Forbidden Love

Chapter Twenty-Six

I knock on his door, but don't wait for his okay.

"Why are you-" he starts rudely before his eyes zoom in on my neck. He seemed frozen.

Oh my God. I'm turning into a werewolf aren't I?

But then he starts laughing. One of those loud, raucous laughs. Normally, men who were just rejected don't laugh like that. So I wonder what made him laugh that.

"What? What does this bite mean? Ryder just bit me yesterday after we were arguing and than I passed out. But he fed me his blood. That's disgusting!"

Ethan laughs for a minute longer before it does down. Was this some type of werewolf joke? Was it really just a bite? Maybe to scare me?

"I think Ryder should tell you," he says, a faint smirk on his face.

"What's the date?" I ask him. Last time I checked, it was March 7th.

"March 13th," he says nonchalantly, as if his was birthday wasn't in two days. I would be jumping in glee. I start thinking about my my birthday a full month ahead.

I completely ignore the fact that I've been out of it five days. Instead, I worry about his birthday. "Oh my gosh your birthday is in two days! You're turning 22!" I squeal.

Ethan gives me a soft smile. "I care about you Skylar. And I'd like to apologize for my behavior at the party. My wolf was feeling very...emotional." He says, choosing his words carefully.

"Yeah. Well the fact that you're mate rejected you sucks," I say, sighing.

"It sucks? Well, that's definitely one way to put it," he replies. He lays back down on his bed and I take a look around his room. He had a black and white design. A white mattress with a black and white comforter. The carpet was white with a black circle in the middle. He had one door, which guessing was his bathroom. I look around again and notice that he keeps his unfolded clothes in his dresser.

"Yeah," I whisper to nothing in particular. But something needed to be said before we went into a depressed silence. Why would I want that?

"I need to come up with a plan for your birthday," I realize. His birthday was in two days. Now I really needed to figure something out.

"I heard you have pneumonia. I don't think you should worry about my birthday. I'm going to Hawaii to visit my parents," he says. I feel crestfallen. I really wanted to be with him on his birthday. But I knew that he wanted to talk to his parents about his mate and maybe that would help him feel better.

"Okay," I reply. We sit together and watch the TV even though nothing interesting was on. And soon, I start to grow very tired.

*

"I find it interesting how she is always in the arms of another," Ryder chuckles.

I wake up as soon as I hear his voice. By the sparks and tingles, I could tell I was in his arms.

"Yeah. She fell asleep after three minutes of watching TV," Ethan says, laughing softly. Maybe Ryder couldn't detect it, but I could hear how forced the laugh was.

Ryder laughs too, and I couldn't help but relax at the sound. It was so soothing and...normal sounding? His laugh made me feel like everything was going to be okay.

Yeah, sure. Until he bites you again. Maybe he might kill you on accident, I think to myself.

I stiffened. What am I doing relaxed I'm his arms?

"I want to walk myself," I say, in a slightly snobby tone. I was surprised when Ryder obliged and set me down gently on my feet. I end up fisting his shirt in my hand though until the black spots disappear.