bAurora’s /bP.O.V

Caleb’s room was on bthe /bother side of the building, on the same floor as me, and I was only just realizing this as Caroline led me down the hall to the left bwing /bbof /bthe building.

b“/bbWe /ball have spare rooms on this floor.” She told me as we walked, pointing to random door and naming who they are supposed to be for. “We don’t really crash here often, since our homes are all within the pack, but on special asions, we are allowed to have sleepovers. But you know how sleepovers are, no one really sleeps there. We just stay up all night with some booze and game consoles.”

Just by looking at her posture, at the way Caroline was suddenly feeling so chatty…I could tell that she was nervous, anxious beven/b. She knew how bI /bhad felt just give up and disappear from their lives. But I also wasn’t going about this, that I was still debating if I should stay with Caleb and be his mate, or to abandon Caleb when he needed my help.

Caleb had been there for me when I had been the most vulnerable and desperate, Then how could I be selfish and leave him to suffer alone, knowing that I was the cause of it.

bAs /bwe came to a stand

fromst

had saved me time and again even before he knew bwe /bwere matesb. /b

of thest door in the hallway, Caroline let out a huge sigh, her hands balled by her side bas /bshe said, “This bis /bit.”

Reaching out, I took Caroline’s hand, squeezing it lightly as bI /bturned to face her. “Care…you don’t have to worry. I’m sure of what I’m doing. I want to help Caleb; I want him to stop hurting. I know that I’ve been unreasonable about this in the past, but bI /bguess…I’vee to realize that I couldn’t really escape fate.”

Caroline’s expression softened, and her shoulders sagged from relief. With a soft smile ying on her lips, she reached out to tuck a hair behind my ear before cupping my face in her hands. “Thank you, Aurora. I know this isn’t the future you may have wanted, and I know you’re still uncertain about how things would pan out, but just know this, the Moon Goddess doesn’t make mistakes, and if she has chosen you for Caleb, she had done so for a reason. And no matter what, you’ll always have me by your side.”

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Nodding, I gave her a small smile, even though my heart was about to burst out of my chest. Taking in a deep breath, I pushed the door open…and stepped right into Antarctica.

Fuck! This ce was freezing!

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I rubbed my hands together to warm them up as a shiver ran down my spine, and my breath actually fogged in front of my face as bI /bbreathed out. My teeth were starting to chatter from the cold but I took a deep breath, steadying myself for what was toe.

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Looking around the dimly lit room, I found the bed pretty easily, surrounded by at least five coolers. Caleb was lying on a bed in what appeared to be hospital wear, and he didn’t seem to be bothered by the cold at all.

I moved closer to the bed, and reached out to touch his arm, wondering if he felt the cold at all, but it was only when I touched his skin that I realized that he was still burning bup/b, and if possible, his temperature seemed to have gone up further than this morning.

Swallowing my nervousness, I ced my hand on his chest, feeling the hard nes bof /bmuscles under my fingers. I felt him stir then, as a groan of pain escaped his lips.

Caleb?b” /bbI /bcalled out, my voice barely above a whisper.

But suddenlyb, /bCaleb’s eyes snapped open, and he lunged stared straight into my soul.

his hand going to my neck as he was in front of me in an instant, his beyes /ba molten amber that

A gasp escaped my lips as I was practically yanked on top of him, my legs on either side bof /bhis thighs as I found him straddling him on the bed.

H–how…did this happenb? /bbI /bblinkedb, /bbreath bing /bin

my was just standing bnext /bto the bed and now…

short

pants

as bI /b

to mak

bsense /b

what

was

happening. How had I ended up on bCaleb’s /bp? I

bAnd /bto make matters beven /bworseb, /bbI /bbfelt /bbCaleb’s /barms bwrap /baround

bmy /b

pulling me closer until I was flush against his body.

This time, the shiver that ran down bmy /bbspine /bbhad /bnothing to do with bthe /bcold,

bCaleb /b

bcloser /band take a whiff of my neck.