Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games novel Chapter 34

Chapter 34

I managed to make us stand and started walking back towards my house, but we didn’t get far before I felt eyes watching me. I turned quickly and the fur on my hackles stood up as I bit back a snarl. There was a new scent in the area that I didn’t recognize, male and growing stronger, heading my way. Then another and another. An entire group of wolves were headed my way, and I instinctively knew it was too late to turn tail and run.

I backed up into the thick brush of the forest and laid low to the ground as they approached. I could see them clearly, four in all, and watched them sniff the air, knowing they had caught my scent and were looking for me. In two years, I had only ever seen the one brown wolf in the area, but I should have known. Wolves never ran alone, always in packs, well, except me, I thought ironically. Why did

I think he would be like me?

I knew as soon as the first wolf scented my location. My back–end raised up and I snarled a low menacing sound his way. The others took notice and followed as they tried to surround me. Just as I started to pounce on the first wolf, I saw him. It was almost like a dream. That big brown wolf I had grown to love so much came seemingly out of nowhere and jumped over the first wolf to stand in front of me. His back was to me and he was growling and snapping his teeth at the others. I had been right all along. He was protecting me like my own personal guardian angel.

The first remained, even as the other three turned and ran off. The first growled back at my brown protector and started to make a lunge, but the brown wolf moved just in time and jumped on top of him, snarling and snapping his jaws. Leaping back, he started to come at him again, but the first wolf did the strangest thing. He looked right at me, then he stopped still and looked back at the brown wolf before lowering his head to the ground, then bared his neck to the large brown wolf who made a snorting sound and seemed to motion with his head for the wolf to leave. Their actions were almost human–like, and I was fascinated by it. Never once did I consider they too might be werewolves.

The large brown wolf turned toward me. I was surprised at just how much bigger he was than my own wolf. I kept my head lowered and averted looking directly into his eyes as I scooted out from my hiding place and stood before him. I dipped my head lower and bared my neck to him as I had seen the other wolf do. Something inside told me it was the right thing to do, that this wolf was something of importance. I couldn’t begin to say how I knew it, I just did.

When I finally chanced a look, the wolf sat back on his haunches and quirked his head to the side studying me. Something about the motion reminded me of Kyle Westin and I laughed, but in wolf form it came out as a weird growly sounded that startled both of us. After the initial shock, I could have sworn the other wolf smiled. Can wolves smile? Surely, I must have imagined it.

Chapter 34

I stayed mostly still as the wolf began circling and sniffing me. It irritated me feeling like I was being treated like a dog, and so I turned and huffed off, clearly surprising my self–appointed guardian. He snapped out, but I kept going. He growled, and it scared me, causing me to take off in a full sprint. It wasn’t long before he had caught up to me, though, and the beast jumped on top of me, knocking me to the ground. I’m not sure if it surprised me or him more, but I pushed back and soon had him pinned to the ground on his back. His hazel eyes full of shock, but not of aggression. I no longer felt any threat from him.