Page 27 of Little Red and Her Creatures of Chaos
“Mom?”
Chapter 12
Radley
Ihave no idea what just happened.
One second, I’m swimming around in the lake, and the next, Margie is yelling at me to get out. I don’t second-guess it. I jump out and follow her to her cabin. Another woman, who I’m assuming is Beth, hands me a towel. I wrap it around my body and look at the two women.
“What’s going on?” I ask.
They exchange a look, and Margie grabs my hand, leading me to the kitchen. She gently pushes me into a seat, and the two ladies sit across from me. “Have the boys explained what rogue wolves are?”
“Sort of.”
“Rogues are horrible. They’re mean, ruthless, and have no moral code like regular wolves. Nash and Bryce went out for a run and ran into some.”
“Are they okay?” I search the bond but should have known I couldn’t feel anything.
“Yes. Luther, Cruz, and Teddy went with them.”
Oh my God.“Is that why Teddy came for Mason?”
Margie bites her lip to fight off a smile. “Yes.”
“Oh.” I’m so embarrassed that he caught us like that. Mason was literally about to sink inside me when Teddy spoke.
“We’ll just know to announce ourselves from now on,” the other woman says. “I’m Beth, by the way.” She’s just as gorgeous as Margie, with white-blond hair and big blue eyes.
“It’s okay. Is there anything we can do?”
They exchange another look, and then Margie shakes her head. “Omegas don’t go into a fight unless we’re needed.”
“Bryce shouldn’t have even gone,” Beth says.
“You guys are both omegas?”
“We are.” Margie reaches over and grabs my hand. “I want to thank you for being so accepting, not just with the boys but for all of us.”
I shrug. “My grandma had a lot to do with that. My mom isn’t very understanding, but Grandma understood when I told her what was going on.”
“Your grandma fought like hell for us when they kicked us out of town. Don’t let her try to downplay it.”
“She did?” I ask in surprise. She didn’t tell me that when she told me the story about Luther.
“She did,” Beth smiles. “She pretty much called the entire town council bigots.”
“What exactly happened? Grandma only told me about rumors.”
“Luther was out for a run with Teddy out on these lands. We didn’t have the cabins or the camp set up; it was just empty land when a hiker wandered onto it. He saw Luther and Teddy shift back to humans. Instead of telling people what he really saw, he told them Luther was trying to attack him. There’s always been history in this town with wolf shifters, so the town council believed him. They called a town meeting and banished us out here. The rest of the packs followed for fear they would be discovered too.”
“That’s awful.” I couldn’t imagine not being able to go where I pleased, but I have to admit, I love it out here. It’s so quiet and peaceful. “I’m sorry that happened.”
“It wasn’t so bad,” Margie smiles. “We became self-sufficient pretty fast. I just hate that the boys could never enjoy the town fairs or carnivals growing up.”
Before I can answer, we hear a commotion at the front of the house. I’m out of my seat before I even registered that I moved, searching for my guys. I spot Nash first, and he’s supporting Bryce. I rush over, my hands fluttering around him. “What happened?” Someone covered his naked waist with a towel, and there’s blood on his thigh. “You’re bleeding.”
“I’ll be okay,” Bryce says, his normal smile in place. “We heal fast.”
