#Chapter 63: Finally

Renee’s POV The more I try to distance myself from Eric, the more agitated we all get. Eric notices I’ve put up a wall which makes him rigid, my own inner wolf is protesting causing me to get frustrated at myself but then take it out on Eric as he tries to knock down my walls. Even Debbie picks up on this shift and has become tense around us. Which is why we’re all sitting in opposite ends of the house in dead silence. Debbie is upstairs playing with her dolls while Eric is in the home gym working out, and I’m seated in the sunroom trying to get some drawing done. The only sound is the occasional clanging of metal weights as Eric finishes a set. Though I’m trying to immerse myself with my surrounding views and draw in inspiration from the thawing winter and meeting spring, I find myself too focused on the timely rythmn that Eric is on as he works out. Silence for twenty seconds which means he in the middle of a rep, the dropping of the weight is one loud thud, a couple