LOGINClara's head was spinning. She needed time to process her situation. She made it back to the lodge. Ignoring all the people coupled up on the lawn she spotted a set of clothes to steal and shifted back. After dressing she ran up the steps.
"Clara what's wrong? Where are you going?"
She spun around to see Roxy standing there. The blue eyed Alpha was next to her. Both of them fully clothed. Not knowing where to start Clara didn't say a word before a sob broke out.
Roxy took a step towards her with open arms but Clara held up her hand and took a step back. Now was not the time to debate whether Roxy was a friend or not.
Clara turned and ran into the house. She made her way to the second floor and went straight for her only real friend's room. She didn't bother knocking before flinging open the door.
Suzy was sprawled out on the bed, hugging a pillow. She looked at Clara with wide ey
Lucas knocked his lamp to the floor. He flipped the table it had been standing on. He walked over to a couch cushion and started to rip it apart.The image of Clara turning and running off ran through his head over and over again. How dare she! Who did she think she was! He put himself out there, offered her unconditional love and protection. Lucas punched a wall.Tonight at the party she had a sudden look of clarity, but he started to wonder if she'd known all along. She liked playing stupid and keeping him waiting in the wings.That was the only logical explanation. She was the bad guy here, not him. All he'd wanted to do was be with his mate, but she made that impossible.A knock sounded at the door and Lucas let out a huge growl. He knew some of the visiting pack members were supposed to stay in his extra rooms, but no way was that happening. They could sleep outside. He'd deal with the fallout l
Clara's head was spinning. She needed time to process her situation. She made it back to the lodge. Ignoring all the people coupled up on the lawn she spotted a set of clothes to steal and shifted back. After dressing she ran up the steps."Clara what's wrong? Where are you going?"She spun around to see Roxy standing there. The blue eyed Alpha was next to her. Both of them fully clothed. Not knowing where to start Clara didn't say a word before a sob broke out.Roxy took a step towards her with open arms but Clara held up her hand and took a step back. Now was not the time to debate whether Roxy was a friend or not.Clara turned and ran into the house. She made her way to the second floor and went straight for her only real friend's room. She didn't bother knocking before flinging open the door.Suzy was sprawled out on the bed, hugging a pillow. She looked at Clara with wide ey
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







