**Gwen's Pov**
"Ashton?" I gasped, startled to the marrow. "You scared me." I closed the door and gazed around the room. "What are you doing here?"
"Don't -don't you dare evade my question." He gritted, narrowing his eyes at me. "Where are you coming from?"
"I went strolling." I lied fluidly. "I needed to think and I wasn't hungry so I decided to skip and go...strolling."
He drank me in intently, his lips in a straight line, and his eyes unreadable. I didn't walk closer, afraid he will smell Tyler's scent on me. Werewolves' sense of smell was potent not to mention a Chief Lycan.
He huffed irritably and moved away from the window, to cross his hand over his massive chest. "Are you still on your... period?"
"Period?" I questioned, then recalling my initial lie, I abruptly
