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.

winced as more pain slammed into

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 to me. "Let me help you like you always

sniffled, finally finding my voice I asked, "I help

he pressed his lips against

the time," he

asked, peeking up at

momentarily startled to see the red light surrounding him like a bright aura. It wasn't a painful flash in my

18. She couldn't tell me much more other than that, but 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, while my mind and body

Elliot was the calm in the middle of this

really explain it, but something about your scent and your body... it calms me. Being away from you is

found myself leaning into him. As I looked into his eyes, I didn't feel like a monster. no longer felt the pain in my temple and the flashing of light was gone. I knew I still looked strange because of the transformation, but there was this tugging inside of me that drew

not

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