The talk with Abe had almost flown from my mind, as I followed Adrian across the hall of the main house. "Wait!" He didn't stop, which made me grab him by the arm and push him against the wall. "Don't you dare interfere again. They won't respect me unless..."

He stared straight at me, and it wasn't unusual to meet cold pairs of eyes like those. All the wolves looked at me like they were superior, but Adrian... He had something different passing through his orbs.

My heart simply started racing against my chest, by the mere presence of him near me. Speechless and astonished, I fastly backed away from him, like his skin could burn me or something. It was exactly what I felt. Fire. It burnt, and now it hurt, even more, not to touch him.

I knew what those feelings meant, but it was... Just not possible. How could I have just mated with him, if we had met each other many times before? It wasn't something that would happen whenever, it had to have happened the first time our eyes met, weeks before that attack, during that alpha's meeting.

I stared at my hands for a while, enough to feel his inquiring eyes on me. Adrian noticed it, obviously. I had not been very discreet. Raising a hand, I prevented him from talking. "As much as I dislike it... We're a team now. I appreciate you coming in my defense, but I can protect myself from a bunch of wolves that don't trust my capacities."

He sighed heavily, still staring at me straight. "I know that. I won't interfere again." I nodded as a response, but Adrian wasn't finished. "I keep thinking about that time when you'd cringe and hide at the sight of us."

That was new... Yes, I feared and hated the wolves very much, but nobody except Abe knew that. Imagine what my pack would do if they knew how I felt about them. They trusted me with their lives and all decisions concerning our community. Adrian was not only aware of it, but also seemed to know things about me from a long time ago. A time when he wasn't in my life yet.

Gulping, I tried to give him the most offended look I could make. "Are you insane? What are you implying? That I fear you?"

Adrian stood still for a few seconds before a low laugh came out from his lips. His fingers massaged his temples, as he rolled his eyes. "I'm not the insane one. I know you. Don't act like our past didn't exist. It's okay if you don't like living here with me, but you'll have to live with that and the fact that we do have a history. For both your sake and your pack's."

I stood there with my jaw dropped, staring at him while Adrian walked away, leaving me with a heart banging in my chest and a head full of questions.

A past? Where did he get that from? I would remember him if we had a history as he said... But he did seem to know the truth that lied beneath my lies. And that feeling of when I pressed him against the wall, it was not normal.

But there was no way I could've forgotten about him. Was there?

Well, magically, yes, but why would I do that unless...? It was better for me to not remember him. It had to be. But if I wished so hard to forget, what did Adrian do to me?

Whatever was the reason for me to take such measure, it had now gone down the drain. We were living together, nonetheless! I couldn't avoid him.

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It's about time Syera remembers him. She's my daughter, but I fell angry about her attitudes sometimes, how about you?

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