Seneca's POV

Warmth.

That's what I felt run through my body as these two teeny tiny arms wrapped around me in an embrace.

There was so much love and emotion in this one hug that for a moment I forgot about everything.

All the hurt, all the sadness, the betrayal, the danger.

The Danger!

I almost forgot that Ace was trailing just behind me in his wolf form.

I sprang to my feet and continued holding on to my sweet Maybelle. I spun my head around as I ran up the porch steps. I stared at the forest for only a second and luckily didn't see any sign of Ace.

"We have to get inside I think I'm being chased by wolves" I said in Miles direction.

I felt him place his arms on me and May as he lead us inside. For a second I felt safe with him. I almost felt my loving husband was back.

Once through the door, all the memories from a few nights ago came flooding back and I shrugged away his hand from my shoulder.

I turned around still holding May tight against me and watched as Miles locked the door tight.

That's when I heard it. A long, loud wolf howl.

I knew it was Ace and it felt as though the sound went straight to my heart and broke it in two.

I could feel the pain in his cry and it made tears spring to my eyes. May looked up at me and stared.

"Mommy, don't cry. Daddy was crying and now you are too." She said with her signature pouty face.

I hugged her close one more time before setting her down and wiping my tears. I knew Ace was outside but I knew he wouldn't risk being exposed out in the open right now.

"Seneca where have you been ? And what are you wearing?" Miles said in the type of voice you use when speaking to a small child.

He edged towards me and placed his hands on both of my shoulders. Staring straight into my eyes "I'm so sorry Seneca, please believe that. We were so worried."

I wasn't really sure how to respond at this point. Do I just come out and say- well I was kidnapped by a werewolf that claims were meant to be together forever. Yeah that will land me straight in the looney bin.

"We were just worried because we didn't think you would willingly leave May for that long."

"I didn't leave willingly! I was kidnapped!"

Oops let that one slip right out.

"What ! By who!? How did you get away?!"

I started to speak but nothing came out. My heart just couldn't let me tell them that it was Ace. I couldn't help but worry about him. That he would get I trouble, go to jail, or even be exposed as a werewolf. And even though I was so hurt by him - I just made up my own version of the story.

"I'm not sure who kidnapped me. I was running down the street that night. ...."

I paused and looked straight at Miles- and I could see the regret and sadness in his eyes. Good.

I continued on "then someone grabbed me from behind and put a cloth over my face and everything went black."

My mother had entered the living room at this point and let out a loud gasp at what I had said. Her face turning pale as Miles helped her to the sofa.

"When I woke up I was blindfolded and a man had me tied up in a house...."

I was interrupted by my husband, "did he, he touch you, or......"

I could tell that he was worried about me, or that someone slept with his wife.

As much as I wanted to throw it back in his face-

And say yes and it.was.amazing.

I decided it was best not too. "No, I mean not in that way. He would touch my face, kiss my cheek and tell me he loved me and was going to keep me there forever."

"He would feed me and had me laying on some type of bed, but would never remove the blindfold, so I never actually saw him."

"Then tonight he came into the room and used that cloth to knock me out again and I woke up in the middle of the woods. I jumped out and ran straight here."

"Well we need to call the police right now."

"Okay, let me get showered and changed and then we can call them to stop by."

I picked May back up and set her on the sofa next to my mom. I leaned down and kissed her forehead and said "I'll be right back down May, I just want to shower all this dirt off of me."

"Okay mommy, that sounds good because you look like a monster." She giggled

"Yes well I better take care of that then."

I walked towards the stairs to make my way up to the bathroom. Miles still stood in the foyer of my mother's home and I could feel his eyes on me. I kept my focus on the stairs trying my hardest to ignore him. He deserved it, after all I never would have been running down the street if it wasn't for him.

I reached the first step and instantly fell to the ground. I looked down and realized that the bottoms of my feet were bleeding. The adrenaline must have finally wore off and my body was feeling the hurt.

Miles ran straight towards me and lifted me up bridal style. As much as I wanted to hit him away from me, I saw Mays eyes trained on us and I didn't want to make her upset.

I leaned as far away from him as possible, while he carried me the rest of the way upstairs.

He walked me into the bathroom, and set me down to sit on the sink top. "Okay I think I've got it from here." I said to him.

He was still leaning his body against the sink when I looked up to him. I could see tears in his eyes, but I couldn't falter. He deserved every minute of this.

"Seneca, please..... just let me help you with this. I know you hate me. I know I don't deserve your trust right now, but you're hurt and you can't do this on your own. I just want to help."

"Miles your right you don't deserve anything from me, let alone trust."

"You're absolutely right. I don't but I'm still going to help you." With that he knelt down and inspected the bottom of my feet.

"Wow you really did a number on these huh?"

He then picked me up again and set me on the side of the tub with my feet set inside.

He took the shower head down and rinsed my feet off till the dirt was gone. Then he grabbed the bottle of antiseptic clean and poured it over my feet as I cried. I've always hated this part even on tiny cuts but this was the worst.

After he was finished he lightly patted the bottoms of my feet to dry them off. He reached his hands up and wiped my tears away.

Unfortunately, the tears just kept coming. "Why'd you do it Miles? Why?" I softy said- feeling the hurt fill me again from that horrible night.

"You have to believe me Seneca I'm so so sorry that I let that happen. It kills me that I let myself hurt you like that." He was now kneeling in the tub as I lay my head on his shoulder and sobbed.

"If you wanted to leave me, you could have just said so! Why cheat on me?"

"I don't want to leave you Sen. I really don't. I love you so much."

"You don't do that to someone you love!" I yelled at him

"I know. I made a mistake. A huge mistake. We were just having so many problems Seneca. We were in marriage counseling for gods sake. I needed something to fix it - to make myself feel better and I looked in the wrong place.

Honestly, You're my everything Seneca - you and May- and I can't believe that I did this to you. But I promise if you give me the chance to I'll spend the rest of our lives making it up to you."

I sniffles against his shoulder as I allowed him to hug me. After that we didn't say anything to each other and just sat there in silence.

After a little while the tears finally stopped and I got myself together. Angry a little at myself for letting Miles comfort me.

I stood up and miles held my hand as I stepped out onto the tile floor.

"I guess I should probably shower now."

"You sure you don't need anymore help."

He said with a smirk on his face.

"Leave Miles!"

"I'll be right outside the door if you need any assistance. I'm not leaving you right now. Not after what happened to you."

"I'll be fine Miles." I said as I shut the door in his face.

I started towards the shower but stopped just before the window. This window just happens to have a perfect view of the woods. I inched open the blind just a bit and peeked our through the opening.

My heart dropped when I saw it. One pair of glowing green eyes stared from beyond the darkness. And they were staring straight at me.