Adam watches Bella as he says the words. He watches as they register with her, as they sink in. But he does not see surprise in her eyes, as if she had already known what he was. What kills him is seeing the fear in her eyes.
He hates that she is scared of him again when he had tried so hard to let him see the softer side of him. Adam had tried to erase the fear that he had first inspired in her. Although, he would rather see fear than repulsion.
Adam had always known that Bella would have to be told what he was. THat she would need to know or that she would find out. He knew that realistically he could not keep it a
Bella is sound asleep, once again lying less than five feet away. Only this time she feels so much further away. Even though she asked him to stay with them, he knows it was not because she wanted him around. It was because Chad had wanted the security of having his alpha beside him should there be another attack. As for Bella, she would not do anything to upset the child. Had Chad asked her to walk through fire for him, Adam had not a doubt in his mind that she would have done it. He might not know everything about her, but he does know that if she loves a person, there is not anything that she would not do for them.
“I think that I'm in love with Bella.” The words echo through the room which is so silent that you could have heard a pin drop from a mile away. Adam looks up as the words spoken drop like a bomb. A small part of him thinks for a moment that maybe he was the one who said the words since she was on his mind at that moment. “You think that you are in love with Bella, you said? What makes you say that?” Adam asks the boy. He and Chad are sitting on Bella's bed, waiting for her to get out of the shower. He had tried to get Chad
Bella stands there in the bathroom, with her shirt half on her head as she listens to the talk in the bedroom. She did not hear all of the conversation, just bits and pieces of it as she was brushing the tangles out of her hair. She heard Chad saying that he wanted to marry her and Adam saying that he could not. She had also heard the whole exchange when Chad said that he did not want to lose her and Adam had said those words. The words that had sent the butterflies in her belly to dancing a jig. Me neither.
Bella had everything ready for when Mrs. Potter got to come back home four days later. She had asked Adam where the woman had been and he said that Lumi and Cole took her to a healer a couple of towns over. The woman belonged to a different pack, but Adam and their alpha had been friendly enough before. The other man agreed to help them. For the last few days that Mrs. Potter has been gone, Chad and Adam have slept with her in her bed. Chad has been a nervous wreck without his mother and he has clung to the two of them. He wanted Adam for protection and Bella for comfort. Which she was more than happy to offer him. S
“Adam.” He looks up from where he sits at his desk, flipping pages in a book without even looking at the words. Adam just needed a moment away from everyone out there. “Yeah, Cole?” “Got a minute to talk?” His childhood best friend asks and Adam nods. “Sure. Come on in.&rd
“Are you sure?” “I am one hundred and ten percent sure.” He says, looking serious. “But how do you know?” “Um.. because I know everything... Duh..” “Come on!” Bella playfully shoves Lumi and he laughs. “Tell me how you know!”
Adam watches the shock and the confused frown mar her beautiful features. She leans back away from him and his arm drops to the couch so he moves it to his lap. “You have a daughter?” “Had.” Adam corrects. “Well, was going to have. She never got the chance to be born.” “Oh, Adam..”
Bella feels fireworks exploding all throughout her body at the first touch of his lips against hers. This was not her first kiss, but she was not experienced by any means. She had only ever been kissed twice before. Once by her lab partner Jimmy, when she was fourteen and again the day before they moved here by her best friend's older brother, Bowie. Kissing Adam though is so different from either of those experiences. Her first kiss with Jimmy had been horrible. She'd had no idea that he was going to try to kiss her. They had been standing in the hallway at school, discussing the notes from class when he had just suddenly shot forward and smashed his mouth to hers. He had pushed his tongue out but she was too shocked to even think about opening her mouth, so he just li