Ariel's POV

I rode in the passenger seat of Shane's SUV, my heart beating a thousand miles per hour as I watched the scenery rush by. I'd barely lived my life in the werewolf world, and I doubted that I'd be able to survive five minutes in the human world.

Shane must've noticed my uneasiness because he placed his hand on my knee. "Don't be nervous, Little One," He smiled, giving me a quick glance before turning back to the road. My heart fluttered at the nickname I'd received as a smile made its way onto my face.

"There's that beautiful smile I love so much." he said, giving my leg a light squeeze.

My smile widened at his compliment before I removed his hand from my leg, earning a confused look from him, before I intertwined my fingers with his, calming him down. He brought the back of my hand up to his lips, causing sparks to spread throughout my hand and through the rest of my body.

"Some of our many, many pack members will be there either working or shopping. But ultimately, there will be at least two pack members working at each store, so just show them this," he said, pulling out a shiny black Visa card. "And you can get anything."

I nodded as I took the card from him before I let go of his hand and placed it in my lap. You. Come. Right? I wrote on the soft palm of his hand.

"Oh yeah, of course." He said. "I'd never leave you."

I let out a sigh of relief, earning a chuckle from Shane. "And we're here." He said as the car pulled into a parking spot. I looked up at the huge building in front of me with millions of different scents pouring out of it.

I felt my heartbeat speed up as I froze. This was a bad idea. My breathing started speeding up and I started shaking. I couldn't be around humans. They'll find out about us. They'll kill us. They'll-

"Hey, hey," Shane said as he started rubbing soothing circles on my back, interrupting my thoughts. "Don't worry. I'm right here. I will always be here, I promise."

I gave him a smile then nodded as I unbuckled my seat belt. Shane did the same and we got out. As we walked down the parking lot, he casually slipped his hand into mine. I looked up at him and he smiled down at me and gave my hand a little squeeze.

When I looked around, I noticed girls gawking at Shane and whispering and giggling as if I weren't there. My wolf growled in irritated at the fact that other girls were looking at my mate, and to be honest, I felt the same. And I was going to do something about it. I looked around to make sure that no cars were coming before I pulled Shane into a kiss. He froze, shocked at my sudden actions, but he quickly snapped out of his shocked state and held my hips before kissing me back. We held it for a few more moments before pulling back.

"What was that for?" He asked with a smile as we intertwined our fingers again.

I just shrugged and smiled, causing him to chuckle "Well I'm not complaining," He whispered with a smile, then bit my earlobe causing me to giggle. I gave his hand a small squeeze, reminding him that we were in public, let alone in the human world.

"Sorry," he said with a small smile. "Shall we continue?" I nodded and we continued walking to the mall. I received a few side glances from people, most likely because I was wearing over-sized male clothes. I started to feel like I didn't belong, which I didn't. But this was different. I felt like everyone was silently judging me and my appearance. My height. My body shape. Everything. Do normal people feel this way?

We walked through a pair of sliding doors and as soon as we walked in I was starstruck. So many stores. So many scents. So many new things. I looked at Shane silently asking for permission. "Go nuts."

I squealed as I grabbed his hand and dragged him with me to the first store I saw: Forever 21.

I went in and started looking for my size. I practically picked up everything in my size, but when I was about to show them to Shane, I hesitated. Was he going to be mad at me? Was he going to hit me for getting too much?

"Why don't you try them on?" Shane whispered as he started massaging my shoulders. I nodded after letting him continue for a few more moments.

He led me to the fitting rooms and he sat in the chair on the outside of the door.

I put all of the shirts on the chair that was on the inside and chose a random one: a teddy bear with sunglasses and a gold chain that had a gold dollar sign on it.

I slowly stripped my shirt off, half expecting to see my old bruises and cuts. But all I saw was smooth skin. I slowly ran my hands over my stomach where all my bruises and cuts used to be, but again, I saw nothing, causing me to smile.

I slipped on the shirt and looked myself up once before I walked out, anxious to see what Shane thought.

When I stepped out, a smile appeared on Shane's face. "You look beautiful."

I smiled at his compliment before I started dancing a bit to some random song that was playing. Shane laughed a bit before joining me. We danced for a bit before I started trying on all of the other shirts. This was going to take a while.

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When I was done trying all the shirts on, Shane bought all of the ones I wanted, plus some shorts and some other things. We received respectful nods from pack members as we walked through the mall, which we returned.

We continued doing this through all the stores I wanted to go to, including the food court (where I had fries for the first time in nine years) and the Apple store where he bought me an iPhone 6 in space gray with an otter-box case. Boys constantly stared at me and whistled when I walked by and Shane, being the possessive Alpha he is, would lowly growl or pull me in for a kiss to show them who I belonged to, which I didn't mind at all.

We were about to leave, him caring about fifty huge bags when one last store caught my eye. I urgently tapped his shoulder before pointing to it. I needed to go in there.

He smiled at me and nodded. I ran to the store and waited for him at the entrance. "I'll wait right here if you don't mind." He said. "Just let me know when you're ready to pay, okay." I nodded, understanding why he wouldn't want to go in here. It's not exactly a "guy" store.

I walked right in and was surrounded by lots of clothes, lingerie, and a ton of other things. So this was Victoria's Secret. It does not disappoint.

I picked out lace bras, underwear, shirts, and a bunch of other things, including a jet black bra with matching underwear, which was hidden deep within my other things.

Once I was finished, I stood at the entrance, just before the security and waved at Shane. It took a few seconds before he noticed me. He gave the guy he was talking to the last few bags before jumping up and coming to me.

"This everything?" He asked, motioning toward the pile of clothes in my hands. I nodded. "Okay. If you forgot anything, then we can come back anytime you want."

I smiled and mouthed 'Thank you'

"Anything for you, Little One."

We brought my clothes up to the register and Shane swiped his card. I watched closely as the cashier scanned my clothes. When I looked at Shane, he was staring at the ground, obviously uncomfortable with his surroundings.

I chuckled to myself, seeing my big bad alpha like this was so...cute.

When she was done, she bagged them and gave them to us. "You have fun?" Shane asked as we walked toward the car and I nodded in response.

"Great," he smiled. "When we get back to the Pack House, I'll show you how to use your phone, okay."

I nodded.

"Can you do me a favor? My hands are full and I can't get my keys. Can you get them? They're in my back pocket."

I felt my cheeks heat up. My hands near his butt? Not a good combo.

I nodded as I used my free hand and carefully reached into his back pocket and pulled out his keys. I got a small feel of his butt and oh Goddess....

Good thing I have control over my wolf because right now she is freaking out.

He chuckled as I unlocked the car. "Why you so nervous, babe?"

I narrowed my eyes at him because he knew exactly what he was doing. He chuckled again as he put the bags in the trunk along with the other bags that the other pack member put there, I guessed.

I put my last few bags in there before closing the door and climbing into the passenger side.

"It felt nice didn't it?" He said and I knew exactly what he was talking about. I felt my face heat up as I punched him on the shoulder.

He just laughed as he put the key in the ignition. "You know it did." He smirked.

He was right. It did.

When we were done messing around, he motioned me to come closer, which I did. He slowly moved closer and placed a soft kiss on my lips. He tasted like mint and chocolate. We held it for a while before he pulled away with a smile then he put the key in the ignition and we began the journey back to our world.

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Love y'all, Jordan

EDITED JULY 12, 2016