The weather was getting warmer as weeks went by and she got antsier and the next full moon got closer. Tyler would find her pacing around the house. He'd watch and follow her with his eyes then shake his head and walk off.

She breathed heavily and looked at the temperature again.

"It's almost eighty degrees and only eleven AM." She said as she rubbed the back of her neck

The full moon was coming tonight and she felt ready to change. She'd do it now if she had the choice. She fell back onto a cushiony chair.

"Tyler!" his mother called "I'm going out. I'll be back later on tomorrow I hope. Being the new Mayor isn't exactly all that it's cracked up to be."

"I'll let him know." Rayne said

She looked at her with a questioning look.

"He had stuff to take care of."

The woman nodded and smiled faintly. A few minutes of awkwardness Rayne spoke.

"I'll tell him." she said

"Thank you."

Rayne just nodded. Hearing the door shut loudly she jumped then settled down.

Tyler came in through the back door quietly. He looked into the living room and saw Rayne laying her head back on the chair looking over heated. He couldn't blame her. The heat wave was driving everyone insane.

"I can hear you." She said

Tyler smirked as he walked into the room.

"Where have you been?" she growled

"Out." he answered with the same terseness

She looked at him with slits and sighed.

"Your mom left. She won't be back for a few days." Rayne said

He just nodded not taking his eyes from her. He made sure to take in all of her tanned skin that shimmered from the hot weather. His pulse quickened.

"Don't you have better things to do than stare at me all day?" she snapped

"You sure are bitchy today." He said with a chuckle

"It's the heat…" she groaned

His eyebrows rose from the way she said it.

Rayne could only remember one other time when the heat had been this bad. In the end things got fuzzy and she couldn't remember what happened the night before. The only thing she knew was that she lost something she hadn't before.

Tyler enclosed the space between them putting an arm on each of the arms of the chair blocking her in. he stared at her possessively and she just gulped. He was too close for comfort. Why was he so close?

He breathing was ragged as he looked into her dark eyes. He'd seen all that he needed to. As soon as he had moved away even in the slightest she was up and out of the room. She felt so closed in with the deep need to breathe. She reached the outside where the sun was just overhead and fell backwards onto the grass. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She'd tried meditation and even acupuncture during the month hoping to relieve the tension. Nothing helped. It kept rising between them and she wanted to yell at him and hit him and even more she wanted nothing more than to jump him. She couldn't get the feelings to go away and it left her conflicted. Her mother's words echoed in her mind 'when you meet him you'll hate him and like and want nothing more than ignore his existence. That's just the way it is for us'.

Tyler looked out the back window at the girl lying in the grass. His senses had become more heightened and he'd gained more control of most things. Main word being most. The way he looked at her, the way he thought about her, it drove him insane. Tyler walked off. He stood by what he said to her. He just didn't know if he could do it for much longer.

Rayne had gotten up and wandered around the large property for the next few hours. The temperature did go down but not by much. As far as she was concerned she'd seen the last of those vampires. They weren't her problem or at least that's how she saw it.

Gage watched her from the shadows. He had seen this before and experienced it. A grin spread across his face being he knew that tonight she'd also change. The night would be very interesting for her. And if soon she didn't decided to go home soon he'd step in. He wanted to give her the chance to make the choice to go home first. Slowly Gage shrunk back into the cover of the woods.

"Hey." Tyler called

Rayne turned to see Tyler running to catch up with her.

"What are you doing all the way out here?" he asked

"Walking apparently." She answered sarcastically

He glared at her as his phone went off. Rayne smirked and rolled her eyes as she walked off. he sighed as he pulled out his phone and looked at it. It was Matt.

"Answer it." Rayne said annoyed

Tyler just hit ignore and shoved it in his pocket.

"Why are you acting like this?" he asked

"Why won't you go away?" she countered

It was starting to be one of those times where he wanted to hit her.

"So that's how it's going to be?" he challenged

"I'm serious. The heat does things to wolves…just go." She snarled

With that she turned and ran into the woods as a much faster speed leaving him to do nothing more than to eat her dust.

She had to run because as the sun went down farther the feeling in her core grew stronger. She knew what it was now. She hated it so much at the moment and groaned as she fell to the ground. She dug her nails into the ground begging for something…anything to fix this and make it go away.

"Rayne." Tyler said worriedly as he caught up to her

He watched her back arch as her eyes closed.

"Leave me alone!" she half growled

Tyler reached down and grabbed her around the waist to try and help her stand. His eyes glazed over her slightly. Her muscles were tensed and she dug into the earth. Rayne shoved him away hard.

His back hit a tree and as he looked at her she had her teeth bared and her eyes were golden as she growled his way. He looked up at the twilight sky and saw the moon rising. His core began to ache more than it already was and as he went to look at her again she was gone.

"Rayne!" he called as he slid to the ground

He followed her scent but then stopped. The trail had ended and she was nowhere to be found. That was until she jumped from a tree on top of him.

"I told you to leave…me…alone."

It was almost like a purr in his ear and it sent a shiver down his spine. With quick reflexes he moved beneath her and pinned her to the nearest tree. She giggled slightly and groaned.

He looked at her in a way he hadn't looked at anyone. It was lustful and wanting and he didn't see a look of shame from her. Just nothing more than an undeniable hunger.

Rayne shoved him away and ran off once again. As Tyler got ready to run after her he felt his bones crunch and shift. He hit his knees as his eyes rolled to the back of his head. Everything grew stronger including his deep needs.

A snarl ripped from his throat as the change finished its full transformation. The change was quicker than he imagined and feeling the shift was no more than a calling. In an instant he took off after his prey.