Everything seemed to explode around me. His fist flew past me, right into a tree, which sent the tree flying, roots and all. Flashes of fur and skin were battling for dominance and I did the only sane thing I knew. I screamed and attempted to back away, but the unruly roots of several trees were making that very hard.

Because of my screams, Caleb focused back on me, looking absolutely terrifying in the middle of his shift. His eyes were completely onyx, but they softened back to his usual brown ones when he took note of my state. He managed to stop the shift and gradually the patches of fur disappeared and his back straightened back to that of a normal human. Still a freakishly tall and buff human, though. He raised his hands, which I mistool for another assault so I screamed some more. This time, he actually whined so I stopped immediately. He was actually calm?

I looked at him, completely weary of the situation, how could he be so calm when he was that close to a full shift just mere seconds ago?

He looked at the fallen tree and back to me, taking a cautious step closer, his hands still raised, palms open towards me. I now realized that he was trying to look harmless. I took a deep breath and tried to calm my nerves as well.

When he saw I was more at ease again he closed the distance between us.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have reacted like that, I swear it was my wolf, he's very territorial and that includes pups."

He pretended to be alright with it, but I noticed the slight hesitation with the word 'pups'. Instead I shook my head.

"You're still here, you reacted better than I thought.." I paused, afraid to ask the question burning the tip of my tongue. "Do you still want me as your mate?"

The fear of being rejected wassky-rocketing so badly that I missed the sound of his words until I felt him grab and gently shake me. I looked up, confused to why he's shaking me until I saw his lips moving but no sound reached my ears. It was then I painfully became aware of a ringing sound in my ears. I was having a panic attack. Deep breaths and equally as heavy sighs took place of my normal steady breathing as I tried to breathe my way through the attack.

Panic overcame Caleb's face as well and I could see he didn't know how to deal with me. I felt him let go of me, to be scooped up in his arms like damsel in distress only moments later. He started running, fast I might add as I watched the trees around us turn blurry. The speed of our movements made me feel like flying. It was the first time I was able to experience one of the werewolf perks and I couldn't even fully enjoy it because I still didn't have my breathing under control and the ringing hadn't stopped yet.

However, as I lay flushed against his chest, the ringing slowly started making way for the steady thuds of his heart. It wasn't racing at all, as if this running asked no more effort of him than a walk in the park. As I began focusing on those mesmorising thuds, I finally stopped hyperventilating.

Caleb seemed to notice too, as he slowed down his running to a jog and then to a soft pace, a mere stroll as if he was sightseeing. I averted my gaze to his face and found him looking at me already.

"Are you alright?" He asked, a sight tremble to his voice.

I nodded and started moving so I could get out of his arms, instead his hold tightened. I felt my cheeks flame up as I looked back up to him.

"Still taking you to get checked out by our doctor." He said, his tone definite, not leaving any room for arguments.

Not that that stopped me from trying though.

"But -"

A finger against my lips was enough to shut me up. I couldn't help but pucker them slightly, earning a low sort of growl, except not as menacing. Was he purring? I leaned my head back slightly in surprise. At least it was an effective way to shut me up.

He seemed content enough with my reaction and carried on walking until a brick building came into view, probably the doctor's.

"Can I walk already?" I tried one more time.

"No," came his immediate reply and the feeling of his arms tightening once more.

This was so embarrassing. I was perfectly capable of walking on my own. I also became painfully aware that we hadn't actually talked about how he felt about us. As soon as I broached the subject I broke down in a full on panic mode. What if he didn't want to be with me but was too afraid I would harm myself or something, or what if he took pity on me and decides to stay with me because he felt sorry for me.

"Your heartbeat's racing again, what's wrong?" He asked me, while walking into the doctor's office and straight to a room where he finally put me down. He must have mindlinked someone on the way. Another thing I was missing out on.

Wow, I'm really going strong with the self-pitying.

Instead of answering, I looked down, focusing on my very interesting fingers as I started fidgeting with them.

His large hand wrapped around them, stilling them in their movements.

"Look at me." He ordered.

With a deep sigh, I finally did.

"I. Am. Not. Rejecting. You." He said slowly, emphasising each word.

"But I have a pup, how can you forgive that?"

He struggled trying to find an answer. He clearly wasn't fully okay with it.

"It's not an issue. I'm not sure how my wolf is going to react to seeing him, but as far as my human side is concerned, it's not an issue. It's not like I've sat around waiting for you either, so I got lucky to not have a litter running around already."

I nodded, although I felt a pinge of jealousy towards those girls. I also didn't quite understand if he was trying to comfort me or hurt me, but I knew I felt more hurt than comforted at the moment.

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A/N: looks like wattpad's having some issues with the way chapters are loading. Sorry if some chapters are jumbled :(