Chapter 129

He left his torso bare as he approached and my eyes continuously strayed to his abs and chest as I shifted from foot to foot. Now my thoughts were scrambled and all over the place. "What did you want to talk about?" Gabriel asked, a wary tone in his voice. I wondered what he was thinking. I was glad he wasn't mind-linking me anymore, because my thoughts were much more accessible to him when we were having a mental conversation. Not that Gabriel would pry, but if he'd wanted to, he'd have a much easier time while we were mind-linking. In Wolf form my thoughts were even more transparent. Right now, with verbal conversation, I was safe. He wouldn't know how much of a mess I was. "Skylar?" He prodded, and I realized I hadn't spoken. "Um…hi. Hey." Wow, that's all you could say? I thought, exasperated at how pathetic I was, growing more humiliated by the second. This was not how a future Luna should behave, and Gabriel seemed utterly confus