Page 38 of Little Red and Her Creatures of Chaos
Radley is actually a very strong omega, which is why the bond works the way it does. The only thing we could never find out is who Radley’s real father is. Which told us it was probably a rogue wolf, and we don’t know if Radley’s mom knows the truth or not.
“Bryce,” Mason says in my mind. “Stop.”
“I can’t.”
“There are people beyond those trees. Stop.” I don’t miss the alpha command, and that’s not something I can ignore. I skid to a stop, and Mason appears beside me. He nuzzles the top of my head, and I can’t stop the whine. “I know, Little beta.”
“What are we going to do?”
“I don’t know yet, but we need to give her space. Nash went back to the truck to get your spare clothes. Let us take you home.”
“I need her, Mason.” I shift back to my human form, and Mason does the same.
He jerks me into his arms. “We all do. We’ll get her back. She just needs time to digest this.”
“Will her wolf appear now?” Radley is what our lore calls a late bloomer. Her wolf has been suppressed because she didn’t know it was there. Now that she’s aware of it, I’m afraid it will show up at the worst time. “She’s upset, and that could trigger it.”
Mason sighs. “I know.”
Mason starts leading me to the truck, and Nash is standing just inside the trees with my clothes in his hand. When he opens his big arms for me, I don’t hesitate to snuggle into his chest. “We’ll figure this out, Baby beta.”
“One of us should warn her grandma,” Mason says, taking my clothes from Nash. When he starts helping me into them, I just want to cry. “I’d say that’s where she’s going.” After Mason gets my boxers and pants on, he gently pulls me from Nash to slide my shirt over my head. He pecks my lips and lays his forehead against mine. “I’ll go. Nash is going to take you home, okay?”
“Okay. What about your clothes?”
“I should still have clothes stashed close by from when we were watching her.”
“Be careful. Those rogues are still out there somewhere,” Nash says, clapping Mason on the shoulder.
“I will.” Mason shifts back and takes off, running in the opposite direction of the humans.
Nash leads me to the truck and helps me climb inside before going to the driver’s side. I’ve never felt like this before. I feel like my heart is cracking in two because I can still feel what she does. What if she rejects the bond now? That thought has my panic hitting the roof.
“Breathe,” Nash instructs, backing out onto the main road. “She’s not going to reject us.”
“What if she does? We saw what Luther and his pack went through. I’ll never survive it.”
“You’re getting ahead of yourself.” Nash reaches over and grabs my hand, lacing our fingers together. “She was shocked, and she has the right to be upset with us. But Radley is smart, and I know how she feels about us. She’ll make the right decision.”
“Why didn’t anyone tell her?”
“I don’t know. From what I understand, her dad knows she isn’t his.”
“I fucking hate this, Nash.”
“Me too, Baby beta.”
We drive back to the cabin in silence, and I dig around, trying to find Mason in the bond. I can feel him hovering right on the edge, but he’s blocking everything. I try Radley, and her heartbreak hits me so hard that it takes my breath away. I feel bad for snooping like this, but I need to know what’s going on.
I finally start seeing everything from Mason’s eyes and realize he let me in. I watch as he pulls on his clothes and cautiously approaches her grandma’s house. Radley’s car isn’t there yet, so he must have been able to beat her. Mason knockson the door, and it’s opened moments later. Radley’s grandma’s brows furrow when she sees Mason standing there.
“Can I help you?”
“I’m sorry to just show up like this,” Mason apologizes. “I’m Mason.”
“Is Radley okay?”
“That depends. I don’t have time to explain because she’s probably on her way here. She found out the truth.” Mason waits to see if she shows that she knows, and when she doesn’t, Mason sighs. “Radley is an omega.”
