Sexting With A Vampire
Chapter 56

Stella

"You look great," Evan gives me a thumbs up while I stand in front of him in my wolf form. "Your fur is He strokes me over my muzzle, and I close my eyes. I'm feeling like the happiest wolf in the world. 'You give the best pets... I told him it was acceptable to read my mind after transforming. That's how w "Ah, but we can't stand here all day... You have work to do."

I open my eyes, nodding. 'Yes, sir!'

"Good girl! Walk into Raphael's territory and remember to act like you are injured. Halting is good, and 'How do you know?' I ask him.

Evan shrugs. "I was reading alpha Gabriel and the slave mate... And trust me, the girl knew what she w

'I replace your addiction to werewolf romance novels a bit disturbing. You've spent how many coins while He grins. "Too many, but come on, reading is fun."

I laugh inside the walls of my mind. 'Are you even a man?'

"Hey, now, that's rude!"

I hang out my tongue to tease him and then head straight to Phoenix Lakes with some trotting. 'Wish me good luck!'

"Good luck, and remember to act injured and weak! Claim that you escaped and that you're a rogue. A Touch his abs?

Oh-my-f*****g-god!

'You need to stop reading werewolf novels!'

Evan laughs behind me. "Never!"

I howl at him because Evan is insane. I hear him laughing, and then I no longer feel his presence. I'm a

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eed to pretend that you're super weak-alphas love that shit."

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mpliment Raphael! You're supposed to charm him! Touch his abs!"

walking past trees on an asphalted road leading to Phoenix Lakes.

The canopies are reaching for the skies, but no birds are in the trees. Everything is green and beautiful. I love the scenery, yet I can't shake the feeling that things are too quiet. Creepy.

I don't think I've seen any animal at all...

Should I be worried?

With a suspicious mind, I continue running for a good kilometer before realizing that... I'm back where we parked the car?

What the hell?

Shivers creep up my spine.

The little voice in my gut tells me something is wrong, and I've learned that my instincts are usually right.

I stop walking and look around.

'Evan?' I try to call him inside my head. 'Evan, are you there?'

There isn't a response.

Weird.

My eyes scan the area, and my ears twitch when I hear branches breaking in the forest. Something is coming. I hear panting and then a woman screaming. "RUUUNNN!!"

Leonora?

I stare at the blonde elf, ready to run when I catch what is chasing her-a giant demon that looks like a grizzly bear.

Brown fur. Glowing red eyes and unrealistically long claws.

Nope, not fighting that! Uh-uh, forget about it!

I turn toward the city but freeze when Leonora falls onto the asphalt with her palms first. The smell of blood fills the air, and she whimpers.

Will she be able to get up in time?

“F**k-f**k-f**k!" Leonora pushes herself back onto her feet, but there is no way she is fast enough to run away from the bear.

It is coming with her incredibly fast, and I realize she is dead meat.

Therefore, I run towards her. I bend down to push my head between her legs and throw her up onto my back. She shrieks in surprise but grabs my fur to hold on. "Uh, thank you?"

I howl in response.

This is weird. I didn't see this coming. Leonora is riding me like a horse as I set course for Phoenix Lakes with a giant demon bear chasing us.

"I don't think I have seen you around before... Your fur... It's so dazzling... Wait, are you even from the Bloodmoon pack?"

I'm not sure how she expects me to answer her. I can't possibly transform back into a human right now!

"Or are you a rogue?"

Seriously?! Why does she keep asking questions? I'm trying to save both of our lives, and she wants to know what pack I come from?! What kind of priorities is that?! Shitty ones, I'm telling you!

I keep running, yelping when the demon bear catches up with me. It bites my tail with its sharp vampire-like teeth.

I cry out in agony, and blood splashes over the road.

"You have to run faster!" Leonora is shouting. "Much, much quicker!"

Quicker?!

This is as fast as I can go!

f**k, I don't want to die here! Why isn't Evan responding to me?!

My paws are hurting from running over the asphalt, and I shout in pain when the demonic bear grips my tail again.

