I frown at Jack’s agitation, he talked to the Alpha
of the pack outside the house, and apparently the conversation doesn’t
was very good, could feel his irritation and the fear that Mark
exhaling in the air. I filled another hand with popcorn, taking her mouth.
Almost jumped off the couch when the door slammed hard, Jack went back to the
room in hard steps. I noticed that he was angry, an abnormal rage.
The tense shoulders and his rigid posture, I arched when visualizing his
dilated pupils, something was wrong for him to be so serious of that
form.
—Is everything okay? I asked in a low voice.
Jack just nodded, not looking me in the eye and went up
to the second floor of the house, in complete silence. Held the will
of going after him and continuing on the couch, hoping to come back to give me some response to that gross change of behavior. He
It took a few seconds to get down, and when he came back he was dressed.
I need to get out—that’s all I said before I walked towards the door.
—Hey, what happened? —I cried before he opened the door, got up from the
sofa quickly.
Jack stopped in place, his shoulders stiff. Let out a long breath
through the nose.
—That was nothing, only problems to be solved.
I bit my lower lip before walking slowly towards it, the
cold ground shivered my skin. I adjusted my shirt in place and touched
his strained shoulder, he shuddered at my touch.
Can I help you with something?
I knew how many responsibilities Jack had, his obligations and
duties, but if I were your partner, it was my duty to help you, try
to lighten the weight that he had carried alone for so many years. If I helped him to
Finish your job faster, we’d have more time together.
—It’s something I need to do alone—he replied, still on his back. —
I can’t be distracted.
Pulled my touch from your shoulder, making a grimace, outraged with
your comment.
—I’m a mere distraction for you? —I twisted my nose when I asked.
Jack finally turned around, his eyes stormy and hard face. Something
That wasn’t a good sign.
—By the Moon! Of course it didn’t. —But I can’t focus on more
nothing but you if we’re together, and I can’t commit another
mistake.
I raised an eyebrow crossing my arms, not liking your tone
or his lame excuses. He was hiding some
thing. Knew him enough to identify his body’s reactions
behavior. Whenever something bad happened
or the safety of the wolves was at risk, he changed completely,
turned into the damn Supreme that I hated and worshipped at
same time.
"Although I love this Alpha male pose, there’s something strange about it."
—Jack—sighed. —What’s going on?
He was still adamant.
—I gotta go, Hayley, don’t wait for lunch—that’s all I said before
to open the door and leave the house.
I continued standing before the door, trying to understand the reason for your
reluctance to talk to me. I shuddered to imagine the possibility of
some danger be hanging around my family or he be taking risks
I don’t know what I’d do if something happened to Jackson.
—What the hell happened to you, Jack? —I whispered to myself,
rubbing my forehead.
As expected, Jack didn’t show up for lunch. The asshole me
left alone that afternoon, I made a ham and cheese sandwich to eat, along with an orange juice. I sat on the bench in
kitchen and ate in silence, alone, lost in thoughts
confused.
I beat my fingers on the kitchen counter, finishing my
sandwich in minutes, making another then was hungry. I went up
to the second floor with a plate with some sweets I found in
refrigerator and walked to the library I found the day I arrived.
I turned on the lights in the room and opened the curtains, it was still 1 pm and I did not
I had a lot to do without Jack, barely knew the pack or the wolves.
I pulled a novel from one of the shelves and sat on the sofa, supporting
the porcelain plate on the legs and opened the book. I tried to understand the
history and the characters, but my mind turned to Jack and his
behavior. I finished eating the sweets and didn’t even have
past the second chapter of the book, I snorted frustrated and threw him on the couch,
crossing legs in a row.
I stood in that position for long minutes, until my head started
throbbing from thinking and thinking, searching for an explanation.
Would it be some trouble with the pack? Or maybe with Mark, taking in
tells that Jack was furious with him. And if it was something related to
abductions of the females, he would have told me... Jack would not hide something like this
of me.
He wouldn’t be able...would he?
"I’d rather believe not."
A strange noise caught my attention outside the house.
I walked to the open windows and found Ayla along with some females in an area near the house, a shallow smile opened in my
lips to see that Ayla tried to teach the wolves to defend themselves. She did not
was experienced in that, quickly realized, but his willpower
was admirable.
I passed in my room quickly to change clothes and put on my
shoes, before walking out of the house, towards Ayla and the
wolves. They bowed their head as they saw me approach, I opened a
shy smile and nodded, they stopped abruptly..
—Ma'am, I hope we didn’t bother you—said Ayla
swiftly.
I denied it with my head.
—Did not bother me—guaranteed the female. —But why here? I imagine
that you should have a specific area for training.
The females exchanged significant glances, moistened my lips and sent
a questioning look for Ayla.
—The males train in the arena—she explained. —And many of the wolves still
did not accept our training.
"We should take a walk in the arena and break some noses, what
you think?"
I agreed to an understanding.
That’s why they came away from them.
I watched the females, they looked anxious and frustrated at the same
time, I imagined that this was not the training that they both
longed to succeed. I sighed as I approached a female of dark hair and brown skin, her brown eyes watched me
with curiosity. I held his hand and saw his fractured fingers.
—You’re using the wrong joints, if you keep this up, you’ll break
your fingers with a few strokes. Here, these are the right bones that you
must use, to inflict more damage on your enemy.
She opened and closed her fists a few times, sending me a look of
gratitude.
—Hold hair, it’s easier to fight and they can be used
against you for your opponent.
You never tie your hair—she pondered.
I raised my hand and the pointed claws tore the tips of mine
fingers, I opened a little sly smile.
Believe me, I didn’t blink for her.
—Allow me to introduce them, Lady—Ayla said beside me. —This
is Vassa—pointed to the dark—haired female. —That’s Lina—a
female with white skin and pulled eyes. —And last, Raya —the last
had red hair and blue eyes.
I waved to the females, and was answered with a short bow with my head in the form of respect.
Lina? I called for the wolf.
Is that right, ma'am?
I approached her, hands crossed behind my back and stopped before her.
—You’re fast, a fast, agile wolf. Use these skills to your advantage.
She blinked, a crease formed on her forehead.
—How?
—Wolves are experienced predators, love a hunt—start. —But
nothing annoys them more than not being able to capture their victim, that
hurts your egos. Nothing enrages a male more than not having the
control.
Lina bit the corner of her mouth, thoughtfully.
—And I must use my agility to make my opponents lose
the control?
I snapped my tongue, pushing a brown strand of my hair to
behind the ear.
—When a wolf loses control, it acts by emotion, by impulse,
males mostly. But we’re smarter and smarter
that they. Tickle your anger and when your opponent is
going crazy, you can easily knock him down, only with your
mind and its agility.
The smile that opened on Lina’s fine lips was perverse, as if
was finally discovering his true strength and wit. And
I returned that smile, proud of myself. I turned my face in
direction of the red—haired female.
—Raya, you’re strong and crude. Your movements are firm, I imagine
don’t have trouble breaking a nose—the look she sent me
confirmed my words. But you leave your legs unprotected, focus too much on the fists and forget the rest of the body.
Raya snapped her fingers, her lips tightened in a rigid line. I turned around
Towards Ayla, she bit her lower lip as she watched me.
—You’re getting married in two days, shouldn’t be finishing the
preparations for the ceremony with her groom? —raised an eyebrow to the
ask.