hapter 23
Eve POV
I started to slowly wake up. I just lay in bed with my eyes closed, feeling the warmth of the blankets on my legs, the still sound of the room, the warm relaxed feeling that’s running through my body as if a warm light is flowing in my veins. I haven’t slept this well in ages.
I can feel a warm comforting body next to me as they slowly stroke my hair. It takes me a while to realize I don’t recognize the body I’m next to. I open my eyes and see Conrad looking down at me.
“Hey, beautiful“.
I leap out of the bed with a scream.
He starts to panic and talking rapidly. “It’s Ok. It’s OK. I’m only here cause you wanted me here. Nothing
happened”.
“I wouldn’t want you here. Why are you in my bed“. I’m furious he would try something like this.
“Take some breaths and try and remember this morning. What do you remember“.
“I remember going to see my mother and not being able to find her. I was angry. I came to find her….and
then it’s all fuzzy“.
“Just take some breaths. It will come back to you“. He has a calm reassurance in his voice.
I take a few deep breaths and try a clear my mind. I close my eyes and try to focus. It all comes flooding
back. I attack Liam and then Conrad. He said he knew. What has he worked out? I’m not safe here. I have
to leave. I start to move towards the door but he’s as quick as I am. He spins me around and pins me to the door with my hands above my head.
“Lewana stop running. You don’t need to run from me“.
He is so close I can scent him for the first time. He smells like an open field just before a lightning storm is about to strike. Powerful and thrilling. I can feel the chiseled outline of his muscles beneath his clothes as he uses his body weight to hold me still. His body heat radiates into mine like he’s trying to get closer to me. I stare into his eyes. They’re a piecing hazel that reminds me of jasper stones. As he looks at me it is like he can see inside me, like he is staring into my eyes and already knows what I’m thinking. I break eye contact as he can’t know everything. Can he?
“If you know everything then you know I’m a danger to the pack. If you don’t, you need to understand that
I have to leave anyway“.
“I know your Alpha Blake’s daughter. I know you’re a very strong Alpha. I know you were abused because they wanted you for breeding, I know you escaped before you were sold. I also know I don’t care about any of that. I know you are an asset and not a danger to the pack. And I know I can keep you safe here“. His voice is pleading with me..
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Chapter 23
“Why do you want me here so much. You can just pick another mate“.
“Cause I have met thousands of she–wolves visiting other packs and none have been even close as amazing as you“.
“I don’t understand“,
“I honestly don’t understand either. I just know when I saw you I was drawn to you and the closer I get to you, the more it kills a part of me to watch you leave“.
We slowly break apart and he takes my hand and leads to the living room. We awkwardly wait with us both in the room not sure what to say. The girls come back about 15 minutes later as we need to start packing. We’re leaving today.
I go to my mother before we leave, and they tell me about her medical needs and care plan. Conrad said it will all be looked after by the pack’s medical team and she will stay in the pack house from now so the staff can support her better.
I say goodbye to Arthur who hugs me as if he is saying goodbye forever. I know he doesn’t want me to come back. He always said I should run but I refused until I knew the pack was safe. Now that they are, could I?
The limo arrives and we all start getting in. All the girls are sad to be leaving. Liam and Michelle share a passionate kiss and Willow and Kimberly are planning to come back. Apparently, Conrad has offered them both employment contracts. Willow to head up the library and artifact cataloguing and Kimberly as a teacher. I know he did this to get me to come back with them when they all visit but I’m not sure I mind.
Conrad walks up to me and for the first time, I don’t feel the need to run or be on guard.
“Will you come back. I know the weekend was hard for you but I really want you to consider coming back“.
“I don’t know. I will think about it though“.
“Well here is my card with my personal phone number on it. Text or call if you want to arrange it or just
check up on your mother“.
And just like that the weekend came to an end. I thought I would have a freeing feeling as the original deal was that I didn’t have to come back. It’s going to take me time to process everything that happened this weekend. But I do know that I don’t feel the same way as I did when I arrived.
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Could be the mate mond coming alive. I hope they all go back.
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