All Chapters of Panther: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

"Are your feet okay?" Nate asks after a minute of us walking. I pause and look down at the forest floor. There were rocks everywhere and pine needles and spiky sticks. I was just walking over them with my bare feet without a second thought."You know. To be honest with you, I walk around barefoot so much that I don't think my feet even have feeling anymore.""A true adventurer." Nate says with a grin. I smile and look away as we keep walking. "Hey, can I ask you something?" He asks. I nod, glancing at him. "Who was that girl? Ike wasn't interested in answering my questions after I knocked you out.""That's Angel. We're not exactly best friends.""Why is that?""Well, I don't know for sure, but I think she was probably telling Ike how much better she is for him than I am. I mean, she's said it to my face before so why wouldn't she say it to him?" That's not exactly what she had said to me, but it was close enough."She said that to you?" I nod again. "She seems slimy." I snort at the a

I shake my head clear and head into the bathroom. I had no time to obsess over my crush on Nate right now.I wipe the steam from the mirror and make eye contact with myself. My eyes look puffy. I didn't sleep well last night. I was wondering what Ike was doing all night and wondering if Angel was still alive. The few hours of sleep I did get were filled with dreams I didn't want to have.It doesn't take me long to get ready, I just wash my face, brush my teeth and hair, and throw on my normal leggings and one of Ike's sweatshirts. I hope it was still okay I was wearing this. He seemed pretty mad last night. He wouldn't break up with me because of this... would he?Nate is on the couch when I finally make my way out, fully dressed in his same all black attire and reading one of Ike's books."Roles in the Wolf Pack? Doesn't seem like your kind of book." I comment as I sit down next to Nate so I can pull my socks on."I was bored." He says as he closes the book and sets it down on the co

I had never felt my heartbeat so hard before.It felt like it was going to beat right out of my chest."Cleo! It's so nice to finally meet you. I've been hearing a lot..." I was currently talking to an Alpha of a pack in the next state over from us. We had rushed home after the mall, and I had hurried to get ready. Willow, Levi, and Nate were all dragged off to help set up the dinner tables, since it was now getting later, and food would be expected soon. Which was good, because I was fucking starving.The second I had stepped out of my front door, I had been dragged off to the set up picnic tables in the middle of the pack to introduce myself to everyone.That was an hour ago.Since then, I've been talking to random people I've never seen before and will probably never see again talking about bullshit I don't care about. How was I liking my new pack? How did Ike and I meet? Did we have plans to have a child soon?Not to mention, I hadn't seen Nate since we got back, and I'm not even

Nate leads us through people, apparently with an end goal in mind. He squeezes my hand and I look up to meet his eyes before he bends down and mutters in my ear, "Who is that man following us?" I stifle a snort."That's Charlie. My brother." I whisper back up at him. His eyebrows shoot up and I smile. "He came to watch me fight, I guess." His eyes seem to focus on a table, and I assume that's where we're going. Ike is there, as well as Willow and Levi. There's a woman sitting right next to Ike as well, but I don't know her. I hope I'm not supposed to know her at least..."Found her." Nate says as he plops into an empty seat across from Ike. I want to sit next to Ike, but the woman has claimed the seat to his left, and Charlie slides into the seat to his right. So, I sigh to myself and sit next to Nate. It's not that I didn't want to sit next to him, but today I felt it was about Ike and me. However, I also didn't want to cause a scene by asking the woman to move. We could just make he

My eyes finally lock onto Ike, and I begin pulling Cleo towards the table where the few people I've met so far are sitting. Besides the woman sitting next to Ike. I don't know who that is."Found her." I announce, claiming a seat across from the Alpha. I purposely picked this seat so Cleo would have a higher chance of sitting next to me. But hearing her sigh when she finally realizes she'll have to sit next to me makes me clench my fist in quiet anger. Second choice, again."You getting nervous?" Levi asks out of the blue. I can tell by the way he's bouncing around he's excited for the fighting. I guess I am too, but mostly because I wanna see how badass my mate is."Excuse my brother. He loves a good fight." Willow says, resting her hand on Levi's leg. I furrowed my brow at that. That wasn't very... sisterly."It's okay. I'm not nervous about the fighting, to be honest. I'm worried about everyone watching me the entire time, but I guess it's unavoidable."I smiled and crossed my arms