Filed to story: Oh For Mates Sake Free Online
I swallowed and didn’t answer. He just nodded his head as if he already knew and looked me over. He frowned as he looked at my arm. But he didn’t ask more about it. He knew.
“Are they treating you well here?”
That is a funny question to ask me. It was like he knew this wasn’t my pack. So I deflected. “You are furry. I didn’t know centaurs were furry.” I looked at his fur really wanting to touch it. I feel like it is an unspoken rule. If you see a furry centaur, you have to touch it. I didn’t know much about centaurs and how they felt about being touched. I looked up and watched his l!ps curl up.
“They aren’t.”
“Hey! Don’t you touch her!” Kai yelled as he ran to my side. “Are you okay?” He asked while glaring at the centaur.
“Where is the boy? Is he safe?” I watched him nod his head. I instantly felt relieved. I guess I was more worried about the child getting to safety the whole time, more than I was worrying about myself.
“I was so afraid. I thought.” I could hear Kai’s voice quivering. I bet it brought back painful memories of when he lost his mate. His eyes moved to my arm, and he noticed I wasn’t healing. I heard him take a loud breath. “D*mn. it and you came out here anyways?”
“So did you.” I grinned at him and shrugged. “I’m okay…” I put my hand on his shoulder and nodded my head in front of us. “Thanks to my new friend here,” I said, looking up at Mr. Shaggy centaur. I don’t know why, but I felt safe even though he was a complete stranger.
“I’m glad l got to you in time… my name is Demetri.”
The centaur said and then he smiled. “Clover, daughter of Alpha Aron Williams of the Chaos pack.”
My l!ps parted in shock… he knew who I was. And not just me, he even knew my father’s name. I had so many things I wanted to ask him. Like what happened during the Dark War and were the Chaos pack really the bad guys? But before I could speak, he turned his head and sighed.
“Sounds like your pack is finally on their way.” He looked at me and began to back away. “I’ll see you again.” And he vanished into the brush. The sounds of his hooves hitting the ground began to fade as another sound was heard.
“Are you okay?” Kai asked and I pursed my l!ps, looking down at the ground. Was I okay? I was confused. I didn’t mind Kai knowing I was part of the Chaos pack. I planned to tell him tonight anyways. But I did wonder how he felt about it. I watched as he took his shirt off and pulled it over my head.
“You don’t want them to know… keep it on.” He grabbed my other shoulder and pulled me into his side. He was doing his best to hide the evidence of my wound. I appreciated this more than he knew. Or maybe he did know actually. He knew what it felt like not having your wolf.
Three wolves charged towards us. They stopped and were glaring at me and then looked towards Kai. I didn’t think about the fact that they wouldn’t know who I was. I have only been here for one day.
“This is the alpha’s masseuse,” Kai stated clearly.
You can continue on your patrol, she is with me.” The wolves didn’t move, and I felt Kai’s body get tense. “Last I checked, l am still the delta of this pack. That was an order!”
The wolves slowly moved off, glancing at the dead rogue for a moment before trotting away. I heard Kai sigh, and I felt a wave of pain for him. He was the delta, but because he didn’t have control of his wolf, the pack members weren’t respecting him.
“We had better get back. They would have mind-linked Sion.. they don’t listen to me without his okay.”
“Is that why you really moved out..” I mumbled quietly as we walked towards the fence. “So, it looked like you are avoiding people for their own good but really..”
“It’s so I don’t have to feel pathetic. If I mentioned the real reason to Sion, he would punish every wolf who disrespected my position. I didn’t want them to respect me because they feared Sion.” I understood him completely. Wolves respect your rank because you can back it up. But an officer without that strength..
“l guess you know why I haven’t accepted Sion yet,” I whispered, watching him nod his head.
“How long?”
“Only a few days..”
“Dear gods… are you okay? What happened?” Kai turned and looked at me full of concern. Everyone seemed shocked at how normal l was acting since I had just lost my wolf. I guess I should be more upset, but I haven’t had a moment to really think about the situation.
“I have only told Sion.. but I was attacked by six of my own pack members. I was in bad shape. My wolf healed me and then vanished.”
“That’s a good sign she healed you though.”
“So, they tell me.” I gave him a crooked smile and he nodded his head.
“Yeah, the fact I can still shift is supposed to be a good sign too. Even if I do black out when it happens.” Kai chuckled and I snorted. These words meant nothing when you didn’t have your Wolf. It was nice to have someone else that understood.
We approached the fence and my eyes landed on him. Sion was standing there; his dark unreadable eyes were locked onto mine. He looked furious. His arms were trembling with anger. I could feel the tension in Kai’s body as we got I had told Sion I would go back to the pack house and that it was okay for him to leave me.
I didn’t mean to, but I lied to him. I would have gone back though if it wasn’t for the child. I w*et my l!ps and stepped away from Kai. I noticed Sion’s eyes landed on my shoulder where the blood had soaked through. It was just a flesh wound but still enough blood to go through the shirt.
“I’m sorry-“I began to say when I reached him. His hand came out and brushed over my cheek. I could feel his fingers trembling and I was waiting for the explosion. Instead, he stepped into me and held my head to his chest. He buried his nose in my hair and inhaled my scent.
“Thank the gods.” His hot breath tickled my head as he held me in his embrace. I stood there in his arms, not saying anything. I had thought he was going to yell at me.. maybe he still was. Right now though he was clinging to me as if I was going to disappear. l could hear the unsteadiness in his breath and realized he wasn’t angry. He was terrified… that something happened to me.
I leaned into his embrace and gripped onto his shirt.
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