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Gasping for breath, I slid sideways off his trembling body to recover from the completely disorienting overwhelming, but Keno didn't give me a chance to escape his closeness.

Immediately he wrapped his strong arms around my upper body and pulled me with my back to his trembling chest to give me many soft kisses on my shoulder. My wolf slowly backed away and finally made room for me again, causing me to panic a little as I fully realized what had just happened.

Involuntarily, I trembled slightly at the thought, so Keno carefully rolled me onto my back on my shoulder and leaned over me worriedly while his hand caressed my abdomen very calmly.

"Did I hurt you?" he asked sympathetically and looked questioningly into my eyes. I shook my head in the negative and just wanted to get up and run away, because I suddenly felt tears in my eyes and didn't even know why I suddenly felt the need to cry. I thought it was nice, even more than nice, to feel connected to him in this unique way, but that's not how I had imagined it all...

My wolf had overwhelmed me and inside I cursed her, but myself even more because I thought it was beautiful and I felt like I could never part with it.

What happened to my plans???

"Aria?" Keno snapped my accusations and looked at me as if he didn't understand at all why I was crying under him. I didn't understand it myself.

"I... I feel... I want to be alone!" I began with a trembling voice and then got up in a hurry to wrap the blanket around my body and flee to the bathroom. All at once everything was too much for me and I just wanted to take a deep breath.

"Aria!" I heard Keno's voice, but I slammed the door behind me and quickly turned the key to stop staring at the doorknob. "Please talk with me!"

He knocked loudly on the door several times, demanding an answer, but I put my trembling hand over my mouth in a daze and tried to stifle my loud sobs, but I couldn't really do it.

Why couldn't he just give me some time to process it all!?

After all, so much had happened in such a short time and it wasn't just that I was having my first time. My urge to escape had completely vanished from me and I could almost feel my wolf taking up more space inside me than ever before. She had grown through the connection to his wolf. Had sapped his strength and now it was so far that I no longer recognized myself and my own thoughts.

I felt alien, confused, and it wasn't until I heard Keno's footsteps moving away from the door that I took my hand from my mouth and clutched the ceiling again to seek out the bathroom mirror.

My eyes sparkled at me, but they seemed different too... somehow brighter and... happier?

"What's that about?" I whispered to myself and very gently ran my hand over my forehead to rule out that I had a fever or something. Why the hell did I look so stupidly pleased?!

I should have left long ago, instead he had managed to cast a spell over me within a very short time...

Why was he so good looking and had such an attractive character... If he had just been a stupid asshole, it would have been a lot easier for me...

"Aria, please," I heard him again at the door, this time much calmer and somewhat wistful, which made my wolf whimper. The beast suffered as soon as he felt bad...

"I'll be right there," I called back, hoping my wolf would stop terrorizing while I turned on cold water at the faucet and poured it on my face. This refreshment was so soothing to my overheated body that I immediately turned off the faucet and turned on the shower instead.

In anticipation of my deserved cool down, I let go of the blanket around me and was about to set foot in the cabin when Keno's voice rang out again.

"Showering for two is much more fun!"

"I know how to have some fun alone in there!" I retorted amused, stepping into the shower to wash my hair first with a grin on my face.

The feeling of the cold was indescribable and I enjoyed it so much that I took my time. Of course, also with the thought of making keno crazy with it. At least I still recognized this provocative side of me when everything else somehow fell away.

I soaped myself longer than necessary and only after it got darker and darker in the room did I realize that the day was slowly coming to an end. I hadn't even eaten anything because of the chaos... Great living here! Arguing, sex and showering all day. I would probably starve...

Then, with my stomach growling, I reluctantly turned off the water and padded out of the cabin to grab one of the dark bathrobes.

"Fries," I blurted out, suddenly hungry, and my nose picked up the smell of potatoes while I quickly went to the door to open it hesitantly.

My eyes immediately fell on Keno, who was sitting on the floor in front of the bed, wearing only sweatpants, but immediately stood up when he gave me a wistful look.

"Aria, if I did something wrong-"

"You didn't," I interrupted him, because he had even warned me beforehand. "It's just been so much the last few days. My head is pounding and I'm so exhausted."

He nodded his understanding and immediately came over to lead me by my hand to the bed, where I sat down and watched him cover me up to my waist.

"Well," he said smiling, sitting down on the edge of the bed next to me while holding the remote control out to me. "Choose what you want. I'm just downstairs helping Jamal cook or it'll end in disaster."

"Okay," I replied, grateful for a moment that someone else made sure I got something to eat. I certainly wouldn't have been able to do it myself with the chaos in my head.

"Do you need anything else?"

I looked at him thoughtfully, wanting to kiss him, so I tapped my lip with my finger and enjoyed the smile on his face.

Wasting no time, he leaned in and placed his warm hand on my cheek and kissed me so gently it could have melted me.

"I'm hurrying," he breathed against my cheeks and then got up to make his way to the door, where he paused again and looked at me. "Don't run away, little one," he grinned and I had to roll my eyes, smiling.

I certainly wouldn't run away again, but if he liked me like he always did, maybe he'd drive me to Gloria's personally.

So my plan still stood, I just had to rethink something.