Page 15 of Little Red and Her Creatures of Chaos
“Fine,” Bryce grumbles, and the other two chuckle.
Margie leads me to the backyard and pulls me to sit on a huge swing. She lets me get settled before turning expectantly to me. “Do you know why they brought you to me?” I shake my head, and she rolls her eyes. “Those boys could have warned you. From what I understand, you know who they are and who you are to them?”
“I’m their…mate.”
“You are, and I’ve never been happier for them. But they brought you to me because I’m sure you have questioned how you’ll exist in this world as a human.” I nod, completely tuned into the conversation now. “I was born human.”
“You were bitten?” I gasp. I remember reading about that in one of the books.
“Yes. But not by anyone in my pack. A lone wolf was terrorizing Light Point many years ago, and I was out for a jog. He bit me and left me for dead. Luther and the rest found me the next morning because they could smell the blood. By that time, I was already starting to change.”
“What happened?”
“They brought me back here and nursed me back to health. After they explained what was happening, they gave me the option to stay. I obviously chose to, and they marked me several months later as one of their pack.”
“Do you change like they do?”
Margie laughs. “It took some trial and error, but yes. I’m much smaller than them because I wasn’t born a shifter, but my form still takes on the wolf.” I sit back on the swing and take that in.
Do Mason and the guys plan on changing me if I accept this? I have to admit their wolves are gorgeous, and it’s not like my parents would miss me if I had to hide. And Grandma is obviously an ally.Am I really considering this?
The short answer is yes.
Chapter 7
Nash
Iwatch Radley walk away with Margie and feel Radley’s curiosity through the bond. There’s still a little bit of fear lingering, but it’s mostly gone now, which I hope means she’ll accept us for who we are.
Mason jerks his head for us to follow, and he leads us into Luther’s cabin. I owe everything to that man. If it wasn’t for him stepping up to take care of me, I have no idea where I would have ended up. I could only imagine ending up with a human family and accidentally shifting into a giant wolf in front of them.
We find Luther in the kitchen with one of his mates, Teddy, at the kitchen table. Luther gets up and gives us each a hug before having us sit down. Luther looks at Mason with a smile. “I see you brought the girl out here.”
“Radley,” Bryce corrects. He sighs and lays his head on the table. “She’s so beautiful.”
“I think your beta is smitten, boys,” Teddy laughs.
“I’m in love,” Bryce answers, and I shake my head.
“How’s she handling everything?” Luther asks.
“So far, pretty good,” Mason answers. “I have a question. Do you know a Dolores Baxter?”
Luther’s eyes widen. “Yes. Why?”
“That’s Radley’s grandma,” I reply.
“Dolores has been an ally for years, whether she realized it or not. The day we were kicked out of town, she stood up for us, saying we shouldn’t be treated differently because of rumors,” Luther says. “Her family has been known for their own gifts, as you’ve seen with Radley. They know our history.”
“There are things that Radley still doesn’t know,” I admit. “But we don’t want her to run away screaming.”
“That’s probably for the best right now,” Teddy admits. He’s another person that I’m grateful for growing up with. He helped me control my anger and my shift because he had the same problem. “But eventually, you’ll have to tell her.”
“She knows about the bond,” Bryce adds. “And she still called today. That has to mean something.”
Luther reaches over and squeezes Bryce’s arm. “You have to remember she can still reject it.”
“She won’t,” Bryce says with more confidence than I feel. I’ve seen what can happen to a wolf when their mate rejects the bond. It’s like grieving a death and like you’re missing a limb. You walk around for the rest of your life feeling incomplete. “She could have told us to fuck off when Mason dropped his declaration last night that she was ours.”
