Page 61 of Tangled Fates

The tower was enormous, nestled in the middle of the mountains. There was even a waterfall right behind it. It had several windows and the ones on top were glowing from the light inside. I had missed the twins dearly, they had become like brothers to me. We had shared so much of our lives together that it was strange we had been apart these last few weeks.

“Ryder?”

I wasn’t sure who it was when they tackled me.

“Fuck, where the hell have you been?”

The deeper voice told me it was Soren.

“I ran into some unexpected shit,” I said, hugging him tightly, smelling something absolutely mouthwatering on him that made me chub up in my pants. “But I delivered the Oria.”

What the fuck was wrong with me?

“This entire mission has been a big cluster fuck,” he said, getting off of me, offering me his hand to he so he could help me up. “I think this might go down as our most challenging one and the most unexpected.”

“How are things here?” I asked, looking around brushing up against him, the contact making me calm down a bit. “Is Gray ok?

“Gray is good. He’s up in the tower and he's perfect, man,” he said, with a big smile on his face that I wasn’t expecting.

That smell was getting to me and I didn’t know if it was Soren or something else, but getting hard with my friend was definitely throwing me off.

“I brought you guys some extra supplies,” I said, the scent teased me again.

I was ready to leave and find where that scent was coming from.

“Great but… well… just come inside,” he said, a little too happily. “We have a lot to talk about. You look exhausted too.”

“I am, and yes we have a lot to talk about,” I said, as I followed Soren, crossing the grassy part.

“Yeah, we have a lot to catch up on, but it’s so fucking good to see you, man,” Soren said, opening the door to the tower.

That delicious scent that was on Soren permeated the air. My mouth watered, my dick hardened, and I was read to fucking hump the wall to find relief.

What the hell was going on? We walked up an extremely large staircase in silence. Soren looked at ease here like he had walked these stairs a hundred times.

A loud growl echoed in the stairwell. My hackles rose when the sound turned into a hiss.

“Killer, it's just our boss.” Soren leaned down to pet the cat who had a squished face and looked pissed off. “Come on Catzilla, let's get you some food, so our boss can feed it to you. Maybe he’ll warm up to you faster than he did with Gray and me.”

“Catzilla?” I looked down at the cat who looked ready to pounce on me.

I growled, letting my wolf come forward so my growl was deep and menacing. The cat didn’t back down, hissing at me even louder. I wanted to laugh at the ridiculousness of this situation, but Soren kept walking, so I followed him.

“There are five levels, the top two are living quarters and there is a workshop and storage.”

“Who lives here, Soren?” The way he talked about it sounded familiar.

“A woman and her mother, but things are a bit more complicated,” he said, glancing back at me. “We need to sit down because there is a lot to talk about.”

“Yeah, sounds like it,” I grumbled. “Are we secure here?”

“Yes, at least for the time being,” he said, but it wasn't very convincing.

“What the hell does that mean?” I snapped.

“Are you hungry?” he said, turning into a doorway that led into a living room and kitchen.

“Starved,” I said, smelling something delicious in the air.

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