asked
Decebel as the Alpha kept pace beside him.
“She didn’t,” he growled. “She was yelling
like a maniac and then she just shut me out.”
Fane was pretty sure that
they would never fully understand their females. They wanted space,
of course, but all hell would break loose if the males were the
ones who closed the bonds. They wanted open and honest feelings,
and yet Jacque hid from him instead of talking to him about
whatever it was that had caused her to close their bond. He was truly at a loss on
how to be what she needed.
Decebel suddenly made a sharp turn as he
yelled, “There!”
Fane altered his course to follow the Alpha.
He’d lost Jacquelyn’s trail a quarter of a mile back and could only
pick up Jen’s scent and the scent of wild pigs. But still he kept
running because Jen had said they were together. He had no reason
to believe that Jen would be lying about it.
J en continued to run despite the fact that she could feel her
mate closing in on her. For someone who prided herself on her
adaptability, she was feeling rather unprepared. She was blaming it
on pregnancy hormones… No, not her own, she couldn’t get by with
that anymore but she could claim Jacque’s. “Yeah, you just keep
telling yourself that, blondie,” she grumbled to herself as she
pushed her feet to move even faster. Jen knew she wasn’t going to
keep it up much longer. Decebel was simply just too much stronger
and faster than her. His legs were more powerful and able to cover
more ground than hers, no matter how much she hated to admit
it.
When she could hear his breathing behind
her, she knew it was time to move on to part two of her
plan…whatever the hell that was. She slowed down until she was able
to come to a stop and leaned over, resting her hands on her knees.
Her breathing was fast, but she was in no way out of breath.
Werewolves could run for a long time before they finally gave
out.
Decebel’s arms were around her seconds later
and she leaned into his touch as she always did and always would.
Jen was going to soak it up while she could because it wouldn’t be
long before he put on his brooding face and started grilling her
with questions that she was not going to have answers to.
“Are you alright?” he asked, his voice low
and fervent.
Jen pulled back to look up at him and sure
enough his amber eyes glowed with the presence of his wolf. “I’m
good.”
“Where is Jacquelyn?” Fane asked as she
watched him stomp around in useless circles searching through the
trees. Jen could tell he was trying to listen as well. Poor wolf
wouldn’t hear what he was hoping to.
“Okay, so you might want to sit down for
this,” Jen said as she stepped out of Decebel’s hold. She pulled
the band from her hair and re-gathered it into a neater pony tail,
more to stall than for any other reason. It wasn’t like she really
cared what she looked like in that moment.
“No offense, Jen, but I don’t want to sit. I
want to see my mate. Is she alright? Has she found a place to hide
from the boar?” Fane’s eyes were glowing the ice blue that was
freaky as much as it was beautiful.
Jen let out a long sigh. Damn, she hated to
give in so easily, but what was she supposed to do? It’s not like
she could just keep running and expecting them to follow her.
Eventually both the males were going to figure out that there
weren’t any stupid pigs in the forest and there sure as hell wasn’t
any Jacque. “Okay, so it’s like this,” she began. “I came over here
with every intention of spending some time with my bestie and
hoping to figure out what’s crawled up her butt and made her act so
weird. When I got here I caught her scent leading into the forest.
It was strong so I knew it was recent.” Jen paused and wondered if
maybe she should skip all the truly unnecessary information,
because Fane was really starting to look a tad crazy. But then she
remembered the Great Luna asking her to distract him. She
Decebel as the Alpha kept pace beside him.
“She didn’t,” he growled. “She was yelling
like a maniac and then she just shut me out.”
Fane was pretty sure that
they would never fully understand their females. They wanted space,
of course, but all hell would break loose if the males were the
ones who closed the bonds. They wanted open and honest feelings,
and yet Jacque hid from him instead of talking to him about
whatever it was that had caused her to close their bond. He was truly at a loss on
how to be what she needed.
Decebel suddenly made a sharp turn as he
yelled, “There!”
Fane altered his course to follow the Alpha.
He’d lost Jacquelyn’s trail a quarter of a mile back and could only
pick up Jen’s scent and the scent of wild pigs. But still he kept
running because Jen had said they were together. He had no reason
to believe that Jen would be lying about it.
J en continued to run despite the fact that she could feel her
mate closing in on her. For someone who prided herself on her
adaptability, she was feeling rather unprepared. She was blaming it
on pregnancy hormones… No, not her own, she couldn’t get by with
that anymore but she could claim Jacque’s. “Yeah, you just keep
telling yourself that, blondie,” she grumbled to herself as she
pushed her feet to move even faster. Jen knew she wasn’t going to
keep it up much longer. Decebel was simply just too much stronger
and faster than her. His legs were more powerful and able to cover
more ground than hers, no matter how much she hated to admit
it.
When she could hear his breathing behind
her, she knew it was time to move on to part two of her
plan…whatever the hell that was. She slowed down until she was able
to come to a stop and leaned over, resting her hands on her knees.
Her breathing was fast, but she was in no way out of breath.
Werewolves could run for a long time before they finally gave
out.
Decebel’s arms were around her seconds later
and she leaned into his touch as she always did and always would.
Jen was going to soak it up while she could because it wouldn’t be
long before he put on his brooding face and started grilling her
with questions that she was not going to have answers to.
“Are you alright?” he asked, his voice low
and fervent.
Jen pulled back to look up at him and sure
enough his amber eyes glowed with the presence of his wolf. “I’m
good.”
“Where is Jacquelyn?” Fane asked as she
watched him stomp around in useless circles searching through the
trees. Jen could tell he was trying to listen as well. Poor wolf
wouldn’t hear what he was hoping to.
“Okay, so you might want to sit down for
this,” Jen said as she stepped out of Decebel’s hold. She pulled
the band from her hair and re-gathered it into a neater pony tail,
more to stall than for any other reason. It wasn’t like she really
cared what she looked like in that moment.
“No offense, Jen, but I don’t want to sit. I
want to see my mate. Is she alright? Has she found a place to hide
from the boar?” Fane’s eyes were glowing the ice blue that was
freaky as much as it was beautiful.
Jen let out a long sigh. Damn, she hated to
give in so easily, but what was she supposed to do? It’s not like
she could just keep running and expecting them to follow her.
Eventually both the males were going to figure out that there
weren’t any stupid pigs in the forest and there sure as hell wasn’t
any Jacque. “Okay, so it’s like this,” she began. “I came over here
with every intention of spending some time with my bestie and
hoping to figure out what’s crawled up her butt and made her act so
weird. When I got here I caught her scent leading into the forest.
It was strong so I knew it was recent.” Jen paused and wondered if
maybe she should skip all the truly unnecessary information,
because Fane was really starting to look a tad crazy. But then she
remembered the Great Luna asking her to distract him. She
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