Chapter Fifteen
We ran outside into the parking lot, knowing we had a lot of ground to cover, and I was pleased to see that Cai had no issue keeping up. If anything, it was me that was slowing us down.
I turned to yell out some more directions of where we were headed next, but to my surprise, he was running in the opposite direction to where we were needing to go.
“Where are you going?” I yelled out after him. “It‘s this way!”
He spun around to face me as he continued to move backwards.
“Were you actually planning to run the whole way?” he shouted back, amused.
He was right. Even if I could run the whole way, I would be way too exhausted to fight by the time we got there.
“Fine,” I said, running to catch up with him. “Hand me the car keys and let‘s go.”
“Woah, I‘m not giving you the keys.” He looked at me incredulously.
“Don‘t be ridiculous, you don‘t even know the way!”
He stopped walking at that to look down at me seriously.
“One,” he said, holding up a finger, “you are literally fourteen. I‘m not giving the keys to a child.”
I felt my cheeks burn, realising how stupid I must have sounded. I wasn‘t supposed to know how to drive a car yet. It would be another few years before I‘d get my license again.
“And two…,” he pointed to a motorcycle parked by the curb. “It‘s not a car.”
| stared at the two–wheeled death trap.
“You‘ve got to be joking.”
He gave me an entertained smirk. “You were willing to run into danger completely unprepared and alone just five minutes ago, but now a motorcycle is too far?”
I bit my lip. He had a point.
I sighed. “Fine. Let‘s just go. It‘s getting dark and we‘re wasting time.”
His smirk widened into a genuine smile and I looked away before I‘d get caught up in those feelings he gives off when he does that. I remembered the first time he smiled like that, it had felt like my insides were melting in those molten gold orbs. He had this weird charismatic energy about him. It was no wonder the teachers were so enchanted by him.
He straddled the bike and handed me the helmet.
“Get on, little wolf,” he said. “Make sure to hold on tight. You‘re so tiny you’ll fly off with the wind.”
I pouted at his word choice which, once again, made fun of my external age. But nevertheless, I got on the bike behind him.
I‘d never been on a bike before and found the movement clumsy, especially since I wasn‘t sure where to place my hands or legs.
“You‘re going to fall off like that,” he said over his shoulder.
He then reached his arms backward to grab behind my knees, and pulled me towards him so my body was up flush against his back. I was about to protest the proximity but he grabbed at my hands before !
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could, promptly wrapping them tightly around his torso.
It was an extremely embarrassing position to find myself in; so close to this stranger who was now seated between my legs. I could feel the heat emanating from his body and found it difficult to distract myself from the fact I was completely wrapped around him. At that moment, I was immensely glad that Cai couldn‘t see my face behind him because I was sure it had gone completely bright red.
We swiftly dismounted and I searched the tree line, looking for anything suspicious or out of place. But when I couldn‘t see anything, I relaxed a little. I suspected they were going to approach from the North but being complacent was a quick death I wanted to avoid.
We travelled up the small dirt path into the trees, being sure to be as quiet as possible to listen out for danger. Cai was far more prepared than I was as he made sure to cover our tracks as best as possible while we walked. A definite testament to his training.
I pulled Cai down behind a bush just outside the edge of the clearing and sneaked a quick peek through the brush. To my relief, I didn‘t spot any sign that Myra or the wolves arrived yet. We needed to stay sharp though and keep a lookout for her. With any luck, we could pull her out of dangers way before any of the fighting took place. We just had to distract them long enough for the warriors to show up.
He met my eyes as an air of annoyance sparked between us.
“Stop treating me like a child!” I hissed. “I know how to fight a little. I can cover your back at least.”
“No,” he said, adamant in his decision. “I won‘t allow it. You‘re just going to get hurt. There‘s plenty of time to grow up and become stronger, but you can‘t do that if you‘re dead.”
“Won‘t allow it? Won‘t allow it?!” I repeated in disbelief. “Who the hell do you think you are?”
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“I‘m an Alpha‘s son. I get you‘re from a different pack, but you need to respect me and my decisions here. Leave. Now. I won‘t say it again.”
Anger swept through me, making my pulse run faster.
He‘d done it. He‘d finally done it. He had tried to use an Alpha tone on me. I could feel his attempt at throwing authority wash over me.
Even though I was just a Beta‘s daughter, I could still feel the weight he had intended his command to have, but he obviously didn‘t realise that his foreign Alpha heir authority wasn‘t going to be nearly enough t o get me to submit.
I grabbed his shirt and pulled his face so close we were just inches apart.
“I don‘t think you realise that I‘m the future Luna of this fucking pack. You don‘t get to give me orders.”
His eyes widened as he jerked out of my grip backwards. I could see his face visibly become paler as it all started to click for him.
“Wait, what…? Don‘t tell me you‘re Ariadne Chr–”
His voice was then abruptly cut off by the shrilling scream of a young girl, crying out only meters away.
Oh, Goddess….
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