HUMAN

Chapter THIRTEEN

"Kat?" His voice surprised me and I stood up instantly. He was wearing shorts that fit loosely around his hips with no shirt. My mind went completely blank as I looked at him, he was fit, insanely fit. Not all wolves looked like that, well at least my brothers didn't. His eyes were roaming over me in concern and then he came near me slowly.

"Are you okay?" Colin asked when he was about a foot in front of me. I nodded unable to speak and he let out a relieved breath.

Chris came out of the trees also with some shorts and his breathing was heavier. "He ran West until the territory line stopped, Colin's going to talk about extra patrols to his father so he won't be able to get in again."

Colin nodded in agreement, "Just don't take off into the woods next time."

Blushing I looked away from all of them. Tommy struggled to his paws and limped into the trees, Chris pulled an extra pair of shorts from under his arm and tossed it to where Tommy had just disappeared to.

"Ow." We heard Tommy hiss in pain as he came out from the trees. "What the hell?" He growled as his eyes met mine. "What were you thinking?"

"I'm sorry." I mumbled weakly back at him.

He gave a sigh and then grabbed me by the arms so I was crushed against his chest. "It scared me when he advanced on you.." He shuddered and I twisted out of his grasp.

"Let's go home." Hannah suggested, coming up beside me.

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My parents were in hysterics when we got home, they fussed over us for a solid hour before I could be left alone again. I read for a while before I decided to clean my room which wasn't even dirty but I needed to do something. I wanted to sleep, to escape reality but that wasn't an option, especially when Colin wasn't here.

I was sitting on my bed when the door to my room opened and Colin came in. I jumped off the bed and threw my arms around him. Feeling him hesitate before he wrapped me up in his arms tightly. Burying my face in his chest I felt him lean down to rest his head on mine.

He was warm and safe. His intoxicating smell was burning my nose with delight and I felt a knot in my stomach.

"You okay?" He whispered in the silence.

Nodding I loosened my grip on him and blushed at what I'd done. I didn't like touching people, my own family included but here I was throwing my arms around Colin as if my life depended on it.

"Sorry." I told him shaking my head.

"Don't be." He smirked, "I'm here however you need me." He paused his eyes downcasting sadly before he looked at me again, "You're mom and siblings went out for patrol, so I'm watching you until they get back."

Sighing I narrowed my eyes on the ground, "Will you distract me? My books aren't working right now."

Colin laughed, "Sure, homework?" He pulled his backpack from the ground where he must have dropped it when I ambushed him, "Or something fun?"

Homework would have been an obvious choice for me but as I was looking for a distraction, why not have fun?

"Fun." I told him absolutely.

His smile widened and he gestured for me to follow him. He led me downstairs to the basement where my brother's and friends played video games. "Video games?" I questioned as I gave him an unconvinced look.