A/N: The picture in the header is actually a doodle I did of Killian and Amara that goes with the first part of the chapter. :P Not very good but I'm incredibly out of practice. 

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I knew it was morning when I woke up before I even opened my eyes, I could feel the warmth from the sunshine coming in the window on my shoulders that were exposed. I stretched my legs and curled into the huge warm and furry mass beside me, thinking maybe it was too early to be awake yet.

Wait, warm..and furry?

I threaded my fingers through the chunk of fur I had curled in my fist and opened my eyes. I gasped when I saw the huge black snout in my face. I tried to sit up, but there were large black paws over me, keeping me in place. I tried to wiggle out from underneath the large black wolf but it was not working out for me.

I sighed heavily hoping I could have slipped out of this awkwardness before he woke up but that wasn't going to happen.

"Killian.." I whispered. But he just made a grunt sound and refused to wake up.

"Killian!" I hissed and poked at him to no avail.

"Oh, will you get off of me you great big moose!" I groaned.

His eyes opened and he suddenly shifted, leaving us in an even more awkward situation, now that there happened to be a completely naked man snuggling with me. His blue eyes widened and he jumped out of bed and ripped my blanket off of me to wrap around his waist leaving no time for me to see what was once exposed.

"I'm sorry." He mumbled and then I saw something, I'd never thought I'd see.

Killian Jones was blushing.

His cheeks were bright pink, and the tips of his ears, that I just noticed were pointed much like an elf, were pink too. I couldn't help but smirk.

His eyes turned adorably angry.

"Shut up." He grumbled before walking to the other side of the screen.

"But I haven't said a thing!" I laughed.

"You said it with your face!" He barked and I heard him rummaging through his dresser.

I got out of bed and stretched and looked out the window watching two wolf pups play fighting with each other down in the garden. It made me want to shift, and run the weather looked perfect for it today.

I lifted my shirt looking at my wound, it was much better than it was yesterday and I was feeling a lot better than I had in days but I knew trying to convince anyone I was in good enough condition to run would be a problem.

"I really am sorry." Killian said. I turned around as he came into my corner of the room.

"What were you doing? I only asked you to stay until I fell asleep."

"Well.. I tried, but every time I tried to leave you'd bloody whimper in your sleep." Killian said and rolled his eyes.

"I don't whimper." I said narrowing my eyes.

"Oh you do, love. Believe me. And then you were shivering and I kept trying to cover you with the blanket but your stubborn arse kept kicking it back off so I killed two birds with one stone, I shifted, to keep you warm, and keep you still so you'd sleep through the night. Worked like a charm." He smirked. This time I felt my face heating up.

"You could have left." I muttered and turned back to the window "I would have been fine."

"You know, a little bit of gratitude goes a long way.." He scoffed.

I cocked my head to the side watching the wolf pups who had been playing, they had parted ways, one was chasing its tail on its own and another seemed to be distracted by something..almost like it was being lured away. I looked up and saw something moving in the trees to the side of the house.

I gasped and spun around making a dead run out of the bedroom.

"Amara??" Killian called chasing after me as I bolted down the stairs and to the front door.

"Amara what the devil are you doing??" Killian demanded behind me hot on my heels as I ran outside in my pajamas.

I hurried to the lone wolf pup and scooped it up in my arms and then I tucked and rolled out of the way right as a gunshot cracked through area.

"Nicolas!!" I heard a man yell and looked up to see a man running towards me. I held the trembling wolf pup in my arms protectively as I looked around for the other pup hoping it hadn't been hit.

The man stopped in front of me

"You saved my boy." He said with tears in his eyes as I handed him the pup. He then looked around frantically.

"Ava!" He hollered, obviously looking for the other one. Killian hurried over with the other pup in his arms.

"She's okay." He said reassuring the man. "The blast, spooked her she was hiding under the porch." He said as he handed him the female pup.

"These hunters are getting brave." Will said as he hurried to us.

"Aye, get everyone inside while I look around." Killian ordered and then looked to me. "Excellent eyes you have we'd have lost him for sure had you not been so observant."

"You..aren't going out there by yourself." I said. "Are you?"

"I'm not putting anyone else in harm's way. Go on, inside." He said shooing me away.

"You can't just go after the hunter alone! If they are brave enough to come this close, surely they won't hesitate to shoot you!" I spat.

"I said go inside!" Killian barked towering over me and I felt at that moment I had no other choice but to listen to him. What the hell was happening?

"Come on love. Inside." Will said as he took my arm. I watched Killian shift and take off into the woods before Will lead me into the house, unable to shake the feeling of dread that crept its way into my chest.

What is this man doing to me?

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I couldn't seem to pry myself away from the window. It had been an hour and there was no sign of Killian. I kept trying to tell myself, everything was fine, there was no reason to worry, I couldn't even make sense of why I was worrying so much, yet I did not budge. It felt like my feet were just glued to the floor.

"Mar, Killian does this all the time. He's fine, If he wasn't, we would know." David said as he came up behind me.

"I'm not worried about Killian.." I scoffed, though even I knew just how unconvincing that was beginning to sound.

"Sure." David smiled. "Then..thats not fear I'm smelling."

"Stop smelling me." I huffed.

David laughed. "The whole pack can smell it."

"Forgive me for being afraid. That hunter almost killed a child, David!"

"Nicolas and Ava are both safe, thanks to you. No one is outside."

"Except Ki-" I went to say and then narrowed my eyes at David, knowing full well what he was trying to do.

"See. You are worried..Its okay to admit that Amara, he's grown on you."

"Like a fungus.." I muttered.

"You know he told me..about that night in the kitchen, you know the stories, you know they are true so why are you denying it?"

"Because, David, I don't want this. I don't want to be tied down, I just want to be me, what is so wrong with that?"

"There's nothing wrong with it Amara but it's incredibly hard it is to fight the magnetic pull once you've found your mate." David sighed.

"Why did it have to be him?" I asked.

"Why not him?" David asked. "If you ask me, you two are perfect for each other."

"Well.. I'm not asking you." I grumbled and turned back to the window sighing in relief as Killian entered the front yard. I turned away from the window again as he shifted back to his human form, but I looked over my shoulder briefly to catch a quick peek as he walked around picking up his clothes that he had shed when he shifted. I couldn't stop the smirk as my eyebrows raised. 

The other half of him is like a work of art too. 

He must have sensed I was looking as he turned around and his eyes locked on mine. I felt a blush spreading across my face as I quickly turned away from the window again looking at David who was grinning ear to ear.

"Not a bloody word." I mumbled and walked past him.