Chapter 54

JAKE

I heard rustling in the bushes and a muffled sound from a small animal.

By the smell of it, I knew there was a nearby rabbit. Echo began to move slowly and carefully towards our prey, weighing each step before he leaped to catch and sink his fangs into its neck. He snapped it dead in a second. That was an easy catch.

I let the rabbit hang in my teeth while I walked lazily towards the packhouse, still in my wolf form. It was almost noon, and I’d been running for the last two hours. There was no intention of hunting, but my sudden craving to snap some necks overpowered me when the opportunity knocked.

Sleep alluded me last night, like the other nights since she almost rejected me.

The heaviness in my chest seemed to never disappear, even after days had gone by.

This morning, I let my wolf out. We needed air.

My Beta told me everything Clair said to him about me yesterday. She must have really hated me now if she felt that way. I had no one else to blame, but do I have a cho