She's Mine

Chapter 14 - Sneaking Out

One week.

One week I had been here at Maddox's pack.  One week of hanging out with Zee, meeting Maddox's pack, learning about Maddox's family and friends.

But most importantly, one week of not seeing Eli...

I was restless.. I kept kicking and tossing around. I ripped the sheets off my body and swung my legs over to the side of the bed.

I quickly glanced over at Maddox who'd somehow begun sleeping beside me during the week that I'd been staying here, claiming he'd given his room away the second he found out about me, telling me mates have to sleep together, that his wolf was restless without me by his side. I looked over at Maddox's face and reached out to it before stopping myself, I realized that I really didn't mind him sleeping with me, I didn't mind him being around me at all.

I shook my head, trying to clear it of those thoughts. This one week had given my wolf power. She was more in control than ever.

She'd begun to connect with Maddox's wolf, making it so that she was also restless when I wasn't by Maddox's side. Those thoughts scared me and I fought to keep Eli in my mind but the longer I went without seeing him or speaking to him, or holding him, the less I could seem to remember him.

I couldn't take it anymore.

I got up from the bed, taking care not to wake Maddox and slipped my feet into my slippers. I grabbed my phone from the night stand and quietly walked over to the bathroom. I shut the door behind me and stared at the phone.

Should I do this?

I shook my head. Of course, you should!

I could feel my heart start pounding as I dialed the number I knew so well. I held the phone to my ear as I heard the ringing.

"Hello", grumbled a sleepy voice into the phone.

"Eli?", I questioned, even though I'd recognize his voice anywhere.

I heard rustling before he spoke again, "Princess, is that you?"

My eyes welled up, hearing the familiar nickname, I realized just how much I'd missed him no matter how close my wolf had gotten to Maddox's, Eli was still who my heart raced for.

"Yea Eli, it's me. Imissyou..", I rushed out, shutting my eyes to prevent any tears from breaking free.

"You don't know how good it is to hear your voice, baby", he said, "I miss you too, more than I can bear. I've been going crazy without you here. Just thinking about you being over there with him", he growled the last part out.

"I almost thought you forgot about me...", he finished sadly.

"NO ELI NO.. I could never. You're still the only one my heart belongs too", I said, believing every single word, feeling my wolf getting more and more upset.

"I need to see you, Au..", he said as I could hear him getting choked up, "I need to hold you, I need to know you're still mine, that you're still real, that you're okay."

"Oh Eli..." I couldn't hold the tears at bay any longer. I wanted to reassure him, I wanted to be in his arms again, I wanted to hear him whisper in my ear and tell me everything was okay. I missed him, I missed my family, I missed Hailey. Everything hit me at once and I found myself sinking to the floor in a heap of tears, I dropped the phone and couldn't stop the tears from flowing, I heard a distant growling but I couldn't focus, the sobbing had overtaken my body, I felt my body shaking with the sadness.