I busied myself getting dressed, trying to understand how I actually did what I just did. Beside me, Andrew remained quiet as well, pulling his pants back up and looking around for his shirt that I had thrown on the floor.
My mind screamed at me to say something, anything, but my embarrassment was getting the best of me. Sure, I was experienced, extremely experienced, but it was pushing it to have sex in the broom closet of my own place of employment. What did that make me? A whore? Easy? I didn’t fucking know.
"I should get back to the bar." I said once I was fully dressed. I knew it sounded like a fucking copout, but I needed to get out of here.
"Hey… wait…." Andrew spoke a
Letting out a string of profanities, I jumped over the counter and grabbed Ashton by his collar. Yanking, I managed to dislodge him from Andrew."Let go!" Ashton growled, attempting to use his alpha order against me."I"m not in your pack." I hissed, beginning to pull him through the crowd of gawkers. "Move!"Shoving my way along, I held tight to the thrashing Ashton until we were outside in a back alley behind the building.Once I was sure that he couldn’t get back in, I let go and watched as he snarled and situated his shirt."What the fuck
For the next few days, I remained locked in the house, not leaving for anything except to run to the grocery store or to get essentials. It was a peaceful time spent with my younger siblings, without worry of running into a certain alpha that I had no interest in seeing.By day three of my isolation, I began to feel antsy, which is what led to me and the kids finding ourselves at the amusement park. After much begging on the twins' part, we had decided to go, though overly crowded places like this always made me nervous."Look, Thia!" Chloe beamed, tugging on my arm.Letting my gaze drift towards where she pointed, I found a large rollercoaster with many flashing lights.
"Leah, I’m going to break this glass and I need you to get out of here with the twins." I said, yanking off my shirt and wrapping it around my elbow. "Don’t argue with me." I continued as Leah opened her mouth to speak."What about you, Thia?" Theo asked, fixing his scared eyes on me. "You’re going to come with us, right?""That’s right, I’ll be right behind you, sweetie." I murmured, kissing his forehead. "Now, Leah shift!"Turning, I looked towards the glass that was facing the ferris wheel poles. That was the one that I needed to break to make an exit for Leah and the twins.Moving forward
"Leah…" I said, slowly trying to process what she said. "Who took them?"There were quite a few possibilities for who would have the twins. Was it the dark mages? The rogue lycans? Or could it be the mastermind behind them all?"The Lycans." Leah responded, beginning to try to sit up. "Fuck, that hurts."Confused I looked over Leah’s body, trying to figure out where she was hurt. It was only when I checked her back that I saw the five long gashes already beginning to heal across it."Don’t move." I hissed, unwrapping my shirt from around my arm where it was still wrapped. "Those look painful."
Ashton and I stood by the edge of a babbling brook, dipping our hands in the mud along its edge. Slowly, we spread it across our skin, being sure to use enough to cover the skin of our arms and faces."Do you think this will work?" I asked as doubt began to claw at me. "We don’t know how many are in there.""Do you have a better idea?" Ashton snapped in annoyance. "Weren’t you the one that said that there wasn’t any time to waste?"He was right. I was the one that was insistent. I didn’t know if the twins were okay, and I needed to see them with my own eyes. I still couldn’t understand why someone would even want to kidnap them; they weren’t even part of
I waited with Ashton as smoke billowed into the cave in front of us. From within, we could hear growls and hissed conversation."Here they come." Ashton whispered. "Best to shift before they arrive.""Right."Turning away from Ashton, I began to pull off my dirty clothes and place them on the ground beside me. I would need something to put on once this was all finished, because there was no way in hell that I was going to be naked for a long time with Ashton.From behind, I could hear a slight rumble, causing me to peek and find Ashton eyeing my ass and bare back.
"What the hell happened here?" Ashton asked, bending down to pick up the twins who were still fast asleep.After the battle was over and it was safe, Ashton and I shifted back to our human forms. Though I had my clothes, Ashton didn't, and I was having a really hard time not looking at him in all his glory."I don’t know." I admitted, furrowing my brows.The twins didn’t even stir as Ashton positioned them in each of his arms. They must have been exhausted after that whole ordeal, and we would have to wait for answers."Come on." Ashton called over his shoulder at me.
I continued to stare out into the dark street, waiting. Within a few minutes, a figure began to make its way towards me."Who is that?" Ashton asked, coming up beside me. "It doesn’t smell like anyone we know."Didn’t smell like someone we knew? Did that mean that it was someone trying to sneak up on my home?Not thinking, I found myself leaping over the banister of my porch and landing on the grass beyond. Surging forward, I prepared to tackle whoever it was until two bright caramel eyes met me."Andrew?" I gasped, stopping in my tracks. "Why are you here?"