Page 39 of His Place in the World
“I’m giving you what you’ve wanted for so long,” Angus said.“I’m leaving.”
The second man frowned as he looked from the car to the house, but the first one moved closer to Angus, too close for Del to be comfortable.“What are you talking about?”he asked.
“You always tell me I don’t belong, remember?Well, I agree.Idon’tbelong in Wakefield, which is why I’m leaving,” Angus told him.
“You’re abandoning us?”the guy by the car asked.
Angus snorted.“I’m not abandoning anyone.I’m moving.”
The man in front of him stepped even closer.“You’re betraying our pack,” he said with a growl that alarmed Del.
“What do you want from me, Mike?”Angus asked.He stood his ground, not looking one bit scared.
Del was scared enough for both of them.
“You can’t leave.You’re a member of our pack,” Mike snapped.
“Am I?Because you spent two years telling me I never belonged.I finally agree, and now, you have a problem with that?”
“Angela won’t allow you to leave.”
“Newsflash, asshole.Angela agreed that I could leave.She knows why I’m going, and she has no problem with it.”
Mike did, though.He reached for Angus, and Del stepped forward to defend his mate.He doubted he could do much against a shifter, but that wouldn’t stop him from trying.
He didn’t have to.Angus moved to the side, avoiding Mike’s hand and shifting.Del could only watch as Angus’s clothes tore around him and fluttered to the ground.His human body was gone, leaving place to a gorgeous white horse.
A horse with wings.
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Angus reared back.He’d reached the end of his patience with Mike and Leonard and was ready to pound Mike’s face into the ground with his hooves.He didn’t care what Angela would think of it.Mike and Leonard were assholes, and she had to know that.
Angus expanded his wings, ready for a fight.Mike snarled and started shifting, too, his nails turning to claws.He could do a lot of damage, but so could Angus.It didn’t matter that he wasn’t a predator in his shifted form.He was dangerous, and Mike was about to find out how much.
“What’s happening here?”a voice snapped from the forest.
All four of them turned to look as Angela came out of the forest.She was naked, a sure sign she’d been in her wolf form until seconds ago, and while Angus, Mike, and Leonard didn’t have a problem with that, Del flushed red and looked away.It was endearing, but Angus had other things to focus on right now.He’d have to see if he could replicate the flush on Del’s cheeks later when they were alone.
“Well?”Angela asked as she came to a stop in front of them.“Is anyone going to answer?”
“We caught him sneaking away,” Mike said.
He was fully human again.He knew better than to show Angela that he’d been about to shift and attack Angus.
Angela frowned.“Sneaking away?”
Mike gestured at the car.“He packed all his things.He’s abandoning the pack.”
Angela’s expression smoothed out.“He’s not abandoning us, Mike.He’s moving to his new pack.”
Mike gaped.“And you’re allowing him to?”
Angela narrowed her eyes.“Do you have something to say about my decisions as an alpha?”
“Of course not, but we need him.”
Angus finally shifted back.He was safe, and he would be until he and Del managed to leave Wakefield pack territory.Angela had given him her word that she’d let him go, and she kept her promises.
