Page 154 of The Alpha and His Song: Volume One

The second Immy left us alone, we were kissing. Sassy was content in my head. Keaton’s gift he got me had me insanely emotional. My boyfriend carved something for me. The wolf on it nearly moved me to tears.

I wanted that wolf to be real so I could pet it. Jesus, Odette. Just get off the crazy train for five seconds. I wish I’d done something more than make him dinner and get a sexy starter kit. Keaton didn’t seem to mind though.

In fact, I swear his eyes flickered black a lot. I really needed to go see an optometrist. Keaton definitely had a dominance kink. What surprised me is I loved it quite a bit, and I had a little streak of it myself. It was a strange night of self-discovery in a very orgasmic, delicious way.

I also decided lingerie was somewhat pointless. Keaton had some inhuman strength ability to rip it apart. Definitely not spending money on that. Keaton and I spent the whole weekend together, mostly inside each other.

At some point, we’d have to turn into normal high school students. When Keaton left, he said he was coming back. My body clearly needed rest, but Tatum needed a walk. I took her out and grabbed some leftovers. I went to where my rabies wolf was and left the plate.

When I was leaving Jag stepped out. I smiled greeting, “Hi, Jag! How was your Valentine’s Day?” Jag shrugged, “Uneventful.” I frowned, “Oh. Well, thanks for the help with the starter kit.” I blushed saying it, but Jag was clearly feeling down.

Jag smiled, “You are more than welcome. What are you doing out here?” I admitted, “I’m leaving my rabies wolf some food.” Jag growled softly, “Maybe you should give the wolf a new nickname.” I shrugged, “I could think about it.” Jag laughed, “Do that.” I gave him a quick hug and went back home with Tatum.

My puppy went right in and fell asleep. I took a bath, started the laundry, and put new sheets on the bed too. That was a necessity. I fell asleep before Keaton got back, but I woke up with him. My boyfriend explained his brother was leaving him in charge, and we wouldn’t be able to hang out as much until he came back.

I was disappointed, but I understood. Heck, I was proud of him. I was also certain they were definitely in the mob too, because why else would his brother leave him in charge. I knew Keaton was doing a good job because people at school talked about it.

This town really seemed to be up in each other’s business a lot, but I liked knowing Keaton was doing so well. I’d emailed my brothers more. Tatum and I were bonding quite a bit. We’d started running together.

Kenneth snickered every time he saw me lifting weights in the gym. I had no idea what his deal was. May had told me Lisa was causing Keaton and Keith problems. Sassy had promptly hissed the rest of the day. For once, I wished Lisa was in school so I could get even. Whew. I really was talking to my brothers a lot considering I wanted to get even with people. Calm down Odette.

One day I was humming myself when Sassy took over and grabbed the keys to my car. I dropped them and frowned. An overwhelming sense of Keaton being in danger overtook me. I had to take several deep breaths.

I whispered, “Keaton is fine. Keaton is fine.” Over and over. Sassy was taking over my hand to grab my car keys every few seconds, but I dropped them every time. I decided I’d go talk to Kenneth. I went downstairs and put the keys in my pocket.

I told Sassy, “We aren't a good enough driver to go cruising around town looking for our boyfriend. Unless you can drive.” Sassy was still worried. The sense that Keaton was in danger was getting stronger. Kenneth looked up when he saw me.

The building manager asked, “Katie, is anything wrong?” I blurted out, “Is Keaton ok? I just know something is wrong.” Kenneth frowned. After a moment, he looked at his phone. Which was odd considering his screen was dark.

Kenneth lied, “Keaton’s fine. He’s just out for a drive.” I asked, “How do you know that?” Kenneth answered, “I got a text.” I argued, “No, you didn't, your phone didn’t even light up. Is Keaton ok? Would you tell me if he was hurt?”

Kenneth gently said, “Katie, I promise you Keaton’s fine.” I nodded and acted like I was going upstairs. Kenneth must not have checked because I sounded bat crap crazy. To be fair to the man, he was not wrong. It did sound crazy, but I was right. I needed to know if Keaton was really ok.

Instead of going upstairs, I took the stairs down. I sighed, “I don’t know where Key was driving, Sassy. Do you?” I felt her confidence that she could find him. I unlocked my car and got in. It still smelled new. I asked myself, “Am I really doing this?”

Sassy took over to start the car. I gulped and proceeded to pull out really carefully. Kenneth ran outside yelling, “KATIE!” I gunned it, driving away. Ok, where was I going? Sassy was singing her song and guiding us.

I drove carefully until we got onto a back road. I’d nearly run into a few mailboxes but narrowly avoided them. I whispered, “Ok, so we only almost hit a few things that’s not bad. We didn’t actually hit anything, so it doesn’t count.”

I used the voice to command button on the steering wheel. I instructed, “Call Key.” The voice replied, “Calling Key.” Ok I could get behind this voice to command deal. Keaton answered. The feeling of him being in danger was so high my panic finally overtook me.

My boyfriend was concerned I was driving, which was the wrong fear to have. Who cared about me? He was the one in trouble! I knew it. I came over a hill and saw his truck and sighed in relief. He was fine.

Then I saw the SUV barreling towards him, but they weren’t slowing down. I screamed while Sassy hissed in my head. The SUV didn’t stop after they hit Keaton’s truck. They just swerved, corrected, and drove off. I screamed, my heart in my stomach as Keaton’s truck rolled.

I watched in abject horror as my boyfriend’s truck rolled four times before it came to a stop. I slammed on my brakes and threw the car into park. I screamed, “KEATON!” I ran the whole way to his truck. Why did it have to stop rolling on the hood? Tears filled my eyes.

I yelled, “KEATON, PLEASE ANSWER ME! Why didn’t I listen to Sassy sooner? Oh god. Keaton, please say something!” I reached the driver's side. Keaton was hanging upside down, but his seatbelt did its job.

I climbed in through the back window that had shattered. I put my finger on his pulse point. I sighed in relief feeling his steady heartbeat. I said mostly to myself, “I’ll get you out of here, Key.” It was then I heard a growl. I groaned, “Not now!”

I looked around the truck for a weapon. I nearly snorted because I spotted golf clubs. Of course, my super rich boyfriend played golf. That was good. I grabbed the driver club. I crawled out to find myself surrounded by red eye wolves.

I raised the club in the air warning, “Not today, rabies wolves.” They growled. I continued, “My boyfriend needs help, and you’re in my way. I don’t know if you understand me, but I’m so angry I could spit nails. Just tuck tail and leave.”

One charged me, and I clubbed him in the head. He went down. I felt a little bad, but I didn’t want rabies. A loud growl stopped everyone. I looked over the ridge and couldn’t help but smile. My rabies wolf was here.

I boasted, “You’re all in trouble now! My rabies wolf and I are a good team.” Several of the rabies wolves snorted, seeming amused. My rabies wolf and I quickly knocked out the wolves. I wondered why he wasn’t killing them. Maybe they were his friends.