The Hunted Wolf – Epilogue 1

JORI

This was the third town I had been to this month alone. It was hard for me to stay in one place these days. Nowhere felt like home. The one place that did, I knew I could never return to. Adira and Mark both told me I would be welcome back on multiple occasions, but they could understand how I felt.

I knew what Xavier did when he took over my body wasn’t my fault in theory, but I couldn’t erase the guilt. I had been so angry at Mark and then at Adira for everything that I was ready to kill them. I almost killed Adira’s unborn children. I still couldn’t believe they were having twins. Twins were considered good luck.

amed.

ld try to glue it back together, but I would never be the person I was before.

ing for… something. I still didn’t know what I was searching for. A reason to stay, I supposed. I downed ano

retch my wolf legs. I started making my way to the forest where I could shift in secrecy, but then the most decadent scent filled my nose.

umbled forward, the smell making me feel drunker than the alcohol in my system. The smell filled my nose to the brim, and my mouth was watering. Everything blurred around me, and I only cared about finding the source of the wonderful scent.

s was my mate.

lowing me?” she snapped.

little move she made enraptured me.

’t give you a right to follow me like a creep either.” She straightened her leather jacket and fixed her hair. She was a tiny little thing, but she was fierce, and I knew I would do anything for this girl.

ou just smell delightful, and I lost myself for

face. “Don’t be so gross. I’m not into that lovey dovey stuff.”

I was pretty sure I was even more turned on from this gi

raid to weird her out by following her. She paused several feet away from me and glanced back.

you coming, du

s, wondering if I heard what she had said correctl

to come next.