The Unwanted Wolf – Chapter 13

The next morning, I woke up with a heavy feeling in my chest. I couldn’t move my body or even open my eyes. Something felt deeply wrong. I willed myself to move, but I was frozen in place, and everything felt so dark. I couldn’t even tell if I was breathing.

“Adira?” I heard Mark’s voice calling to me. It seemed so distant. “Adira?’

I felt Mark’s hand touch my arm, and my eyes shot open. It was almost as if he released me from a prison. I sat up quickly, looking around the room, my chest heaving in panic. As I saw the familiarness of Mark’s bedroom, I felt a little more grounded and my breathing slowed.

e carefully.

I d

be there again?”

some things to prepare for the meeting tomorrow.”

really discussed that with me yet. I just knew he had set it up to be soon.

ld be able to make it there with plenty of time. Do you have work tomorrow?” Mark closed his dresser drawers and went over to his closet.

nk I could borrow clothes for Rie?” I stood awkwa

ay.”

k the clothes from him. “I wil

he will meet you downstairs to drive you to work.” Mark leaned forward and kissed my cheek.

ark was already gone. When I got to the front door, Scythe was already waiting for me there. His face was beaming, and I already could tell I was in for a long car ride.

?” he as

his seat. “Okay, what do you want to do?”

e to start!” Scythe practically squealed. “Did you guys, you know?” He added some hand gestures that left little to the imagin

mind went to?”

over. In his room.” Scythe winked at me.

at him. “No, we didn’t do that. We kissed. Once. That’s it.

ore there are little pups running around!”

bout something like that. I still barely know Mark.”

than I ever thought I would and a lot faster, but it’s not that easy. I have had to rely on myself for years now. It wasn’t easy, and I built a wall up. That doesn’t jus

et people in when you’ve been hurt. I think it’s amazing that you are giving Alpha a chance though. You deserve to

ad never thought about him having his own issues. The rest of the car ride was spent in silence.

just Crystal and myself. It was a slower day, so it wasn’t much of an issue. I was also surprised with how well Crystal and I got along without Haley around. She kept asking me if Scythe was my boyfriend, since this was the second day i

en I was done with work, Scythe met me at the back of the alley aga

ep. “Where to, milady?”

would be staying at the pack house more and didn’t want to have to keep borrowing things.

ure that’s not the only reason you want to stay over,” Scythe cooed.

ite part of being in a wolfpack. There was always someone around, and we had been a family.

re was limited parking. We got out of the car and started strolling to the apartment building.

m behind me.

gure in a hooded black robe. I couldn’t see their face, but something instantly felt off. Suddenly, the figure lurched forward, and I saw a blade in their hand. I tried to jump back, but I wasn’t fast enough to completely get out of the way. I felt the blade slice against my side, but I didn’t feel any pain yet.

Scythe’s lips as he lunged forward at the figure. In a blink of an eye, the figure disappeared, and Scythe fell to the ground, completely mis

blade pressed into my neck slightly. “Don’t act like you don’t kn

hen I opened my eyes, I was standing a few feet behind the figure, completely safe from their grasp.

ke sure we were cleared before running over to me.

contact with me.

n’t feel deep. “Yeah, I think it’s a surface wound.”

nd you just… disappeared.”

eyes. There was no way I could go to the emergency, looking like this. My eyes glowed and sparkled as if a million little stars were in them. I couldn’t even see my normal irises anymore. I blinked a few times, waiting for it to just disappear, but it didn’

he other room on the phone with Mark. I couldn’t hear the other end of the conversation, but Scythe just repeated that I was okay and not to worry. He tried to tell Mark we would be at

looked at Scythe, who was sitting on the edge of my bed. “You look distressed

d. “Alpha isn’t happy. He’s coming here to pick you up.”

u didn’t do anything wrong. Mark should

asn’t here to protect you.”

as okay, right?” I was holding a cloth against my wound. While it was a small cut, it was bleeding more than I ha

almost weren’t. If you hadn’t-” He cut himself off and furrowed his brows. “What did you do?

tening everything he had worked for? I had mostly kept to myself for years. I had never threatened anyone.

ing a cloth against it and his worry lines deepened. He looked up at me, and his eyes went wide.

who was in front of him.

It’s not a bad cut.” I looked away, scared that this is what

he was scared of me or what he was thinking.

stand anything that’s happening.” Tears started threatening my eyes, and I cursed internally. I was trying to appear strong, but standing in front of Mark, I felt exposed.

d when he stopped kissing me.

b was caressing my cheek.

ing back to normal.” Mark still held my face, studyi

ran into the bathroom. Sure enough my eyes had returned to their normal chocolatey br

ind me. “Here, let me help you patch up