Beta Xavier Costa.

Eleanor Amato - POV

“Hey, sorry I am late.” I turned around to see a dark silhouette walking toward me, which made a smile appear on my face.

“That's all right. I was only here for a few minutes.” I told him when he came into view. He was wearing a pair of basketball shorts with a black T-shirt, and he had something in his hand. “What is that?”

“Mom told me to give this to you,” Ivan answered as he handed the box over to me. I opened it to see a slice of apple pie inside, and this made a frown appear on my face. “She thinks you are too thin for your age, so she wants to fatten you up,” he said with a shudder, and this made me laugh.

“Thin! I have a tummy that is threatening to spill out of my pants, Ivan.” I exclaimed, and he rolled his eyes.

“You have the perfect physique, Ellie. Now please eat that apple pie before I do,” he warned me while his eyes were glued to the piece of heaven on my hand. I nodded my head took out the slice, and took a bite. My taste buds immediately electrified with the taste of sweet, tart, and a hint of spice, making me moan. “Don't make such noises, Ellie. You are only tempting me.” Ivan said, and his voice sounded strained.

I looked at him to see that he was still eyeing my apple pie. I ate half of it before I passed it to him. “I know you want it. So go on and have it.” I told him, and he took it from my hand without hesitation and put the whole thing in his mouth, which made me gasp. “You know you should take small bites to savor the taste, idiot.”

“I think you have already done that for me,” he said with his mouth full. “Let's go,” he said and started walking into the forest.

“Which border are we supposed to be on patrol today?” I asked him as we continued walking in the dark forest while I occasionally spotted a warrior or two.

“The northern border. And that is always my favorite place to be at night.”

“Why is that?” I asked him out of curiosity, and this made him briefly turn around to look at me.

“You will see when you go there,” he said with a mysterious smile on his face. Ivan stopped in front of a huge tree and started removing his T-shirt.

“What are you doing?”

“We do patrols in our wolf form, Ellie. So why don't you find a tree to keep your clothes and then shift?” he asked me, and I nodded my head and looked around when I saw the perfect place. I quickly made my way over there and started removing my clothes. Once I was completely naked, I closed my eyes and let Erica take over.

“This is going to be fun.” I heard her excited voice. My bones started shifting, and I felt the fur sprout on my skin.

“Don't do anything stupid,” I warned her as I completely let go of my control, when we opened our eyes, I looked around to see a white and brown wolf looking up at the sky, I walked towards him and looked up to see that today the moon looked especially beautiful. It had a mix of white and a hit of red.

“Shall we go?” Ivan asked me through the mind link, and I nodded my head, and we began running. We ran along the border, making sure no rogues were lingering around. Our first patrol lasted for an hour when we finally came to a stop. And in the duration of our run, I kept hearing Ivan chuckle through the mind link.

“What is so funny?” I asked him as his wolf turned around to face mine.

“I don't want to ruin this moment, Ellie.” but he desperately tried to stop laughing.

“Well, if you don't tell me, I will never speak to you again,” I warned him, and this made him let out a huff.

“You look so cute and funny, Ellie. I mean, the color of your wolf makes you look so adorable and not at all like the crazy person you are in human form.”

“Excuse me!” I was hurt, but I couldn't control my smile either.

“That was rude, Ivan!” I yelled at him, and this only made him laugh even more.

“I am sorry, but I have never seen such a cute wolf like you before,” he said. Even though I wanted to be mad at him, I simply couldn't. Mom would always tease me about my peculiar color combination, and it would always get me irritated, but after she died, no one cared until Ivan.

We did a few more rounds around the border before we headed back home.

Beta Xavier Costa - POV

Even after taking a cold shower for nearly an hour, I still couldn't get my damn wolf to stop thinking about Eleanor, which only makes me aroused all over again. “Would you stop it!” I yelled at Kyle, but he ignored me and continued to imagine Eleanor without that damn towel around her body.

“I cannot stop it now. She just looked so damn beautiful with nothing on her.” Kyle asserted, and this made me shake my head. I walked into the kitchen to see my mom sitting at the table with a cup of her herbal tea.

“Did you have dinner?” I asked her, and she nodded her head.

“Your food is in the microwave. Heat it up and eat.”

“Thank Mom,” I told her, and she smiled at me as she got up from her place to leave.

“I almost forgot, I have kept some grated cheese in the fridge for you,” she said before she walked out. She always knows what I want. After heating up my food with extra cheese, I walked to the table and started eating.

Click.

I heard the front door close, and soon enough, Eleanor walked into the kitchen.