i am not your autumn moon

Sorry for the slowness. I'm in the middle of changing jobs and college craziness, so I haven't been online much/at all. <3

He felt a lurch as her brilliant green eyes touched his fleetingly. His feelings for her were so confusing. She had gone into her first season not long after he had joined the pack and he, having never experienced the intoxicating power of a female's heat before, had been confounded by it. He was hooked on her now, like a crackhead is hooked on his drugs, and there was no way he could turn away from her. He didn't understand his feelings or how far down into his heart and soul they ran, only that he had very little control over them.

A soft whimper guttered out in her throat as she edged forward to lick his chin. It was a show of respect; such a gesture from one as lofty in rank as his Alpha made him acutely uncomfortable. He didn't know what to do. Should he put some space between them now? Step back and reassure her? Pull her close and comfort her? He knew what his heart wanted him to do, but his mind told him it would be a bad idea. Still, the temptation was too great, the caustic emotions he felt for Peregrine still too close to the surface. So he did what his heart dictated. He put an arm around her shoulders and gently pulled her close into an intimate, wolfish hug, resting his head on the soft, plush fur of her mane. He didn't know what to say, couldn't find the right words, so he just kept silent. His heart pounded in his chest, his blood sang with fire for her, and around him, the sounds of the wind and the squirrels and the birds seemed louder than they should have been.