All Chapters of Protecting the Wolfless Enigma: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Izariah- “Thank you again, for accepting my leave of absence on such short notice. I promise I will make up for it when I return.” I yelled over my shoulder at my boss as I picked up my bag to leave. “No problem! I hope things get better for you soon. Give me a call when you are ready to return to work. No rush. Take all the time you need.” My boss hollered from behind the register as he finished closing his drawer for the night. Hanging one strap over my left shoulder, I waved back at him with a forced smile as I made my way to the front door. As much as I would miss this place, I knew I needed to take a little time to collect myself. I called my mom on the way to work, and she heard in my voice that something was wrong. I didn’t tell her what happened, since I didn’t want her to worry. When she requested that I come home for a bit, I immediately jumped at the opportunity. It has been a long time since I have been home, and I knew that it was where I needed to be. After what Bra

Braxton- “Have you arrived yet?” Sebastian’s voice filled my car as I connected my phone to my car Bluetooth. “Not yet. My GPS is telling me that I am still an hour away, but I think I can make it in twenty. How fucking far is this place anyway? If I keep going much further, I am going to be in a different state.” I tried to keep my voice calm, but my hands were gripping the steering wheel tight enough to turn my knuckles white. It was starting to become a regular occurrence that every time I needed to react, I was too slow to do what I needed to do. When Izariah ran off, I should have followed her. If I had known she was planning to leave to return home, I wouldn’t have let her go. I already knew I had screwed up in the first place, so I thought she just needed time to cool off. It wasn’t until I realized that she wasn’t coming back to talk to me, that I went to the school to find her. When I went to the dorm she stayed in, no one answered. I spent hours banging on her door befo

Braxton- I hoped that she would have let me speak to her, but now that I was alone with her mother, I figured this was my chance to get answers. Carly must have realized it as well because she let out a long sigh and then sat down on the bench that was near her garden. She patted the spot next to her and motioned for me to sit as well. “I suspect you have a lot of questions. I wish I could answer all of them, but I can’t. The one you need to speak to about how she arrived here is Alpha Michael. He is the one who knows more than we do, although I don’t think even he knows much. What I can tell you is that my mate, Richard and I, couldn’t conceive on our own.” Izariah’s mother began to explain without me asking. “One night, Alpha Michael comes to us with an infant in his arms. He tells us that if we wish to raise her as our own, we could. At the time, I didn’t want to know the details. I was just overjoyed with the idea of being a mother. Richard didn’t ask either because I begged him

Izariah-I have seen him shirtless before, but this was different. I didn’t realize that I had been inside that long. Already he had pulled off his shirt, and droplets of sweat were covering his exposed flesh. With each movement he made, I could see every ripple of muscle.If I didn’t know better, I would think I was a female in heat. As if time slowed down, I saw how his shoulder muscles flexed as he tore up the mediocre patchwork my father did on the roof. Even the sweat that traveled lower on his skin, moved slowly.The light from the sun made it seem as if he were glistening. It was as if I were seeing him in a new light, one that I hadn’t noticed until now. Were we really all that different? He was working on my parents’ roof when I would have expected him to hire someone.Where he learned to fix a roof had me stumped. A million questions ran through my mind as I watched him. I was lost in thought and lost in the view that I hadn’t noticed a small crowd had gathered.“Where did h

Braxton-That surprised me, but then again everything about Izariah was beginning to surprise me. The timing of everything was a little strange though. It was like fate wanted us to come back to Izariah’s home. I didn’t think that she had planned to return home when she did.Had she and I not been in a fight, things could have progressed at a different rate. I found it weird that a letter from her birth mother arrived only a week before we randomly came here. At least now I could figure out what was going on.Only a week had passed since they heard from the birth mother, so maybe I could track her down. Wanting to see the letter, I became a little unhinged. Learning the truth of Izariah was within my grasp. Knowing I wasn’t going to get any answers if I pressured him, I calmed myself before speaking.“The letter. Can I see it?” I asked.I thought he would at least seem a little uneasy about it, but he just shrugged his shoulders and moved to a stack of boxes by his desk. He dug throug