Page 23 of Fallen Wolf
“I can do that for you and you can pat me too. Have you ever patted a wolf before?” I shook my head; I’d never been close enough to pat a wolf. The closest I've ever been to a wolf was the one at school that was so close to my car. Oh shit, that was one of them… watching me. I just realized that now. I wondered if it was Noah.
Noah stood back and started taking off the only piece of clothing he had on… his shorts. Oh my God, he was getting naked in front of me and my eyes widened.
“Ah, what the fuck are you doing, Noah?” Maverick asked from beside me as Noah stood now… completely naked in front of us.
“Ada wanted to see a wolf, so I told her I would shift for her.” He smiled at me and my insides went all mushy. Shit. He was fully naked and I tried desperately not to look anywhere but his face. I saw Lexi from the corner of my eye, trying to hide her laughter.
I gently shoved her and she giggled, right as Noah went from man to wolf before my eyes. I gasped and moved forward to get closer, holy shit, this was unreal. He shook his body. His fur was just so beautiful. He was a huge gray wolf.
“Wow. Holy shit. He really is a wolf.” I said to no one, it was like I had to say it out loud to myself, like that would make it more real. He was big… bigger than the one from school. Maybe that was Saint?
Lexi and Mav started making out and I watched as the huge wolf came up to me and laid at my feet. I moved my hand to touch him. He’d said I could, but I was a little nervous. His head butted up into my hand and I smiled. He was soft, but also the hairs were a little coarse. I wasn’t sure how a wolf’s fur would feel, but I didn’t think it would feel like that. I started to stroke his back and he made a little sound.
I smiled, maybe this was like a back rub for him. He was beautiful.
“Ada, stop. Fuck, petting him is like, you know, making out for them. You only stroke your mate.” Lexi’s voice sounded panicked.
Mate? My hand left his fur as fast as it could. I held it close to my chest so I wouldn’t want to touch him again. What the hell?
“He told me I could pet him. He didn’t say anything.” He never told me that it had a meaning behind it. A very important one. Like the fact only mates stroke, I wasn’t his mate and now he had put me into this position, without my permission. I was upset and embarrassed.
Saint appeared and growled at Noah. My eyes flashed to him, that sound came out of Saint… oh wow. But when I saw everyone was looking at me now. I wanted to groan and hide away at how silly I was.
“It’s okay, Ada. He should’ve told you.” Saint tried to reassure me. It didn’t make me feel better. He growled again and this time I watched as Noah’s ears pinned back and he had got closer to the ground. Huh, maybe Saint was like an elder wolf to him. And now he was in trouble.
Good, he deserved to be in trouble for that. He told me I could, I’d never asked him. I was watching the two of them, they were having a stare off. Lexi handed something too me… a ball?
I squeezed it and my eyes widened with a hint of a smile whne it made a squeaking sound… she had given me a dog’s ball. Why she’d had that in her bag I didn’t know, but hell yes. I sat up taller.
“You wanna play catch?” I waved the ball in Noah’s face. I heard laugher and it made me smile and my brows raised at Noah’s ears perking up as he shuffled closer to me, trying to avoid Saint.
I threw the ball, I was pretty bad at throwing balls but it was better than nothing. But Noah chased it, he ran after the ball and everyone laughed. I burst into giggles. Noah brought it back and sat down like a “good boy” waiting for me to throw it again, his tongue fell out of his mouth and lolled to the side. I rolled my eyes, ugh, he was cute. This time I stood up and threw it further. He chased it.
Okay I wasn’t mad now… but he wasn’t forgiven.
25
Huxley
River moaned.“Ugh… can’t you drive any faster Mason? You’re like a granny.”
Mason’s knuckles grew tight around the steering wheel. River was really starting to get on everyone’s nerves.
“Don’t come with us next time if you’re going to complain and bitch.” I shot back at River when he started to jump around a little in the back seat next to his brother. Kenton just rolled his eyes.
“I would want to get back sooner if I were you, Hux. I hear your girl might know about shifter shit.”
My brows drew together, what? I looked over and saw River scrolling on his phone.
“What?” I asked when he didn’t say anything else. He cracked a stupid smile and showed me his phone screen. It was Ada’s Instagram, I knew because I had looked at it a few too many times this past week. But this was different. This was a photo of her watching the Kiba boys playing football yesterday.
“The fuck?” I reached for his phone but River pulled it away before I could take it. Kenton took a look and raised his brows. When his eyes met mine, I could see the question I was asking myself.
“Yeah, what the fuck? Did Saint make a claim on her?” I growled lowly. He wouldn’t, he didn’t like her. He had said that, I had overheard him. Why would he claim her now? I knew I had to get back and go to see her. We had seen Lexi shopping with Galen in Walmart on Sunday. We did find it odd, but then Galen was our go to Vampire. He could wipe human minds if they saw us shift. Which happened a lot when you went to a school with humans and two other packs, who were all fighting for the girls at school.
“Shut up, we will be home in thirty. Don’t fuck with Hux or I will kick you both out.” Mason snapped. He had been holding onto his anger the whole ride back from Shi Shi beach, where we spent the last two nights camping, swimming, and surfing. I was tired, hungry and in need of a shower. I didn’t need River fucking with my wolf.
We were lucky, the wolf pack and bear sleuth that live in the reservation had an agreement with the Rawlins Pack. It was one of the places we could go to, and not get into any fights with local shifters for being in their territory. They have always been really good to us and we abide by their rules. It was actually nice to catch up with Zayn. He was the same age as me, and our dads were friends. We used to go camping with them and they would come visit us. But it had been a while.
