of the light. They seem to be repelled by it.”


    Strange light, dogs…


    It wasn’t adding up. ze didn’t understand what was happening.  But somehow, within him, he knew something awful would happen soon.


    Also, he presumed the dogs weren’t actually dogs but werewolves, and he didn’t understand why he hadn’t noticed.


    Perhaps, when he left, they often appeared.


    “I’m d you are here. I feel a lot safer.” Arabe said. She sat beside him and stood as his stomach growled.


    “Geez…” ze grumbled. A blush tinged his cheeks, and he shook his head.


    “I’m sorry, I cooked nothing. I didn’t know you wereing.” Arabe moved to the kitchen ind.


    “Never mind, it’s okay. I’ll be fine.” He murmured, rubbing his stomach.


    “It’s not,” Arabe said. She raised herself on the ball of her feet and opened the top drawer. She brought out a cereal box and ced it on the counter.


    “Fortunately, I have this.” She grinned, pouring enough cereal into a te and cing it in front of ze with a carton of milk beside it. “I don’t know how you like your cereal. You should prepare it yourself.”


    ze wasn’t hungry for cereal. He wanted something else, like blood and raw flesh.


    It had been a while since he fed on animals. He had stopped the first time he met Arabe.


    He didn’t know the reason, but he was sure his wolf, Red, made him stop.


    “Hey…”


    ze jerked as Arabe nudged him. “Your mind seems far away, and what’s that look on your face?’


    “What look?” He asked.


    “Like, you are not happy being here, ” Arabe said.


    ze rolled his eyes and gripped her hand. He pulled her forward and made her sit on hisp. “I have no such look on my face.”


    “You did.” Arabe flushed. She nced away, not because he was staring at her, it was due to his hand currently drawing circles on her back.


    She bit her lip as her heart raced. She wondered if ze could hear the sound of it.


    Arabe noticed a smirk forming on his gorgeous face, and she smiled at him.


    Her hand itched to brush off the hair that fell at the side of his face and the worry line that appeared on his temple.


    Then her eyes moved lower, and she stopped when they got to his lips.


    Goodness, could he be any hotter?


    Arabe felt hot suddenly, and she sucked in a deep breath. A frown etched on her face as his tongue slipped out to moisten his lips.


    His soft lips, she recalled how they had perfectly fitted hers the first time they kissed.


    Her cheeks turned red, and she heaved a breath. She would embarrass herself if she didn’t stop looking, but she couldn’t help it.


    “I won’t stop you as well,” ze mumbled.


    “I wasn’t staring at you!” Arabe blurted. She stood abruptly from hisp and stepped away from him.


    “I didn’t say you were.” ze chuckled. He raised his brows, “I think you are trying to confess something to me. What were your thoughts about?”


    “It’s nothing.” She murmured.


    “That’s definitely nothing.” ze said, walking towards her.


    Arabe prepared to run, but he gripped her hand, pulling her into him.


    She felt him move backwards and didn’t realise they were close to the wall until her back smacked it.


    “ze.” She murmured, her eyes flickering to him.


    “Call me, Cole.” He rasped, tilting her chin.


    Arabe let out an inaudible moan. She licked her lips, closed her eyes and opened them again.


    “Cole.” She whispered. It sounded foreign, but she knew she needed to get used to it as it was his name.


    Also, she somewhat liked it.


    “Damn it,” ze muttered. He leaned into her and whispered. “I’m sorry.”


    “For wh…” Her words were cut off as his mouth closed on hers.


    Arabe gripped his shirt and pushed herself to him.


    She was startled, but she was expecting it. She threw caution to the wind and gave herself to the kiss.