บททั้งหมดของ Embraced By The Pack: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

"Forty-eight hours?"I repeated."I'm sure your mom can take him back to wherever she found him," Ebony offered.If he was a dog, that would’ve worked.Given that he was a hunting werewolf, I was thinking it was a no-go."I'll call her tomorrow," I managed to say, glancing at the clock. It was almost midnight; she was asleep."Sorry. I even called my advisor, but she agreed with Sterling," Madeline apologized. "There's a twenty-pound limit.""Thanks for trying." I wrapped my arms around my stomach. "I appreciate it.""That's what I'm here for." She gave me a sad smile. "He does seem like a good dog."Of course, he did; he wanted me to be his wolfy wife."Have a good night," Madeline said, stepping out of the room."Dammit," I muttered."Now you have an excuse to give your mom," Ebony offered.My forced smile was brittle.If only it was that simple."I'm going to go to bed and figure it out in the morning," I mumbled. "Goodnight."Turning over, I accidentally ended up cuddling the wolf.

My phone alarm went off early since I had to get up in time to drive to the campus for my classes. Fridays were always the longest day of the week for me, even though I had the same Friday schedule on Mondays and Wednesdays too.My face jerked up off the carpeted floor of Jesse's room, and I looked around blearily. I hadn't meant to fall asleep there.Jesse licked my face, and I groaned.My tired fingers struggled with the zippers on my suitcases. When I finally got them open, I grabbed the first clothes I touched and got dressed awkwardly on the floor.I was starting to wonder if my feet would ever heal.That was a bit dramatic, but the pain was horrible, and I couldn't avoid walking.I put on my athletic shoes before shuffling to the bathroom to do my hair.A few minutes later, with my hair in a messy ponytail and dark circles beneath my eyes, I made my way down the stairs. Makeup was the last thing on my mind. As long as I wasn't naked or stinky, I looked good enough for my classes

"The chase?"My voice raised an octave."Yeah.""What the hell is the chase? All Ford told me was that we'd be horny in our human forms.""Nature draws wolves to their mates after they've chosen. The hunt starts when a guy's wolf picks a girl and ends when he's marked her as his, permanently. The chase is the female wolf's process of choosing her mate.""A male wolf's hunt is predictable; he pretty much just follows his woman around until he bites her. The length of time it takes is the only thing that's up in the air. Female wolves are completely unpredictable. She tests her mate until she believes he's a good choice in both human and wolf form. When she's made up her mind, she bites him, and the chase ends.""Tell me there's not a third phase." I smacked a hand on my forehead."The third is the last one. It's called the climax," he said sheepishly."What is it?""Exactly what it sounds like. Lots and lots of sex."I groaned. "That's the lust Ford was talking about, then.""Yeah. It's

"Turn the truck around, "I unbuckled my seatbelt, grabbing the back of Ford's seat. "Turn the hell around or I swear I'll kiss you again."Jesse shoved his furry self between me and Rocco, growling at Rocco.I found it extremely humorous that he chose to growl at Rocco for my threat, but the moment was far too serious to laugh."You don't get to decide when I meet Human Jesse’s parents." My voice raised as I spoke. "I don't even know him, and they're going to assume I'm his freakin’ mail-order bride.""No one thinks you're a mail-order bride, Tea," Rocco said, over the sound of Jesse still growling."They won't assume anything," Dax added. "They're realistic people. No one expects a girl to be in love with her mate during the hunt.""If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last month, it’s that there's no such thing as a realistic werewolf." I glared at both of them. Jesse had me trapped back down on the seat, and my damn hands were scratching his fur for absolutely no apparent reaso

I screamed as sharp teeth sliced into my hip through my clothes. My scream cut off as the pain vanished, giving way to a tingling numbness that made my hip feel like it was growing and swelling and then like I couldn't move it at all. The wolf's teeth slid out of my skin, and his tongue lapped at my wound as he whined. I pushed at his face, yelling something or at least, I thought I was yelling something. My head started to feel fuzzy, and my body began to sway. Jesse the wolf dove to my side, cushioning my head's fall with his back just before I landed on the bathroom tile. My heart beat rapidly, but I felt nothing as the world spun. Cracking sounds, howls, whines, grunts, and shouts sounded in the room, but I felt nothing. The world just continued to spin. My eyes finally closed. When I awoke, I heard steady breathing beneath my head. I tried to move, but couldn't. My eyes opened and closed slowly but I wasn't controlling them. Panic rushed through me when my body began to move