Chapter 9

Anastasia

“Did he like your gift?” Charlotte asks while I eat my pancakes.

“I don’t know if he liked it or not.”

“Why?” Charlotte asks, and I tell her what happened when I gave him the gift.

“I think he liked it but was too proud to tell you.”

“You really think so?”

Charlotte is stopped when we hear laughter coming from the living room. We don’t have to wait long to see who it is.

Theo and Scarlett are dripping with sweat and laughing about something Scarlett said. They must have gone running in human form. I watch as my mate’s face brightens up while he’s talking to Scarlett. This isn’t the first time she made him smile, but it hurts as much as the first time. He takes two bottles of water out of the fridge and hands one to Scarlett.

“Thank you,” Scarlett says and takes her time to collect the water from Theo’s hand. She