Chapter 20

• Ruby
• The more the night had progressed the darker it had gotten, but I knew that wasn't a problem for Xavier. He could see and hear things I couldn't, and he had made a show of having me stand directly in front of him as his eyes transformed to his wolf's eyes, black like the darkness around us. Since I had run out of the house barefoot, I finally got that piggyback ride from him as we made our way back to the house.
• I pressed my cold cheek to his warm shoulder as my body swayed with each step he took.