The Wolfs Maine - By Jinni James Page 0,8

to her took a big gulp of my latte and started spilling the beans so to speak.

“Well, we talked but from the minute we locked eyes it was like we couldn’t stop looking at each other. It was so weird. He told me that he has had feelings for me for quite some time and we did make love, twice. It completely blew my mind. My body has never felt that way before and I definitely have never passed out.”

“You passed out?”

“Yeah.” Jaci looked confused but she shook it off.

“So was this just a one night thing or are you seeing him again?” I hadn’t even thought that far yet. Of course I wanted to see him again but what about Nicholas? Should I tell Nicholas?

“You could see John on the side.”

“Jaci, how did you know that’s what I was thinking?” Jaci looked stunned for a second like maybe I had actually voiced my concerns out loud but I know I didn’t.

“Oh, I don’t know. You just looked confused and I just thought that’s what you were thinking about. Don’t forget Ava that I have known you since we were kids.” That’s true. Jaci probably knew me better than I knew myself.

“Well, I can’t just fool around behind Nicholas’s back. That would probably be worse than just telling him. I mean what if he found out?”

“How would he find out? He’s the definition of a workaholic. The only time you even see him is when you two eat (maybe) and when he gets up in the morning.”

Jaci had a point.

“I don’t know right now. I haven’t even gotten that far yet. I just need some sleep.” That was true. I was exhausted.

“Okay. Get some sleep and text me later. I’m going to run off to work anyway. I’m glad you had a good time though. You needed it bad. Maybe this is just what you need to kick start your book back up. Ever thought of that? See you later.”

She did have a point. I hate that. But I have no time to think about that so I decide to go crawl into bed and take a very long nap. The moment I undress and crawl into bed I can sense sleep was not near. The bed smelled like Nicholas which just killed any good mood I have. So I decided to get up and put my shirt back on and was happy to see it still smelled just like John. John smelled so amazing. It was such a sweet, yet masculine smell. It drove me crazy. I could almost feel myself getting wet just by smelling his scent again. It was pure heaven. Once I laid back down with his scent on me I drifted into sleep sure to sleep the day away.

John

I could hardly believe last night happened. I actually held Ava in my arms. I touched her, I looked into her eyes, I felt her, and it was amazing. Who would have thought after all this time my dream would come true??

Her Mother… Her mother would have thought this would happen. That might be why her mother asked me to watch over her all along, she knew. Ava doesn’t even know that I knew her mother and why would she? Both of her parents died when she was only three years old. Her parents were my elders. I found out at a very young age that I was different than any other child I knew. I could morph into any creature that I wanted just by closing my eyes and thinking real hard about the animal. It had to be a normal every day animal like a dog, tiger, hawk, or my favorite a wolf.

I rarely changed into anything other than a wolf because I feel like the wolf is a very misunderstood animal. Everyone is so scared of wolves but they are actually very gentle creatures but they looked after their pack. I often changed into a wolf and just ran around the woods like I was born one, it felt freeing. Ava’s parents could do this as well and they taught me how to control my changing. At first I would just see a hawk for example, and would find myself flying. Her parents taught me how to control that and only morph when and if I wanted to. They told me not many people would trust me if they knew what we could do and so I trusted them.

They were like my unofficial parents