All Chapters of Panther: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

I feel a little better once I've put myself together.I pull on my favorite leggings and sports bra, and one of Ike's sweatshirts. I wear my socks and Birkenstocks and leave my hair down to dry.I step outside and scan the area. Everything seems quiet. A lot of people have come back by now. Some are arranging things in the middle of the pack; some are off doing their own thing.I stick my nose up in the air, inhaling deeply. I could smell a lot of things. Wet moss, cold cuts, perfume, beer. But I was looking for one smell in particular. The smell of my mate.He's behind us. I nod and begin making my way around to the back of the house. My heart was racing. Why was I so nervous?I broke through the trees, stretching my ears and nose out to try and narrow down where he was. My senses weren't quite as good as my panthers. I had to focus more on picking through each individual scent and noise. I would let her take over, but I wanted to be able to communicate with my new mate when I found h

"If you don't hurry, they'll catch you." I nodded seriously and grabbed Charlie's hand, letting him tug me through our family's house. We winded through the hallways and down the stairs, stretching our ears out for any noise and peeking around corners at every turn. Our parents would kill us both if they caught us right now."Okay. Mom is in the kitchen. That means we're going to have to run past her and out the front door as fast and as quietly as possible. Got it?" Charlie whispered to me about halfway down the stairs.I can feel my heart thumping in my chest so hard it feels like I'm going to choke. I can tell he's about to make a run for it. He's leaning back on his left foot, and forward with his right. He's crouched down low, watching our mother in the kitchen for the perfect chance to sneak past her.And then I felt him squeeze my hand tightly, signifying we were about to move. I bit my lip, and we darted past the kitchen, through the front entrance, and finally slipped out the

Without even looking back I can tell Nate is following by the ever present warmth he gives off. I hadn't really planned on talking to Ike about this with Nate in the room, but it didn't seem like he was giving me an option to go solo.I could feel the guard's eyes following after us and could hear whispering. Great. I couldn't wait to hear what kind of rumors this little event would produce. Although, they might not actually be that far off this time.The walk back to our house felt longer than it normally did. We all walked in a straight line, me staring at Ike's back, Nate hovering behind me. All of us silent, the tension thick and heavy. I was dreading this conversation. You haven't done anything wrong. I kissed another man. You kissed your mate.We all file into the living room, Ike closing the door behind us and immediately heading for the kitchen. I bet he was going to make coffee. Nate and I just kind of stood there. I don't know why I was being so awkward. Ike had said this wa

Nate and Levi got along a lot better than I thought they would.They shook hands after I introduced them. Then Nate asked him where he was from, then he started asking him about fighting styles. Now they're talking about the places they've both seen and common acquaintances they've made on the road."How are you feeling about all this?" I hear Willow whisper to me. I was still leaning against her shoulder and didn't plan on moving until someone pried me off. I didn't know a lot about Willow, and she didn't know much about me. But I could tell we both felt the bond between us growing, and I didn't plan on ignoring it. It had been a long time since I had a female friend I could bare everything to."I'm... not not happy. I know I'm extremely nervous about how all this is going to work. Ike and I are just getting into a comfortable routine, and this is definitely going to put a kink in that." I decided to leave out the part about Ike lying. It wasn't that I didn't trust Willow, I just tho

Why are they standing so close together?I couldn't respond, because they were in fact standing very close together. Angel was looking up into Ike's eyes, and he was looking down into hers. She was breathing hard, and her face was flushed, Ike looked like his normal calm and composed self. Her hand was grabbing his, and their chests were inches apart.I couldn't stop my panther when she screamed into the forest and leaped at Angel, claws aimed for her face.My panther does not miss.And this time was no exception.I felt her claws sink into Angel's flesh, followed by a piercing scream. I felt Ike's hands roughly grabbing my panther by the shoulders and Nate yelling at me to stop. He must have shifted back.But my panther didn't care. She didn't care even when she heard Ike yelling that it wasn't what it looked like. She sank her teeth into Angel's shoulder, not flinching a muscle as Angel kicked at her and tried shoving her fingers in my panther's eyes. I could tell she was trying to