Page 82 of Fated to the Wolf Cowboy
How could he possibly feel threatened or be jealous of Kyle? Didn’t he know how much I liked him? Maybe even loved him?
My breath caught in my chest and I started to cough.
The men in the room quickly moved to get me some water.
Was I in love with Brady? No. I couldn’t be. I didn’t even like him.
But the second I thought those words, I knew it was a lie.
Mine,my wolf growled as a reminder and this time, I accepted it as truth.
The guy had threatened an Alpha, a Beta, and a Sheriff for me. He’d growled at them. There were Alphas out there who would have gone for his throat for doing that.
I considered that for a moment.
Alphas were notoriously strong and territorial. They didn’t ever allow themselves to look weak before the Pack, not even Morris. To allow such insubordination could be seen as a weakness, yet there was nothing weak about Thomas Collier. He didn’t demand the respect of his wolves, he earned it.
Morris expected it. He tried his best to treat us fairly, or at least I’d always thought that. But how could an Alpha protecting his Pack turn me over to the Grand Council like that? Wasn’t I Pack too? It certainly didn’t feel like it any longer.
“Why don’t you guys get out of here and think things through?” Thomas surprised me by saying.
“You’re just going to let me roam free?” I asked. “What about the tests and threat assessment and all that shit?”
“Tricia, you’re not a prisoner here. We’ll get around to all that because it is something I need to know, but it doesn’t need to be right this second.”
“But what if I run?”
He shrugged. “Then you certainly wouldn’t be my problem to deal with any longer. Though I’d prefer you didn’t. I’ve been hearing all positive things from the farm project and I’d hate to lose a great manager. But I suspect if you run, Brady will follow. So save me the headache of finding a replacement for him, okay?”
“Damn right I will,” my mate muttered under his breath.
“Uh, okay,” I whispered.
My head was still swimming from all that had happened. I wasn’t sure how to even begin processing it all.
We got up to leave, but Luke stopped Brady.
“If you guys need anything at all. . .”
“Thanks.”
The two men embraced. It was like a testament to everything they had told me. This Pack, these people, it was like nothing I’d ever known before.
Could I really be accepted so unconditionally here?
I supposed only time would tell.
Brady
Chapter 24
“We could run,” I told her the second we were safely back inside our home.
“Why? Why do you want to run? Your entire family and everyone you care about is right here.”
“There’s only one person in this entire world that I care about and that’s you.”
“Liar. Brady, there are so many people that you love and who loves you. Don’t take that for granted. Not for one second.”
