Chapter 13

• ELOISE
• The very next day felt like hell. Not the hot kind. The morning sun wasn't even that hot. I felt cold. Extremely cold. I had hardly slept the night before. Far too plagued with how tomorrow would go. The sun coming out sealed my fate. I tore out of my blanket and proceeded to the bathroom. I splashed some water on my face, but it was already too cold. I retired to the bath, and turned the heat up before opening the valve to allow warm water to run on my skin. It still didn't. I got out, dried my body, and put on a clean shirt. My hands were shaking so bad as I tried to button it up. When I finally got it on, I realized it had a stain. I sighed. Ain't no way I was trying again. I wasn't trying to impress Matthan after all.
• I looked at myself in the mirror, trying desperately not to cry because I knew today was going to suck. I couldn't imagine what it would be like. I was lying. I knew exactly what it would be like. He was a Beta who could not understand why my little werewolf self was choosing to be a rogue. He was surely going to try to convert me. It was the only reason I had coerced him into agreeing that he would regard me as his human date no matter the occasion or location.