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"Sorry I didn’t mean to wake you up"

"Donovan already left, so I was up-ish Just not physically up" She sat onso hot, huh?"

When I first got here, she’d walked right intoIt was pretty daer But this time she had her work cut out for her It felt like I couldn’t catch a break All I wanted was a little peace I wanted to enjoy Dastien and et to where I was--a really good, happy place--that I really resented as happening

Meredith nudged her shoulder againstlike it’s ooing to fix this"

She scoffed at "

Werewolves and their food addiction…

My sto to throw on some clothes" She jumped up from my bed "I won’t even shower Give me five"

"Cool" I reached my hand out "Can I have aze at ain?"

"No?"

"No I don’t trust you with it" She threw the ball in the air and then caught it "Your bouncy ball privileges have been revoked"

I pouted "But I had a really bad birthday"

She pointed a finger atto work" She closed the bathroom door "Read one of your steamy romance novels I’ll be ready in a sec"

By sec, Meredith definitely meant at least fifteen minutes It’d been a while since I’d actually had time to sit down and read a book I scanned h The scent of forest and wolf filled my senses I put my nose to the spine and inhaled