Page 46 of Monster's Mystery

I slowed to a walk and checked to see if Aiden was still with me.

“How did you do that?” he asked, coming to a stop beside me.

“Do what?” I countered, genuinely confused. “You were the one to fight that wolf!”

He brushed that off. “Find your way back. I couldn’t see a thing, and you got us here in no time.”

“It’s a spell I cast on my vision. I wish I’d thought of it on the way in. Sorry,” I apologized, casting it on him after getting permission. “It would’ve helped immensely.”

“Yeah, it would have. It’s fine.” He sighed and looked around us. “No signs of anyone else coming through here.”

“And if therewereany, we trampled all over them,” I finished, disappointed in myself.

“Can we talk about what happened back there?” Aiden asked hesitantly, as we returned to the edge of the forest.

“What do you mean? The wolf?”

“I mean the overwhelming wave of fear that you broadcasted during the attack. You’d gotten so good at your shielding that I’d forgotten I could feel your emotions. Nearly took me out at my knees.”

I gasped and pressed my hands over my mouth. “Oh no! I’m so sorry. I lost control.”

“I’m not mad.” Aiden squeezed my hand. “I like knowing how you’re feeling. If you want to lose control during sex, I wouldn’t say no.” He leered down at me.

I chuckled. “I’ll keep that in mind.”

Nobody paid attention to us leaving the forest, and I performed a quick spell to fix up the scratches and tears that had happened while I had been terrified out of my mind.

“How’d it go?” Paige appeared, asking us almost immediately after we’d finished.

“A light that disappeared and a wolf attack. No bodies of water,” I informed her. “You?”

“A wolf?” she asked, her jaw hanging open.

“You okay?” Bruce asked Aiden. “I assume you fought it off?”

“It didn’t land a single blow on me,” Aiden reassured him. “Did you find anything in the well?”

“Just water,” Paige said with a frown. “It was super disappointing.”

“Sorry your theory didn’t pan out, girls,” Bruce said sympathetically. “I’m sure you’ll figure it out eventually.”

“Thanks.” I yawned. “I think it’s time for bed. Aiden, you coming?”

“Not yet.” He winked.

CHAPTER13

I woke upstarving.

I had obviously not eaten enough after last night’s fright and the strenuous running through the woods.

I was about to wiggle out of bed when Aiden rolled over and wrapped his arm over me, pressing his body against my back.

More importantly, a very hard part of his body against my ass.

Hunger forgotten, I couldn’t resist grinding back on him.

He hummed into my hair, his hand twitching slightly in front of me.

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