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85 - KennedyI can hear Ryker grumbling something above me, but he must know that I’m right or he at least agrees with me because he isn’t following. I can’t think about how hot it is that he is so protective of me or the way that Alpha stayed in contact the whole walk through the woods, even if it was just his tail brushing my leg.I scramble the best I can down the side of this hill. It is further than I thought and I will admit to myself that maybe Ryker had a point about looking before I jump. I won’t stop now, she needs help and I am the only person who won’t get hurt being down here. I couldn’t see her tiny body very well from where we were standing on the edge. I hope that she is like most werewolf kids and is fairly indestructible. I remember playing with Jeremiah and the guys when we were little and being so jealous that they rarely got hurt and when they did they healed in hours or days. And I fell down a hill, just rolling, and broke my arm. I was in a cast for month
86 - RykerI am locked into place. What did she just say? There’s no way I heard that right. She’s just focused on the little girl and letting words fall out of her mouth.“If that’s the case, then wouldn’t she be saying common phrases? Things she says all the time. That is not something she has said to either of us and I was kind of hoping she would tell me before she told you. She does like me better.” Alpha is joking, but I know he is just as shocked as I am. If he heard it then I wasn’t hallucinating.“Did you just get those special three words from a special Luna, Bossman? Danny taunts.“Uh, yeah. I think I did.”“Is she high? Like does the wolfsbane mess with humans differently or something?” My head snaps to him. He’s f*cking smiling like the cat that got the canary.“F*ck off.” I mutter, finally getting the use of my legs to follow where Kennedy went with Emily. He just follows, not trying very hard to contain his laugh.Being high ranking wolves, many women over the y
87 - RykerI become conscious of a tingling brush along my face. I don’t open my eyes though. I savor the feeling. “That’s nice, Little Lamb, but yesterday sucked. Give me another hour.”A small giggle interrupts my thoughts quickly. I turn my head to see a bright-eyed Emily looking at me from her bed in the middle of the room. “Why do you call her a lamb? She’s not a lamb, silly Alpha!” She covers her mouth and laughs again. I can see the delight in her mother’s and Kennedy’s eyes. All three of them want an answer, an honest answer. Copyright ©️ 2024 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions“Well, my little ninja,” She laughs at her own nickname. “Your Luna tried to run away from me once. She hid her scent just like you did. She was very sneaky. I had to use my wolf to find her and she had never seen him before.”“Oh my gosh! Your wolf is so big! Were you scared, Luna?” She turns her wides eyes to Kennedy.“A little at first, because I didn’t know who it was chasing me. But onc
88 - KennedyOh sh*t! I did say it. I was so caught up in getting Emily taken care of that when I was telling Ryker to keep his distance so the wolfsbane wouldn’t affect him, I told him I loved him. He didn’t say anything or react at all, so I thought maybe he doesn’t feel the same or I imagined saying it. I laid there last night, holding onto Emily, worried about what today would look like when he completely took me by surprise and kissed me goodnight then whispered I love you softly in my ear.He has a small smile on his face as he lets me process all the things that happened in the last couple days. I can’t believe it was just yesterday that I threw Amy out of the packhouse and Ryker let me break down a few more of his emotional walls.“How do you feel now? I know that the wolfsbane wasn’t as bad for you, but it did affect you.” He rubs my arms and goosebumps erupt with the tingles. He’s watching the reaction intently while I watch him.“I feel okay now.” I take a deep breath
89 - Ryker“F*CK!” I yell. Willing myself not to put a hole in my office wall. He was there, right under our noses and we missed him. We searched the whole deserted camp and found nothing. I don’t know if they were tipped off or if they saw us coming, but everything was packed and gone.I know my beta saw the camp. I know he’s one of the stealthiest people on my team. I can’t believe he would make a mistake to let the rogues know we are onto them. I also know the camp was only half a mile away from where we found Emily. That can’t be a coincidence. I wonder if they were using the wolfsbane to hide their existence. Who knows how long they have been there. If she wouldn’t have disappeared, we may never have discovered it. That ravine borders land that is an unspoken neutral zone. That section of land had a great big fire when I was young that took all the surrounding packs weeks to put out. And in the twenty or so years since, it has never recovered. Many of our more superstitious
90 - RykerI rest my forehead to hers, breathing heavily. I have no idea what just came over me and I am still shaking. Clearly my body understood what needed to be done because I’m pretty sure that my soul left my body.“See, nothing to be afraid of.” She whispers, playing with the hair at the nape of my neck. “That was amazing.”“There’s still so much to be afraid of, but I don’t want to talk about that right now. I want to savor this with you. It is still amazing.” I haven’t pulled out of her yet reveling in the feeling the tiny little flutters her body is giving me as we breathe together. I press her into the wall with most of my weight and I have no intention of moving anytime soon.“The bathtub is about to overflow.” She giggles and I groan. I guess I am moving.“Fine.” I mutter as I slowly slide out of her, loving the sensation. “Mmm, we are definitely not done tonight.” My wolf is on board with trapping her in the bedroom for the foreseeable future.“Absolutely not! Now t
91 - KennedyI pull back to look at Ryker. We are both still exactly the same and yet so much has changed in just moments. I can’t believe I made it through that. I never thought I would be able to tell that story to anyone. I still feel a little numb, almost like it wasn’t me telling the story. Like someone else was using my mouth, but I’m just here for it. Even now, I just realized I have my hands on Ryker’s face with no memory of moving.He sits quietly and lets me study him with my hands. I trail my fingers from his corded neck up to his manicured five o’clock shadow. Trace along his jaw and run my thumb across his lips, where he gives me a light kiss on the pad, but nothing more. His strong cheekbones are more defined as he clenches and unclenches his jaw with my movements. He closes his eyes as I run both thumbs across his eyebrows and he sighs. Then I comb my fingers through his hair, lightly scratching my nails along his scalp earning me a tiny shiver from him.“You are kill
92 - Ryker“Knock it off.” I growl at Danny. He’s been messing with me, trying to change my mood.This dumbass has been bouncing around like a pup hopped up on sugar.One of our warriors caught sight of Claude with a small group of rogues too far from his house or any builds he’s a part of for it to be a coincidence and I immediately rounded up the guys to come and search for him. We caught one, but it was too easy. He’s trying to trap us or lead us on a goose chase. What is he trying to accomplish by pulling us away from the packhouse? My only guess is Kennedy. He knows how strong I am on my own, but now I have my mate, we are going to be unstoppable. I can already feel my strength and my senses enhancing. I didn’t know it could be this intense.I can see the footprints in the ground, which only makes me think of my mate. Is this what it is like for her when she’s tracking? My hearing and sense of smell are more too. I used to have to focus to block out sounds. Now I need to