LOGINShe knew. Lucas saw it in her eyes. He hoped the realization would've had her run to him instead of bolt out the door, but he felt like now was the time to act.
He moved through the crowd, wishing he'd been closer to the exit. The visiting Alpha took over for James and told everyone to head outside. The flux of people moving made it impossible for Lucas to squeeze out.
"Lucas wait." Roxy's voice carried over the crowd.
He didn't stop. Whatever advice Roxy wanted to give he didn't need it. Finally, the sea of people moved enough that Lucas found himself outside.
He spotted the shredded blue dress and knew Clara shifted right away. He didn't bother taking his clothes off either as he turned into his wolf. He could smell her and took off on her trail, hoping she wasn't traveling too fast for him to catch up.
He knew the paths she liked to run, since the only time he got to spend wit
She knew. Lucas saw it in her eyes. He hoped the realization would've had her run to him instead of bolt out the door, but he felt like now was the time to act.He moved through the crowd, wishing he'd been closer to the exit. The visiting Alpha took over for James and told everyone to head outside. The flux of people moving made it impossible for Lucas to squeeze out."Lucas wait." Roxy's voice carried over the crowd.He didn't stop. Whatever advice Roxy wanted to give he didn't need it. Finally, the sea of people moved enough that Lucas found himself outside.He spotted the shredded blue dress and knew Clara shifted right away. He didn't bother taking his clothes off either as he turned into his wolf. He could smell her and took off on her trail, hoping she wasn't traveling too fast for him to catch up.He knew the paths she liked to run, since the only time he got to spend wit
Clara's muscles were stiff. She rubbed her shoulder and let out a yawn. A single knock came on her door right as it swung open.Clara didn't need to look to know it was Roxy. She'd made it a point to stop by every night this week and Clara gave up trying to shoo her away."Take a look at you!"Clara turned to see Roxy in a skin tight red dress. It made the woman looked even more like a model. She looked so at ease in the fancy attire it made Clara feel even more uncomfortable in her dress."Do we always get so dressed up for visiting packs?"Tonight marked Clara's first week living at the lodge fulltime. She was expected to be here this weekend to greet some out of town guests and knew about the dress code, but it didn't make looking fancy any less uncomfortable for her."It's fun right? The whole point of these things is to match up mates, don't you want to
The sweat was getting in Clara's eyes. Lucas tried not to stare at her workout, but couldn't help himself. He watched as Greg coached her on fighting.She was struggling through basic steps. He wanted to take over her instruction, but knew if she showed up to train and saw him waiting there she would go running to the Alpha. James told him about their talk. It had been a few days and he hoped the idea of a mate was sinking in.She had to smell him, start questioning their initial interaction. Once that clicked Lucas was certain she would come running to him the way he wanted to run to her.He knew he had to come up with an excuse to touch her, she would feel the sparks and speed things up. Waiting like this was killing him."I think that's enough for today," Greg said. "Remember to keep your guard up. Not only do you want to fight back, but you need to protect yourself too. It will get easier."
"Will you stop pacing?" James said."I want you to take responsibility. She could have died! She had no business living alone like that. I thought you had people in town watching her? I thought you made it safe for her?"Lucas didn't have many opportunities to yell at his Alpha, but he wasn't letting the man off with this one."Obviously I made a mistake and I'm owning up to it. She is living here full-time now. This won't happen again.""I told you something was wrong. You should have called her back here the second I gave you a heads up.""My Beta's strange gut feelings are not solid decision making rationale. Besides, it's not like you had her best interests at heart either."Lucas walked to the Alpha's desk and slammed his fists down."You made me reject her. I didn't want to!"James sat up and locked eyes with Lu
Something wasn't right. Lucas couldn't put his finger on it, but he knew there was an imbalance going on. He ordered extra patrols and continued to survey his section of the boarder.He'd wanted even more men, but without a sighting or actual proof of an outcast James wouldn't give his approval. Lucas learned a long time ago that the best proof was his gut feeling, but the Alpha didn't agree."Oooooowwwww, owwww, wooooo." The wolf's bay carried through the air.Lucas wasted no time running towards the sound. Certain this was it, one of his soldiers found something. His paws hit the snow as he sped forward, gearing himself up for a fight.The baying continued and started moving towards the lodge. Lucas shifted his path knowing the howling wolf decided the best thing was to regroup there.It didn't take long for Lucas to arrive. An all too familiar scent filled the air. The wolf wh
Time went on and things started to feel normal. Clara was doing well at work, had a mini social life in town and didn't mind her every other weekend trips to the lodge. Her heart problems even got better, she still felt a dull ache now and then, but nothing compared to the pass out pain she had been in.Winter came on and it was a white one. Clara had never seen so much snow in her life. She expected the pack to get trapped in the mountains, but like clockwork someone came and got her every other Friday. A few times it was in a snowmobile instead of a car.Clara left work early and was looking at the small downtown's shops. Deciding to buy a present for Suzy and maybe something small for James.She wondered if everyone in the pack exchanged gifts or if none of them did. She didn't notice them decorating for Christmas, but it was still a few weeks away. She decided to ask Suzy about it this weekend.S







