True to his words Jake has never bothered me for a date or anything romantic and he doesn't come to the store every day anymore; he comes once a week- Tuesday to be exact. And although I didn't ask why' he offered up the information himself; he has to go back home every week because his 'friend" needs him.

I knew he couldn't stay away from his pack for too long. In fact I wonder why his Alpha let him stay away this long in the first place. Father would have never allowed it.

I pushed all thoughts of Jake out of my mind and focused on getting ready for the day but something didn't feel right. I paused what I was doing to think about it then I realized- Greg wasn't yelling at me to hurry up.

'Greg," I yelled as I poked my head out of the door, 'Is everything okay?"

Everywhere was quiet for a second and I was about to go looking for him when he yelled back, 'Yeah; everything's good."

'

I told him everything that happened and he just sat in his chair staring at me with an unreadable expression on his face.

'I am so sorry." I said when he didn't say anything after a few seconds, 'I totally forgot about the potion because you said that we weren't going to the store today. I just assumed that I wasn't going to leave the house at all." I continued, 'And I'm not trying to say it's your fault in any way I was just careless and I'm sorry."

He still didn't say anything and in all honesty I would take anything- even him yelling at me- to his silence. It's a lot scarier as he's quiet because I have no idea what is going on in his head.

'So he knows you're a werewolf." He said and I nodded, 'What did you do when he found out?"

'I ran." I said, 'It was the only thing I could do short of admitting that he was right."

'What do you plan on doing about it now?" he asked and confus

I was already dreading the date from the moment I woke up. I went about my day with my thoughts running around in my head. In fact, I was so in my own head that customers actually noticed and Greg had to give me a ten minute break to (and I quote) 'Get my head back into the game".

'Are you alright today dear?" Mrs. Wiggins asked snapping me out of my thoughts and I quickly nodded and gave her a small smile, 'You've just been so out of it today; I've been watching you since I walked in."

'It's okay Mrs. Wiggins; I'm fine." I said, 'I'm just thinking."

'Are you sure?" she asked again and I nodded, 'If you're feeling a bit under the weather then I'm sure Greg will be more than happy to give you the rest of the day off."

'I'm perfectly fine Mrs. Wiggins," I assured her, 'I promise you."

'Well if you're sure," she trailed off as I packed up her stuff, 'I hear you're going on a date with 

True to his words Jake has never bothered me for a date or anything romantic and he doesn't come to the store every day anymore; he comes once a week- Tuesday to be exact. And although I didn't ask why' he offered up the information himself; he has to go back home every week because his 'friend" needs him.

I knew he couldn't stay away from his pack for too long. In fact I wonder why his Alpha let him stay away this long in the first place. Father would have never allowed it.

I pushed all thoughts of Jake out of my mind and focused on getting ready for the day but something didn't feel right. I paused what I was doing to think about it then I realized- Greg wasn't yelling at me to hurry up.

'Greg," I yelled as I poked my head out of the door, 'Is everything okay?"

Everywhere was quiet for a second and I was about to go looking for him when he yelled back, 'Yeah; everything's good."

'Why aren't you ready for work yet?"

'Oh I must've forgotten to tell you," he said, 'We're not going

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