Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games novel Chapter 48

Chapter 48

“Wolf form, Kels, we’re running in wolf form.”

She seemed to struggle with that and her nerves increased still more.

“But, uh, but, won’t the humans think it’s weird seeing two wolves running down South Street?”

Lily snorted, holding back a laugh, “Sweetie, no one in San Marco will find it weird, I promise.”

She hugged her in reassurance and I was taken back at the jealousy I felt watching, even knowing Lily was no threat to me and my mate.

“Kels, there really aren’t any humans in San Marco. Honestly, not for nearly fifty miles of the place. Everyone here is Westin Pack. Now down at the factories, that’s a different story, but up here, that remoteness that probably drew you in and made you comfortable here, that’s all designed on

purpose.”

“Oh,” she sighed. “What about the butcher at the grocery store in town?”

“Samson? Yeah, wolf.”

“And Cole Anderson?”

“Wolf.” Lily grinned and wagged her eyebrows, “Definitely all wolf there!”

I bit back the growl trying to unleash. Did she really just make a comment about another male to my mate? I took a deep breath. I needed to get a grip. Lily didn’t know Kelsey was my mate, but if she made one more comment like that, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to keep it a secret any longer. My wolf stirred and roared, remembering the tattoo on her thigh. It was me, she’d chosen to mark herself with me, but the thought that Cole’s hands had been there on her, marking her body like that was difficult to think past. I had to get control of myself. I needed to run.

“You can head into the brush and change so you don’t ruin your clothes. I’ll just be over there.” I pointed in the direction I was heading even knowing the odd look my sisters were giving me.

I quickly stripped, leaving my clothes by a tree and changed into my wolf form. It didn’t even begin to take the itch off as I knew Kelsey was nearby doing the same thing, and it was impossible not to picture her naked as I had secretly seen on far too many occasions and dreamed about on far too many other nights. Shaking my big furry head, I walked over to the girls.

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“That was nice of you, big guy, giving her a little privacy like that. Probably don’t want to scare her too quickly with the ways of the pack.”

Then she proceeded to pet my head. Only Lily would ever dare and I shook my head and snorted in a light warning to back off. She just laughed and kept at it.

“Okay, I’m heading over now. Give me ten minutes to get everything lined up. Already called Liam and he’s meeting me at headquarters. We’ll three way Elise in when we get there. Shoot, we need someone to signal you to go. Let me see if Chase is available.”

I felt Kelsey change and knew she was crouched in the woods, watching and waiting, unsure of exposing herself for what probably felt to her as the first time. I got up and walked over to lay beside her, nudging her with my nose. In some ways, I could express things to her in wolf form that I wouldn’t dare in human form for fear I’d scare her away. But I also didn’t think she fully understood her actions, even the ones in wolf form, that should have been natural instinct to her, but then again, maybe that’s exactly what it was, I thought, as she nuzzled over next to me and laid her head across my paws, fully exposing her neck to me. I nuzzled into it, enjoying her natural scent. I couldn’t help but give her a big sloppy wet lick across her face before jumping up and running over to my sister.

In wolf form, we could see fully and understand humans and shifters in human form, we just couldn’t communicate vocally. Only mated pairs in wolf form could communicate in a sort of telepathic manner I didn’t fully understand. It also wasn’t something that just happened when mates first bonded. The bonding took time to fully develop, and talking telepathically was something only very committed, thoroughly bonded mates could do. I wondered if Kelsey and I would ever have that. I sure hoped so.

I noticed Chase had already arrived. He must have been close by because that was fast. I ran over and playfully lunged for him, laughing he rolled to the ground.

“Knock it off, Kyle. And mom says I’m just a big pup!”