Chapter 13


    I stayed in the room until I finished the entire book. It was interesting. It went into detail about the


    Lycan''s shift from man to beast and how they could control it for the most part. When the Lycan got


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    angry, it''s wolf would push forward, and sometimes the shift would be involuntary. It showed the


    changing anatomies of the man in his transition to beast. It looked painful and unreal. There were


    pictures and descriptions of the pain that came with the first shift and every one after. The Lycan could


    begin it''s transformation at puberty, whenever it would hit the normal person. There was so much detail


    on this one fictional creature. It was incredible. I apuded the creativity of whoever wrote this. It was


    very specific.


    When I finished the book, I stretched and tucked the book under my arm I remembered Elias saying


    that he worked in his home office often, and I needed to talk to him about this book. I didn''t knock


    before entering, and in hindsight, I should''ve. In my defense, I wasn''t expecting anyone else to be in


    the house. Elias was in a deep discussion with two men. One of them I recognized as Elias'' brother,


    Taylor. Regardless, Elias smiled when he saw me. I probably looked like a deer caught in the


    headlights.


    "Nova," he smiled. He motioned for me to join him at his desk. Paralleled against my option to just


    stand at the door, I went to Elias. I walked hesitantly over to him and he pulled me into hisp. I could


    feel the blush creep up my neck.


    "I-I didn''t realize you hadpany," I said shyly, standing. I motioned to the book. "I was just going to


    give this back to you," I said quickly. I turned to leave but Elias caught my wrist.


    "Wait, Nova. What did you think?" he asked. I nced at Taylor and the other strange man in the room.


    "We can discuss itter since you''re busy, " I said, trying to leave. Elias chuckled and sat me on his


    desk.


    "It''s okay, love. Taylor and Peyton don''t bite," Elias said, to which both men chuckled as if the opposite


    were true. I looked at my fingers sped in myp and shrugged.


    "I think it''s a very descriptive and detailed piece of fiction. Whoever wrote it had quite the imagination


    and Imend them for that. It was truly entertaining," I answered softly.


    "Fiction?" the man, Peyton, asked. Peyton looked like the pretty, golden boy that everyone loved in


    high school. His stature was that of a jock, and with his golden hair and blue eyes, he was the poster


    child for an All-American Man. I looked at him confused. He seemed offended, while Taylor sat smirking


    like the cocky bastard he probably was.


    "You believe it?" I asked Peyton. He red at me before turning his re to Elias.


    "Nisi joj jo?? (Croatian: You haven''t told her yet?)" Peyton asked Elias in Croatian, I assumed.


    "No, it''s a process and ne ?elim ju u?iti(I don''t want to scare her)," Elias replied. I sighed in


    frustration.


    "Could you guys stop speaking a differentnguage when I''m right here? Thanks," I said bitterly. Elias


    chuckled and took my hands in his.


    "You''ll catch on eventually, Cupcake," he smiled. I mentally rolled my eyes at the stupid nickname. "So


    about the book... do you believe any of it could be real?" he asked. I shrugged. I had always been able


    to keep an open mind about the supernatural, but nothing I''d ever seen up to this point gave me any


    proof of their existence.


    "I think the idea of soul mates is beautiful and ancient. I don''t know how feasible it is though. I don''t


    believe in love at first sight. I believe there can be lust at first sight, but you can''t know that you love


    someone until you know him or her. I don''t think there are any exceptions to that rule. As far as the


    whole Lycan concept as a whole is concerned, I don''t think a man''s body wouldpletely shift on


    out the possibility of something so unnatural. There''s a consequence for everything. This Lycan


    creature has no consequence, just talents and hyperactive senses. It''s not feasible," I ranted. All three


    of them stared at me shocked. I had the gift of gab and I knew it. That, plus, my love for English, made


    me talk a lot. I blushed crimson as I realized that I just went off on a tangent.


    "I''ll be up in my room," I said quickly before I rushed out of the office and to my bedroom. It''s funny how


    I was already calling it mine, like I epted the fact that I was staying here. Hopefully, Nn and my


    dad got my message and were working on a way to retrieve me. I didn''t mind Elias, Taylor, or even


    Peyton, but I knew I couldn''t stay here forever.