When they touch me (Shelagh Milano)

I shake my head, ignoring Cassy's insult and attracting Matthew's attention. But as usual, he doesn't say anything.

For a short moment, I think about asking him about the wolfless woman who was executed, but I refrain from it at the last second. Wanting to change the subject, I finally ask him more about him.

I guess the more they will let me into their hearts, the less probable it will be that they will execute me.

"So, do you have any hobbies?" I ask, poking my long spoon into the bowl of ice cream that we are sharing.

"Hobbies?" He looks at me wide-eyed.

I giggle, taking another spoonful of our dessert. "Yeah, you know the things you do when you are not training to be the best Gamma ever."

"Ah, I don't have any hobbies." His lowered voice and his lightly blushing signal me that he isn't being exactly truthful, but I let it slip.

"Oh, okay." Lowering my head, I continue to scrape against the ice cream with my spoon.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, I try to loosen the tension up a little bit and smile at him. "Well, at least your Luna will be the luckiest of her kind. To have someone this focused by her side to protect her." He regains his wide smile, making me giggle.

He is just too cute.

Just as he is about to say something, his eyes glaze over. As he gets out of the mindlink, he lowers his head defeated while he clicks his tongue.

I'm about to ask him what happened, when the door swings open with a bang, making me jump.

"Ah, here you are." Logan jogs down the few stairs, reaching us with a broad smile.

He halts right next to our table and boxes his brother's arm playfully. "Keeping her all to yourself, eh, Matty?"

Matthew doesn't respond to it and keeps his head low without even grumbling.

"What about a cinema night?" Logan asks, his eyes back on me.

"A cinema night?" I ask, and he drags a chair over the floor for him to sit down next to me.

"Yeah, the warriors will flood all of the rooms tonight, but we could watch movies in one of our private ones."

His smile has me nearly hypnotized, but it has to be the air sizzling around me because of his vicinity as well. "Oh, that sounds nice."

Turning to Matthew, I get Logan's smile to fall slightly. "What do you think, Matt?"

"Erm..." Matthew looks at me confused before he stutters. "S-Sure... Sounds like fun." "Awesome." I jump in my seat before turning to Logan. "What about Fynn? Or Cayden?"

I can spot the discontent on his face

even if if he

hides it perfectly well,

ask Gayden, but I guess Fynn is still

locked in the dungeons."

"Okay," I hum, pursing my lips.

My gaze falls on Matthew, who is looking at me with an expression that I have never seen before. "Why do you ask so much about Fynn?"

"I don't know," I answer, pushing out

eve

an awkward laugh. "But I guess it's just common sense to ask about someone who is tied up in your host's basement, right?"

The sparks erupting on my skin the first thing my brain registers before the fact that Logan has grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at him.

"We aren't your hosts." He growls, tilting his head at me. "Right, mate?"

My heart skips a beat as I melt under his gaze. I force myself to nod before I lose myself completely.

Logan lets go of me with a deep chuckle and gets up. "Well, I'll ask Cayden to join us. What will you do now, Missy?"

"Oh, I still have a lot of boxes to unpack and stuff to put away, so I'll be busy." I look up at him while he smiles back at me and nods. "Perfect. Will see you in a bit then."

"Uh-huh," I say, as he is already sprinting up the stairs and disappears out of the room.