My lips were smashed together like a fish and I pulled down her arms so I could actually talk. “I’m fine, Sam. They were able to help.”“I heard they shot you with some magic. You’re okay? Not going to turn into a frog? Or randomly start speaking German?”I raised my eyebrow. “Is that a thing?”“I mean…I would assume so…”Rolling my eyes, I slapped her arm. “Stop making up shit. It’s fine. I’m okay. I just look like the enemy to them. It happens.”Her eyes narrowed and then she picked up my hands, turning them over. “No damage? Your magic touch to those drumsticks not effected?”“None at all. Maybe even a little better. We shall see.”She nodded and then turned back to the other wolf. “Oh shit! Right! You haven’t met Kev.”He held out his hand and I shook it softly.“H-hi. I&rs
I opened the door to my room at around 4 p.m. We got back home at around six in the morning and I think I finally fell asleep around seven. Waking up after sleeping that long, I felt a lot better. Now, I kept tapping my foot on the floor, not feeling the anklet shift. It was a weird sensation after so many years of having it on. Looking down the hall, I snuck a peak into the guest bedroom and saw Kat sprawled out on the bed. She was snoring softly under one of the lighter blankets I had in the closet.Leaving her to sleep, I walked into the kitchen and opened up the fridge. I stared into it, and then shut it. Opening up a couple of the cabinet’s, I stared into them as well. Eventually, I sighed and shut them. Nothing sounded good right now. Re-opening the fridge, I took out a beer and opened it.‘You should be careful. Kat could wake up at any moment.’ Raine sounded like she wanted me to get caught.‘It’s fine. I’
Kat came into the kitchen yawning as I was moving around the kitchen, still talking to Carl. We basically went through the bullet points of what had been going on with me. I was selecting things to leave out. Explaining about how there was about a 90 percent chance that I had two mates and one of them was an Alpha of the pack that was only a couple hours away was not one of them.I did tell him about meeting Kat and how we were commuting back and forth, hanging out when we could. Also, that she was actually really nice and I didn’t regret reaching out. She sat down and thanked me quietly as I placed a coffee in front of her.“You’re telling me, you actually managed to get that thing off?”“Yeah. I wish I could help Em with his but it’s not for the faint of heart. It was a bad time and that’s me saying it. I don’t think I would want Em to go through that. Hopefully, Caleb will take over soon.”Carl humm
My arm was slung over Kat’s shoulders as she helped me down the stairs. I was limping, my right leg unable to take any weight. She was lucky I wasn’t the size of Ethan. This never would have worked. We reached the bottom floor and I snickered.“I’m not sure I would be laughing right now.” Kat eyed me worriedly.I shook my head. “I was just thinking that Ethan might have to go through another shift. He’s really getting the short end of the stick in this whole mate bond thing.”She snorted and shook her head. “Let’s not go there right now. We need to get you out.”Opening the front door of the shop, we had a couple different options. We could cross the main road and go into the National Forest. The issue with that was there were camping spots littered all over the place and if I ended up losing myself, I would absolutely scare the shit out of some campers.Behind the shop was more tree
Raine and I laid down together, our paws dipping into the pool. We decided not to go back, at least not yet. It felt good to be in wolf form. It was like we could finally breathe. We’d been holding our breath under water for so many years and now we broke through, able to take a true full breath. Kat’s look of terror also stopped us from heading back to the shop.For a long time, we were just quiet; our mind empty as we took in the forest around us. None of the creatures in the area bothered us. Once or twice a deer would make its way to drink from the pool but none of them seemed put off by our presence. That was until Raine growled at the fawn who came sniffling a little too close. They took off together after that.Normally, the forest was a quiet sanctuary for me. From the leaves blowing in the trees, to the crickets in the grass, to the sound of the river, it was anything but quiet. Instead, it was able to fill the silence the both of us were avoiding.
*** Emmett’s POV ***All this was so damn boring. Around me, the group I hung out with were chatting about a hodgepodge of gossip. Ranging from who got a failing grade on the last test to who found their fated mate that week. All of it was just background noise.We were sitting in the cafeteria during lunch and from the table we had, there was a good view of the entire room. I let my eyes roam over the whole senior class gathered until I stopped at Sky’s friends. The table they used look so empty now. Her presence was so big, even if she was being quiet, that left a void with her gone.“Emmett, why don’t you skip your next class? I heard they suspended Miss Emmy.” Diana was shameless and no matter how much padding she stuffed in her bra, it would never make her breasts look appealing to me. “We could fool around in the locker room.”“Sorry. I have to actually go to class. If I don’t, I&rs
My eyes went wide and I turned to him. “What? How? Is she okay? Is she eating?”Carl laughed. “According to her, she is doing good and she is eating.”Scoffing, I crossed my arms over my chest. “Did you ask her specifically what she was eating? ‘Cause she could be lying.”“Not specifically but she was planning on making food while I was on the phone with her. So that means she was at least used to it.”I let out the breath that I was holding, my shoulders sagging. “She’s good though. She’s okay and safe.”Patting me on the head and ruffling my hair, Carl gave me a sad smile. “Yeah, Em. She is.”“Did she say…did she ask…?” I didn’t know how to come off sounding like a spoiled asshole to see if she even asked about me.“Emmett, of course she asked about Justin.”My fist slammed into his st
I shut the door quietly to Dad’s office and sighed. Sometimes it was just too much to deal with him. He was your atypical Alpha. All growly and power hungry. Sky’s leaving hurt his ego more than anything. Dad didn’t actually give a shit about her. He went through my phone but, per usual, there was nothing. Only a text message from Carl saying that the part I’d order was confirmed coming in on Tuesday. This made me smile. I’d finally get to talk to my sister.“Everything okay?”I nearly jumped out of my skin as I hit the bottom step. Covering my heart, I growled at Justin. He was leaning against the wall next to the stairs with his arms crossed over his chest. Rolling my eyes, I shook my head.“Can you not lurk around corners? I swear to the goddess one of these days you’re going to end up with a knife in your neck. By accident.”Walking into the kitchen, I pulled open the fridge and look