Savage Mates novel Chapter 99

Chapter Ninety-Nine: Morning run 

Ryan

My claws sank into the damp soil of the first floor. Jason and Aaron ran ahead of me, letting out playful yips and growls. Their footfalls were muffled by the damp leaves, but I could still hear them even as they darted around the trees in a strange game of hide and go seek mixed with tag.

I wanted to play like they were, to have that bonding moment with my alpha and my packmate. But I couldn’t.

Running was helping to take my mind off of the worry and shock that was hitting me in waves through the bond that I shared with Tillie. It was a strange feeling and one that I wasn’t used to.

30. I was trying not to worry about her, but the stress that I could feel coming from her. It made me want to go to her, to take her in

my arms and protect her from whatever was making her feel like this. I was anxious that it was Travis, Jason, and I that were making her feel like this.

Things had been nonstop since we had met her and I knew that she was only human. Even if she wasn’t being mated to three shifters was a lot for one person. She needed time to take that all in and there was so much that we needed to talk about but we didn’t have the time just yet.

We would later. I just hoped that when we did, it wasn’t too late.

I needed to relax and just run. My mate was with her best friend. She needed that time; she needed to learn the truth about Charity. I just hoped that she took it better than she had last night with us. Travis was still upset that she would think that he would drug her.

Another wave of some strange emotion hit me again and I staggered. Regaining my footing, I looked at Jason, his wolf was a deep dark gray. His eyes were darkened with worry. He had felt it too. He must have with the way that he stopped running. How he turned to look back at me, his head tilted to the side.

He hadn’t said anything about her leaving, but I knew that he was worried that she would run too.

We would hunt her down if she did. That was a given. I knew Travis was almost hoping that she would run. Out of the three of us, I knew my brat liked the chase. He was into the whole primal play thing and there were no secrets about it between us.

He had mentioned it to me before, but I hadn’t tried to think about it too much. Now that I had met Tillie, I couldn’t seem to stop thinking about it. Everything was new between us, but I knew how close to his wolf he was. More so than Jason or I were. I could feel it now, the struggle that he was having understanding why our mate was so upset this morning.