Chapter 18 - Rejection

Derek POV

We get out of the pack house and head to the tree line, her scent is overwhelming me, it’s the first time in days to be that close to her.

I keep stealing glances at her and I can see her blushing every time I do so, we reach the tree line and she stops me,

“Are you going to shift?” she asks.

“I wasn’t planning to but if you want to meet Rex, I can do that” I offer her.

“No, definitely not, the last time I met him, he tried to kill me, remember” she says chuckling like it’s a fun memory; she has a very dark and kinda twisted sense of humor.

Rex whimpers and I can feel his shame and hurt, shame of what he did and hurt that his mate doesn’t even want to see him.

We reach the clearance by the crimson red river that runs through our pack land, hence the name of our pack “the crimson river pack”.

Ria stop and look around admiring the beauty of it, we are standing so close, we are almost touching, should I hold her hands? Or will it be too forward? Maybe just brush against