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“No,”Skia replies.“I know when it’s time for me to go into a self-hibernation, but if I feel any distress from you, I will make my presence known.”

‘Nyah, who are you talking to?” Braxton inquires, coming through the tree line, carrying white appetizing filets in the basket that I know for sure is catfish.

“You can’t tell him about me just yet. If he knows, he’ll try to press his inner wolf to take over before it’s time. Thereare ramifications to that shit. If his wolf isn’t ready, it could be dangerous to both of them. I will remove myself from this moment, but if you need me, I will know,”Skia says before going silent.

Chapter 36

Braxton

“Nyah, who are you talking to?” I ask, walking through the tree line, then sitting the fish basket on the picnic table. I find it odd to hear Nyah having a conversation with someone but only she and Crown are standing there. What confuses me is normally I’m able to understand her words, but this time they sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher speaking.

Nyah turns to face me, smiling.

“I was just telling Crown, we need to hurry and get everything out before you come back, but you beat us to it,” she replies, coming to me, then kissing my cheek. “We were playing so much, time got away from us.”

“It’s fine, love,” I say, picking up the basket, I add, “I caught dinner. There’s even enough for Crown.”

“I see,” Nyah laughs. “Looks like you have enough for dinner and breakfast. As for Crown, we won’t be feeding him meat of any kind. His species are herbivores, so the last thing I want to do is get him used to the taste of flesh.”

Shrugging my shoulders, I respond, “Dinner yes, but as for breakfast, you should know by now I need coffee the first thing in the morning or else the beast will be released.”

Nyah laughs, swatting my chest. “Yes, I do know. How about we take out what we have for dinner and the rest, we can hang in the shed to dry out. If you like beef jerky, then you will love dried catfish.”

While I do love beef jerky, I’m not sure how dried catfish would compare to it, but I nod, agreeing.

Nyah hugs me tightly before saying, “Come with me to the shed. We can gather the tent, sleeping bags, and extra clothing.”

She giggles as I nibble at her ear, dropping the basket to wrap my arms around her.

“I think we should leave the tent and sleep under the stars. We can also forgo the clothes. I think we should stay the way we are now.”

“Yeah, that sounds good,” she pants when my dick jumps against her skin.

A low growl leaves me as the scent of her arousal hits my nostrils. Her nails skimming over my back only makes me want my mate more.

In a hoarse tone, I tell her, “Nyah, I’m going to give you two options.”

“Okay,” she returns, holding her head back to look me in the eyes.

“Either I fuck you now and feed you afterwards or I feed you now and fuck you after. Either way, I will fuck you.” I stare at her through hooded eyes, not knowing which option she will take. Whichever one she chooses is a win-win for me.

Nyah thinks over her options before saying, “By the way you’re looking at me, I’ll take feed me now, because I think I’m going to need the nourishments to replenish the energy I spent earlier and to have some extra in reserve.”

“Then let’s get to it,” I say, undoing my hold on her. “We’ll take out what we need from the shed.”

Nyah holds up her right pointer finger. “But first...”

Drops down to one knee, then begins to whisper something to Crown like before. When he takes off towards the path that leads to Alpha Lightfeather’s cabin, I’m really starting to question if the fawn can actually understand what she tells him.

Watching Crown disappear into the woods, Nyah stands.

Unable to keep my curiosity at bay, I ask, “Does he really know what you are telling him?”

Nyah points in the direction of where Crown went. “What does that tell you?”

“A lot but not enough,” I reply.

“Well, let me try to simplify it for you,” Nyah starts. She takes a deep breath, then continues. “I know you basically grew up in the city, and although our Packs are alike, there are some things that are different.”

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