ALEXIS WALKED DUTIFULLY behind Noemi, looking at the ground with distant eyes. Her mind was on Anton, and the things he had said to her. She didn’t know what to think about anything that happened to her. She had never before enjoyed her time with a male, but after her time with Anton, she could still feel a buzzing in her body.
She felt alive with energy, as though she could run for miles, climb the tallest mountain, and throw her head back in a joyful howl. A smile crept onto her lips as she thought about it, thinking back on their time.
A hand traveled to her belly, and she pressed down there, imagining that the swell she could feel was from pups. She knew that it wasn’t true, and there would be no way to tell until at least another month had passed, but she could dream.
“You seemed t
