Clementine;
I was taken aback for a moment, even confused about why he would ask me such a thing. But then I managed to put a smile on my lips just to show I was uncomfortable but not offended, because I really wasn’t.
"What’s so exciting about that?" I asked him, and after I had overcome my awkwardness and shock,
"There is—I don’t know," he uttered, "I just know that I want to." This time, he wasn’t even smiling to make it seem like he was joking around. I could tell he was pretty serious.
"Haiden, I don’t want to start something that would get us in trouble, because I’m not ready for anything else."
As soon as I said that, he began to nod, giving me the impression he already knew what I was talking about.
"I know. I’m not asking for a relationship. It’s just that—forget it," he said, and the way he did, I was shocked. And then he just started to climb down.
"What, you don’t want to stick around?" I asked, and he began to shake his head.
"No, I’ll be going back to my pack in the early morning, because that’s where the academy car will pick me up from." This time, he sounded very low in energy, no joking around, no fun talk. However, the minute I was about to climb down, I noticed him standing under the tree with his arms spread.
"Come on, jump," he said, and I laughed.
"No, I’m not. You wouldn’t catch me, and I’d end up with broken ribs and bones," I complained. My legs pulled up and my body tilted to the side to look down, while my knees were now touching my chest.
"Oh, come on, you can always transition. Don’t act like your wolf isn’t strong enough," he grunted, and for a moment, I gave it a thought.
"Come on, don’t be a coward." As he said that, I realized he wanted to give me a reason to think I did it out of peer pressure, not because I wanted to. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
"Fine," and I took the bait. I adjusted my body and warned him with my finger not to drop me. He gave me a reassuring look, and then I jumped. The moment I did, he held me. However, while doing so, he stepped back to regain his posture because I really had jumped at him hard. Then, instead of standing straight, he tripped on a branch behind him. And that’s how he landed on his back, and I landed on top of him.
Everything went silent between us for a moment. I didn’t move, as he was holding me by the back with one arm. With his free hand, he brushed my hair from my face, then placed his palm on the back of my head, gently guiding my face toward his.
I would have protested but our bodies were pressed so tightly together that the mate bond ignited a heat between us. I leaned in under the pressure of his hand until our lips met.
My eyes closed at the softness of his lips, my breath catching at the taste of him. He immediately began sucking on my bottom lip while his hand moved slowly up and down my back, then slid to my ass.

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