Chapter 2 – A Shocking Morning Together

• A large, firm hand rand down the middle of my chest, moving slower as it moved lower.
• “Keep going,” I said as I turned in the bed, toward the warmth of the hand, my eyes still closed. Then my body was pulled closer until my back pressed tightly against a firm, broad, chest. Wait…whose chest was that exactly? My eyes flew open as I turned around.
• Lying right there next to me was Liam, slowly waking up from sleep.
• “Oh, my God. Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. What are you doing here?!” I screeched.
• “Well, this is my bed. So…” Liam said with a shrug.
• I glanced around and realized then that I was in Liam’s sports decorated room. I jumped out of his embrace, grabbed a towel wrapping it around my naked body, and started to pace.
• “Liam, what exactly did we do last night?”
• All I could remember from the night before was getting drunk at the party. But everything that came after was a blur. My clothes torn off. Wrapping my legs around Liam’s solid body. Being kissed ferociously by Liam.
• “You said you wanted to get revenge on Noah, so you did,”Liam said, looking at me from the bed. His muscular chest was completely bare.
• His eyes bore into me as I continued to pace back and forth, my mind racing.
• “I thought werewolves didn’t …” I said, stopping short of what I really wanted to say. I couldn’t finish the sentence. Because suddenly I was embarrassed.
• But Liam knew exactly what was on my mind. “You thought that I didn’t sleep with human girls?”
• I nodded my head slowly, my eyes going wide.
• Liam shrugged. “Normally I don’t. Human girls have never been of any interest to me. But I don’t know, when it came to you, Ella, I just couldn’t stop myself.” The fire in Liam’s eyes burned.
• I stepped back unconsciously and stumbled right into his computer chair.
• “Oh,” was all I could say.
• “Why don’t you come back to bed?” Liam suggested, his eyes never leaving mine.
• I shook my head no.
• Just then a knock rang out at his bedroom door. “Liam, honey, are you awake?”
• My eyes widened in shock. That was his mom on the other side!
• I ran towards the bed and dove onto it, burrowing under the covers. I clung to Liam, trying to use his large body as a shield.
• “Yeah, mom. I’m awake.” His voice was husky and deep.
• The door flew open and under the dark covers I could hear his mom’s voice, “I’ve got you some breakfast downstairs. You know you have to keep your strength up for the football games.” She stopped talking for a second. And then… “Honey, who’s that with you hiding under the covers?”
• “Oh, it’s just—” before Liam could finish that sentence, I squeezed his thigh desperately. He jerked. He was crazy if he was thinking about telling his mom about me.
• “Oh, nobody. Nobody’s under the covers with me.”
• “Sure… Anyway, make sure to grab something for your friend so she doesn’t get too hungry,” Liam’s mom said lightly. Then a few seconds later, I heard the door open and shut. She was gone. Finally.
• I stumbled out of the bed and started to throw my clothes back on. They were scattered all over Liam’s room. I had to get out of here. Now.
• “I don’t know why you decided to hide, Ella. You totally didn’t have to do that.”
• “You’re kidding, right?! Do you know what would have happened if your mom, if anybody found out what we did last night? It would ruin me!” I stepped into my jeans and quickly pulled them up, rushing to snap the button in place. “Oh my God, Noah…”
• “Forget about Noah!” Liam growled, anger flashing across his face as he sat up in bed.
• I startled at the force of his words. He was panting harder, but this time, it wasn’t because of any desire.
• “Last night, that was…my first time. I’ve never been with anybody else. Not even Noah.” I whispered, drawing my arms around my middle.
• Liam’s eyes widened in surprise. His face instantly became softer. “Are you serious?”
• I opened my mouth to say more but, I just didn’t have time to do this right now. I had to get out of his house. And I had to get out of here without his mom or dad, or Noah, seeing me.
• “I gotta go,” I said. I walked to Liam’s bedroom window and shoved it open. Luckily his bedroom and mine were so close I could just climb right into my own room.
• I used to hate that our rooms were so close, especially since I was able to see all the other she-werewolves he’d bring in there. I had a front row seat to all sorts of things that Liam liked to do in bed with girls. But today, I was grateful for the close distance of our rooms.
• I climbed out of the room, struggling a little bit. Then I felt Liam’s big hands grab my waist and gently push me into my room and onto my bed.
• I turned around then, “Thanks.” Liam nodded from his bedroom, a concerned look on his face. I didn’t care. I couldn’t. I drew my curtains shut.
• I fell back onto my bed, utterly, and completely exhausted. A buzz came from my pocket. I pulled my phone out and looked at it. It was a text from Noah: You were at the party, Ella?
• I texted him back: Go to hell!
• And then he texted back: Look, Ella, alright. Ava and I obviously slept together. But you know why! I’m a male werewolf. Everyone assumes my girlfriend is going to be a she-wolf. I slept with Ava because if anything happens, she can have werewolf babies. Humans like you and werewolves like me can’t reproduce!
• Was Noah serious right now. I shook my head and texted him back: We are done.
• I couldn’t risk being pulled back into Noah’s orbit so I blocked his number on my phone. I opened my laptop, trying to distract myself with the story I was working on for school. But it was the romance about me and Noah. And suddenly it all felt like lies.
• I selected the entire story and hit delete.
• I tried starting another story, but nothing came. I needed to get out of the house. I grabbed my backpack, threw my laptop into it, and headed downstairs.
• My mom was sitting on the couch, reading a book. “Hey honey, off to school?”
• “Yeah.”
• “Perfect timing. The Gravens brothers are waiting outside to take you.”
• My eyes shot open, “What?! No.”
• Mom lowered her glasses. “What’s gotten into you? You always ride with Noah.”
• But how could I tell mom about this messy situation I’d gotten into with both the boys. I was dating Noah and had just slept with his brother Liam. How was I going to explain all of this?!
• “Mom, I gotta go.”
• I stepped outside. Noah was there, standing in front of his beat-up car. And so was Liam, leaned up against his expensive Mercedes.
• Noah glanced with annoyance at Liam and then back at me. “Get in the car, Ella.”
• I walked past Noah, straight to Liam’s car, and got in.
• Liam slid into the driver’s seat and glanced my way, grinning. “Good girl.”