** Lia’s POV ** As we made our way through the field and into the forest, I couldn’t help but be thankful for the small amount of courage I had which made me take her hand in mine. I loved her touch, it filled my body with electricity and covered me in goosebumps and just made me all kinds of happy. However, I wanted to play it as casual as I possibly could, which was absolutely not casual at all. I don’t want to scare her away by being too aggressive. After our first meeting I was completely taken, but after this morning when I finally felt that wolf of hers was alive, I realized it was getting harder and harder for me not to kiss her. Down girl, it’ll happen eventually… I told myself and then the sudden memory of what Strega Talli repeated in my head, ‘Time is ticking.’ “What did tha

