I sat in my Intro to Field Medicine class, my fingers drumming nervously against the cool black surface of the table.The walls were covered with detailed anatomical drawings showing both human and wolf forms. A strong antiseptic scent permeated the air as the various medical instruments and microscopes gleamed in the fluorescent light, waiting to be used. Professor Hart was speaking but I couldn’t focus on any of it, my face heating up as I recalled my kiss with Blaze. A kiss that had lasted all of five seconds. “I think you’re a great person, Eli…but I just don’t see you that way.” I shut my eyes tightly as Blaze’s words burned in my mind. “I’m sorry if I gave you the wrong impression.” There was really something painfully comical about being rejected by a mate who didn't even know

