Elias POV Knock knock, at our front door, I freeze, mid way through towel drying my hair. 'Hu, wonder who that could be?' Thinking to myself, dropping my towel into the hamper, then calling out to Chilli, who's finishing up in the shower, "I'll get it!" Then, "coming!" To whoever is at the door, as I glance at the time, it's late, and because of that my parents are the last people I expected to be knocking on my door at eleven o'clock at night. "Hi?" I say, well sort of ask, confused by their presence."Hey son," father speaks first, "sorry to intrude at this hour, we're not disturbing anything are we?" Silence and stillness falls over me, till the sound of the shower shutting off snaps me back to reality."Hu? No, no, of course not." Opening the door wider, gesturing for them to enter, inviting them in. "Is everything okay?" Closing the door behind them."Everything is fine, sorry. We just wanted to check in on the both of you, see how today went. Where's Chilli?" "Just getting ou
Chilli POV A tingerling sensation, makes my nerve endings wake up and come alive, way before I do, as I purr, still semy asleep as Elias pulls me close and into his arms. I snuggle in deeper to him under the duvet, purring in my limbo state of sleep, not quite awake but not completely asleep either. Until that is my phone deeps repeatedly at me, alerting me to messages, texts. Groaning as I reach for it, unwanting to open my eyes as my hand paws at the side table, blindly searching. Elias growls softly in my ear at my movement to retrieve my phone. Finally having it in hand, the screen lights up as I turn it towards me, the brightness hurting my unadjusted, tired eyes. I blink at the name shining back at me, somewhat in shock, Elias feeling this, nudges and kisses my shoulder, "What hun?" "Dad" I simply say, "a text, it's from my father, or at least his phone.""Hu?" Elias lifts his head to look over my shoulder, confused and concerned by my words. "What?" I'm as confused as he is,
Elias POV Watching my wife handle things, taking control, fills me with pride, I'm so very proud of the powerful woman she is today, and when she landed that leap, wow. Yes, at first, for a brief moment I was worried but for no reason it turns out, Chilli made it look so effortless, so graceful, so sexy, well at least to me that is. "What is she doing?" Logan asks aloud, "she shouldn't be here"."No," father agrees with an accusing tone, making Logan snap his attention back to his oldest friend, like brother."What's that suppose to mean?" "Oh come on Logan, what do you think it means? Are you that blind or dence?" A stillness fell between then for a moment as Maria screeching voice carried on the wind, causing the fathers to look up at them, I didn't need to as I could feel Chilli was okay, losing her patience, but okay. Father continues, not waiting or caring what Logan might have to say, "look at her Logan, your daughter is always here and there for you, without a complaint. Wea
Elias POV "CHILLI!" Panic engulfs my mind, body and voice, for the first time I'm glad and thankful Chilli isn't pregnant, because that fall would have ended it all. Feeling her pain and uncomfortableness through the bond, fear intertwines with my panic, as I shake those thoughts from my head. As I go to rush to my mates side I am stopped by father falling into my back, knocking me to the ground. Pulling my face from the dirt and looking up, I see Maria's grubby wolf in a stand off with my wife, who's now in a crouched position. Pain and anger radiating from her soul, metaphorically slapping me hard in the chest. As I scramble to my feet, Chilli begins to shift and I gaze on to behold her beautiful, majestic, red, wolf form. My heart skips at beat at the sight of her, her reddy gold fur is so stunning and those white socked paws of hers are so sexy, making me momentarily forget the situation and commotion happening around me. Chilli's wolf towers over Maria's, being twice her size, p
Chilli POV "Thanks, Chilli socks," Sam says, clicking and cracking his neck, not seemingly fazed by what just transpired as he walks over to us. The officers, on the other hand, look off-colour, pale and uncomfortable, causing a pit in my stomach to form, making me feel sick and uneasy. What, how.... confusion of what just happened clouds my thoughts as I grip onto my wolf form harder, not ready to let go and feel vulnerable in my human skin. Wishing we could all just pretend this, whatever this was, didn't happen. Clamping my eyes closed, focusing on that one thought, letting it fill my head, feeling it swimming around my mind, body, and soul. Concentrating on my breathing in and out.... in and out ....... in and out until I finally start feeling a wave of calm wash over me, as my furry, warm coat retracts, leaving me crouching down, bare to all the elements. Opening my eyes as cotton brushes and covers my back, falling around my front. Pulling the coat around me as sudde
Chilli POV Taking a deep breath, inhaling the fresh air and the sweet smell of the flowers growing and blooming nearby. I lean back against the warm body of Elias, tangling my toes in amongst the beautiful, cold, green grass as we soak up the spring sun, shining down and the love flowing all around us. Mmmm, the word heaven comes to mind. Nothing could be better in this perfect moment of just being still and happily content with my mate, as time peacefully ticks by slowly.I purr, like a tabby cat, basking in a patch of sunlight when a warm, wet feeling trickles along the skin of my legs and bum. Investigating, I lift myself very slightly off the ground and press my hand on the back of my jeans. "What the .. hell?" I puzzlingly stare down at my hand, my red hand... "its ... blood?!" Panic strikes me as I feel no pain, straight away fearing the worst, I spin around to stare at my mate in search of the injury. Instead, I am met with a cold, hollow, emotionless Elias
A few days laterChilli POV "Penny for your thoughts?" But I'm miles away, lost in my own little world as I stare off into the distant woods out of the window. "Chilli?" Erin touches my shoulder, spooking me from my daydream of my mind running amongst the trees as the sunlight glistens off of the morning dew upon the green grass. "Wow girl, you okay?" "Oh, yes, sorry Erin," I smile, wiping juice from my top as I set my glass down before I make more of a mess. "Did you say something?" "Yes," she huffs, "penny for them?" Signalling to my head, "Where'd you go?""Oh," I chuckle, rubbing the back of my neck awkwardly, "no, nowhere, nothing." Erin gives me a look of disbelief but moves on anyway. "I hear I've missed quite a bit whilst I've been gone," no shit, comes to mind. "How are you feeling?""Okay, I guess," I wasn't lying, I do feel okay, perfectly fine but that's it, only fine. "Any news or updates from your connections at the statio
"Come on," I groan as I heave myself to my feet, "let's head back". "Okay," Erin sighs as I offer a hand to help her up, "no running this time," I smile and nod in thankful agreement.It feels like an age till we are close enough to the packhouse to see its top-floor windows reflect the mid-morning sun. Erin slows to a walk as we pass by the woods, and I gratefully copy, feeling out of shape. Erin hasn't said much on the way home but I can tell there's something on her mind, on the tip of her tongue she wants to say. "Out with it," "What?" She says with a taken aback, shocked look on her face."Come on, you're dying to say something, it's written all over your face. Come on, just say it. " We've been friends for too long for her to be able to hide anything from me, annoyingly it works both ways."Okay, but don't get upset with me," I draw a cross over my heart with my finger, making Erin grin. "I don't mean to be insensitive, but you seem to be d