Incredible pain shoots up my spine, and I'm thrown into the air like newly caught prey.

"No-no-no!" Leonora screams in terror at the top of her lungs and land in the ditch.

I, on the other hand, land on the hard asphalt.

My limbs are burning from pain, and the bear is growling at me with froth dripping from its mouth. It looks eager to kill me.

s**t.

I might be a werewolf, but while I'm the size of a horse, this demonic bear is something taken out from Jurassic Park.

GRAAAHHH!!

The bear growls, and I shudder.

How do I defeat it?

I should probably run away, but I'm tired of fleeing. I haven't fought a single battle on my own. I know I don't have any offensive powers or anything, but there must be something I can do! "What are you doing?!" Leonora shouts at me. "Wake up and get away from the bear!"

Get away?

I widen my eyes. That's right! My ability was to time-travel, but there were no more chances to return to that pond. It seems my past self did it too many times.

But what if I don't need years, months, or weeks?

Only a few minutes.

The moon goddess told me I would never be able to time-travel again.

But what if she meant long jumps?

What if all I need is a tiny little leap?

It doesn't hurt to try.

I close my eyes and focus.

I need to time-travel, time-travel...

f**k!

My determination to leave this place isn't enough. In most movies, the hero or heroine tries to channel strong emotions. I do the same. I try to replace my will to save the world. Save all the people, but instead... I end up thinking about Evan.

That sarcastic smile and the way he teased me in the car? It made me laugh and feel as if nothing had changed. He was reading his damn romance novels and resting his feet in my lap.

He looked at me and said, "You're cute when you're not talking."

It made me slap him and laugh. But even though he was teasing me, it was one of the best moments of my life.

My chest flutters.

The bear is getting ready to murder me, but suddenly time stops.

The winds stop blowing.

No one is moving.

And Leonora is no longer screaming.

I'm frozen in motion and stare at the bear standing suspended in space before the sound of a clock ticks in my ears.

I'm brought back to my feet, and the scenery changes. Slowly at first, it's like I'm reversing a video or a movie on my phone. The bear disappears into the forest, and so does Leonora.

My wounds disappear from my body, and suddenly, I'm thrown back onto the street with a sharp gasp.

Huh?

I blink in surprise.

I'm in my wolf form, and Evan is laughing behind me.

"Never!"

Oh-my-god!

This is the conversation I had with Evan earlier!

I did it!

'EVAN!' I scream inside the walls of my mind. 'DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! DON'T GO ANYWHERE!'

Panting, I turn around and replace Evan staring back at me. It gives me enough time to shape-shift back into a human.

I step forward on wobbly legs. Naked and breathless, yet not giving a f**k about showing myself vulnerable.

"Please..." I say, looking him up and down. "Come with me."

Evan furrows his eyebrows and studies me. "Stella... Why do you smell like magic? I thought you had no magic left after your last time-traveling adventure?"

No magic left? Pfft!

I laugh at his assumption, entirely breathless from using my newly discovered ability.

I still can't believe I traveled back in time!

"What is so funny?" Evan asks.

"Nothing... I'm just so happy to see you because I thought for sure I was dead for a moment there!"

"Dead?" Evan stares at me like I'm a lunatic. "Uhh... Do you mind explaining?"

I meet his eyes. "Read my mind? I will try to visualize everything that happened back when I entered the forest."

Evan tilts his head, and his eyes glow in red. I immediately try to think of everything that happened: how the road never ended. I picture Leonora screaming and the bear throwing me on the asphalt.

I visualize the pain I felt and how I managed to get away from there by using time traveling.

Evan blinks, and then a slow-spreading smile takes his lips. "So you were thinking about me to kick your magic to life?"

"Oh, shut up!" I laugh at him. "We have serious work to do! We need to kill this demon bear and save Leonora!"

Evan smiles. "I have a better idea."

"Uh, what?"

"Ah, don't worry. It includes all of that, but we will do it in the Evan style to ensure you get the respect you deserve by alpha Raphael."

I blink. "How?"