My body tensed for a moment and when I felt his warm hands brushing the hair out of my face and tucking it behind my ear, relief flooded into me. "Elliot?" I gasped, nearly flinging myself into his arms.

He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his chest.

"Where did she go?!" I heard the gamma yelling at the others.

"I swear, I thought she went in here," the other said.

The shuffling of feet disappeared while they searched the perimeter.

My entire body trembled out of fear.

"Just stay calm; it's going to be okay," Elliot whispered in my ear. "They don't know it was you, so you'll be safe once you transform back."

I nodded against his chest, hating that my tears were soaking into his nice suit. I will have to apologize for this later.

more pain slammed

and calloused fingers ran up the side of my face and massaged the side of my head, relieving some of the pain and tension. I could already feel my body relaxing into his as I clung to him. "That's it," he whispered

finally finding my voice I

could feel him smiling as he

time,"

I asked, peeking up at him through my

as he continued to massage my head. I was momentarily startled to see the red light surrounding him like a bright aura. It wasn't a painful flash in my vision like it had been, but it was settled and perfectly outlining

she told me if kept practicing, I could eventually control this power. I wasn't sure how to practice such a thing, but at this very moment,

almost as if Elliot was the

can't really explain it, but something about your scent and your body... it calms

knew I still looked strange because of the transformation, but there was this tugging inside of me that drew me towards him regardless of what this might look like. It was an aching need I couldn't explain but

not

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