Page 53 of Resisting Fate

Maybe this is the runt of the pack. Ryker’s wolf isn’t particularly very big. He had been the runt of the pack along with the rest of his family.

Another possibility is that because her wolf didn’t come out, it stunted its growth.

It takes a bit of time, but we finally get her wolf to come free.

When we all pull out of it, I blink my eyes a couple times and suddenly feel completely drained.

When I look around the room, I notice, Ryker, Isaac, and Max looking at us with wide eyes.

“When did you guys get here?” I ask tiredly.

“We have been here for a while but, when we noticed you guys doing your hocus pocus shit, we decided not to disturb you. That was forty-five minutes ago,” Ryker says while walking to Penny.

He wraps his arms around her, and she leans into the embrace. Isaac pulls me into his arms, and I sigh happily. I’ll never get over how good it feels to be in his arms.

When I turn to look, I see the same wolf that was inside Isabella on the ground looking at us curiously.

It’s just as small as I saw it. She almost looks like a pup.

“Is that Isabella?” Ryker asks, looking down at the pup who tilts its head in submission.

Penny nods her head. “Yes. She hasn’t been able to shift, which is why she was with that dreadful pack and not back home. Then she asked to see if I could help,” Penny says.

“Looks like a runt,” Ryker says with a fond smile.

“She’s precious,” I say, kneeling down.

Ryker gets a glazed look in his eyes before he tells me to move away.

“Shift!” he says with the alpha power behind his voice.

Isabella shifts and looks completely exhausted. “Thank you. I wasn’t sure how to shift back,” she says with a sigh.

“You might need my help for a bit, which means you need private training until you can get a handle on it,” Ryker explains to her.

Isaac laughs. “Oh, Scott is going to love having a new wolf to mess with.”

Everyone nods their heads in agreement. We have all been through the same thing.

“I’m so small though. What good am I?” Isabella says sadly.

“I think you are looking at this the wrong way. My wolf isn’t very big. You can tell my family isn’t on the big side. We are the runts of the pack. There is an advantage to being small, and I will gladly teach you how to use it to your advantage,” Ryker says with a smile.

“Thank you,” Isabella says.

“Get some rest. I’ll have someone bring you some food to replenish the energy you used,” Ryker says before we all leave.

As we walk out of the building, Ryker and Isaac explain their ideas for a feral retreat for anyone who wants their humanity back. They then ask me if I can help them.

Ryker wants to go into the barrier to see if he can read the minds of any of the feral shifters that are just trapped but don’t know how to get their humanity back. That way, I can come in and heal them before bringing them to the retreat.

Isaac seems reluctant to let me help but, in the end, he knows it’s for the best.

We will only send a small group just in case we need to defend ourselves from anyone.

We end up standing in front of the building before seeing Jet running towards us. He stops in front of us breathing hard, and we are immediately on alert.

“I think I felt my mate. It wasn’t for long, but I could have sworn,” Jet says, looking at us with wide eyes.

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