For the Taking ?

47? Fool

"Why do you want to know so badly?"

"Because if it was him then-"

"Then what?" I rised to my feet. "Then you'll be able to blame yourself?"

Irritation grew the more she pushed for an answer, an answer I wasn't going to give her. She didn't need to know, she didn't need to feel the overwhelming guilt I know she'd feel the moment she knew. I wasn't going to let her hate herself.

"I- I, I just want to know. I should know the truth." She hushed dropping her eyes from me with timidity.

Her pulse quickened, her hands balled into tight fists on top of her thighs. I could feel the ache in the back of my head, my wolf wasn't happy with me right already but he was even more irate watching her shake in her seat. It was me, I was the problem.

I reached out to touch her but my had only moved so far, freezing mid way across my desk. Her golden curls had fallen covering half of her face when she bowed her head. It was something she did regularly I had taken noticed.

This was just another inclination that Phina was treated worse than I wanted to imagine. My jaw clicked as I sat down retracting my arm.

I cleared my throat. "I'm sorry, I didn't- I mean- I shouldn't have raised my voice." I curled my fingers around the back of my head as I rested my elbows on the desk top. I couldn't raise my head to face her though I knew she was looking at me. I didn't need to look at her to know that she was hesitant. Her head turned slightly to the door, a quick glance that spoke a thousand words.

"You shouldn't be made to feel bad or take responsibility for something that wasn't your fault. You take blame for things that aren't your fault and you shouldn't have to feel like that and the fact that you do... it... it makes me want to kill something." Sighing I slowly gazed up. "I care about you and the thought of seeing you upset or hurt, I-I can't help but want to fix it, what ever it is that is hurting you."

Never in all my years of living have I ever openly admitted such a vulnerable thing. Phina's expression didn't help ease my restless nerves. She stared at me her eyebrow switched.

She looked stuck, unable to find a response. Did I even want one? The more I thought about this the more I grew uneasy.

Her breath was heavy as she exhaled. "I don't know what to say."

"You don't have to say anything. I know you don't feel the same and I don't blame you. It's my fault after all."

Her eyes trailed down my face lingering a second too long on my mouth before she gulped and licked her lips. Damn it, if I didn't want to just lean over and kiss those lips.

Her scent consumed every nook and cranny in this office. My own heart rate quickened and I would have been embarrassed at the fact she could hear it but I couldn't be bothered. My heart wasn't the only one hammering.

Yet, I couldn't bask in the feeling as I heard his footsteps creaking on the floorboards just outside the office door. He was eavesdropping, and this wasn't his first time. He couldn't seem to help himself and it was reeling up my wolf. She was ours and he needed to know that even if that meant I beat it into him.

I didn't want to hurt him, more so for the fact it would ruin my chances of over mending Phina and I'd bond, than for my own sake.

I didn't understand what she saw in him.

Phina's eyes darkened a shade, erasing the golden honey eyes I was accustomed to. She was being out excitement from my wolf without even trying and I didn't know if I wanted to fight it. It felt right, it felt inviting and safe.