Page 43 of Little Red and Her Creatures of Chaos
“I know you didn’t, and she does, too. That couldn’t have been easy information to carry around. Go for your run.”
“Thank you,” I say sincerely. She could have easily turned Radley against us, but she understands that we did what we thought was right. She nods in answer, and I shift back.
“You want to run?” Bryce asks eagerly.
Radley is still getting used to being on four legs, but she’s doing better than Bryce did on his first shift. “That sounds awesome. I need to apolo?—”
“No, you don’t,” Mason cuts her off. “We’ll talk about it later, but you have nothing to apologize for. Let’s stretch your legs.”
Mason takes off into the woods with Bryce and Radley behind him. I take up the rear so I can watch our surroundings. We have no idea where the rogues are lurking, so Mason leads her back toward the cabin. We have more control over that area, and we're just lucky that her grandma is so close to our land so we could get to her.
Mason leads her around until she starts to slow down. We stop with her, and I can feel the confusion rolling off her in waves.
“How do I change back?”
“Think about your human form and just go toward it,” Mason explains.“After your first few shifts, you’ll be able to do it without much thought.”
“Will it hurt?” Her voice is so small that we all move in on her at the same time.
“Not at all, and it won’t even hurt when you shift back to your wolf the next time,”Bryce answers.
“Okay.” It takes a few minutes, and then Radley’s naked human form is standing in front of us. We all shift back with her, and she takes a deep breath. “That was intense.”
“We’re sorry we weren’t there when it first started,” I say. None of us reaches out to her because we don’t know where we stand. She might have tried to apologize for her actions, but that doesn’t mean she’s forgiven us yet. “Do you want to go inside?”
Radley bites her lip and shifts from foot to foot. “We do need to talk.”
“I’ll grab you some clothes.” Bryce takes off for the house before she can answer. I’m proud of him for thinking ahead and trying to make her as comfortable as possible. He’s back within seconds with a shirt and some shorts. “They’re mine.”
Radley slides them on gratefully and follows us into the house. We get dressed and meet back in the living room. She’s already in the big chair by the couch with her legs tucked underneath her. We get comfortable on the couch, waiting for her to talk.
“I found out that his name is Daniel, and my dad knows. Also, I’m pretty sure my mom knows about wolves. She didn’t say the words, but the meaning was there.”
“We should have told you, and we would have before we marked you. We just didn’t know how,” Mason explains. “We found out when we realized you were our mate.”
“I get it.” She runs her fingers through her hair. “I can’t even really blame you for hiding it. It just hurt to find out that you did know.”
“Please don’t reject us,” Bryce blurts out.
“I can’t say that thought didn’t cross my mind, but that was the anger talking. Is there anything else you guys are hiding from me?”
“Nothing at all,” I assure her.
“So, I’m an omega.” She says it like she’s finally accepting it. “What does that mean?”
“That means we’ll worship the ground you walk on. We would have anyway, but this just makes the mate bond that much stronger,” Bryce answers.
Radley twirls hair around her finger, thinking. “Is that why I get so wet? Because I’m an omega?”
Mason nods. “It’s your body getting you ready for an alpha’s knot. It’s why you accepted Nash’s and mine at the same time. It’s also why you feel almost out of control. It’s almost like you’re going into heat.”
“Oh,” Radley breathes.
Mason clears his throat. “Radley, we still want you as our mate. None of this changes a damn thing for us. You would have been our mate even if you were human. You are ours, and we are yours. You just have to accept it. Can you do that after everything that happened?”
“I can’t even really blame you guys. This is on my piece of shit mom.”
“What else did she say?” I ask.
