Wolfe pulled back first. Just enough to break the seal of our mouths. His breath hitched against mine.
“This isn’t the right time,” he said, his voice unsteady.
“I know.”
I stepped away, and he let me. Because if he didn’t, I wouldn’t, and we’d be fucking on the bedroom floor, and he was right, this wasn’t the right time for this.
It wasn’t the right time forus.
A firm knock sounded outside, and Wolfe’s glare at the front of the house made me smile.
I reached out for his hand, and he took it readily. “Don’t do anything too radical while I’m gone?”
“I promise I won’t burn the druid at the stake.”
A burst of surprised laughter escaped me. “Oh, Goddess, I don’t fancy your chances against a fight with the druid.”
“Me neither.” Wolfe quickly ran his eyes over me. “Where’s my shirt?”
“I ripped it off.”
His top lip curled upward. “Hurry back so I can rip everything off.”
Heat bloomed between us, and we both took a step forward.
“Rowen!” Killian called sharply. “Let’s move out, soldier, daylight’s wasting.”
I grabbed my small pile of clothes and hurried out of the room. Killian stood with an open backpack, and Axel stood beside him.
“In here.” When I put my clothes in, he tightened the backpack and then, in swift, efficient movements, he stripped.
His large brown wolf stood patiently while Axel attached the pack to a harness, and then both looked away, and I took that as my signal to shift, wondering at the strangeness.
I shed my clothes and then shed my human form.
Killian didn’t wait to see if I was ready; he just took off running, and I raced after him.
I didn’t look back.
Chapter 6
Wolfe
You better beright about this.
Killian’s last words before he was too far out of reach echoed in my head as I walked back to the pack hall. I hoped I was too.
Axel fell into step beside me, his hands in his pockets, his gaze never resting for long as he searched the perimeter repeatedly.
“Say it,” I murmured as we walked.
Played out as we expected, he said with admiration.You were right on who would finally speak up too.
I nodded.He was always the most outspoken when I was here. Time hasn’t changed him, only made him blunter.
Your mate’s not happy, Axel reminded me.
My mate hasn’t been happy since I walked back into the Hollow.
