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he was going to bite me. But instead, he only laughed.
    “You know it doesn’t mean anything,” he reassured me, resting his hand on my shoulder. “Why are you so worried?”
    “But last time everything she said happened. ‘Beware of the woods . . . of the sounds of howling.’ Remember? ‘There could be outsiders who will turn . . . underneath the glow of the full moon.’ I was lost in the woods—and met that pack of wolves. And then you turned underneath the glow—”
    “Of the full moon. I know. But just because she said it didn’t mean it would happen. It could be coincidence,” he tried to assure me.
    “Yes. But when I left there, I got caught in a snowstorm, the full moon came out, you were bitten, and now you are a . . .”
    He sighed. “It’s okay.”
    “I don’t know what it means.” My hands shook and my voice quavered.
    “What do you think it means?” he asked, entertaining my concern.
    “That you will bite me and it will come between us.”
    “Now that is ridiculous! Have I bitten you before?”
    “No.”
    “Then why would I now?”
    “I don’t know.” I stared up at the most attractive guy I’d ever encountered, one who was not only handsome but kind. Then I realized I had just told him he might bite me and turn me into a wolfgirl. My love life was spinning out of control.
    “Well, now you have me worried.” He stepped away from me.
    Getting it off my chest didn’t relieve the burden of Dr. Meadows’s warning like I thought it would; it only made things worse.
    I bounced over to him—the guy who only a moment ago was sporting an infectious smile now was wearing a frown. “Like you told me,” I began, “what she says can be baloney. And if it is true, well, who knows what it means? Maybe I’ll bite you ,” I teased.
    “I never figured moving here would be so complicated. So much has happened in such a short time. I figured the biggest thing I’d have to deal with was making friends. Now it seems like the last thing on my mind.”
    “And you should have friends. You should have me, Ivy, and Abby.”
    “I appreciate it—but like I said, that’s the last thing I’m concerned with now. I want to fix this situation so we can be together.”
    “I do, too.”
    “But now, with a prediction that I might bite you? The last person I’d ever want to hurt?”
    I hated that I put that thought in Brandon’s mind. My need for him to reassure me only made him the one who needed to be reassured now.
    “You’re right,” I pressed. “You haven’t bitten me before. In fact, you’ve been so gentle, I long for those nights when there is a full moon. If you were harmful, I wouldn’t be standing here right now.” I put my hand on his shoulder. “I didn’t mean to come over here and add more stress to the situation. I came here to be with you.”
    I leaned into him and slid my hands around his back, still gripping my flowers. I clung to him as if I’d never let go.
    He laid his head on my shoulder. I could feel his smooth cheek against my own and knew that by the next full moon his face would be ripe with facial hair and a goatee. This threat of his lycan condition was once again spoiling our moments together.
    “Why don’t we forget about things for a bit?” he asked, raising his head and taking a deep breath.
    “Sure.” I held the flowers close to me.
    It was still chilly, but we walked up to the hilltop and hiked through the woods. Brandon was so stunningly gorgeous I couldn’t take my eyes off of him. I had to squeeze his hands extra hard just to believe that this hot guy was indeed standing beside me. In the woods, alone, there was nothing that could come between us and no one we had to hide from. We could truly be ourselves. And even though Brandon wasn’t in werewolf form, he had a heightened sense of our surroundings. He pointed to a pack of deer before they came into view. They were beautiful, hopping over branches and following one another in the