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My throat welled. "Thank you so much."
He muttered something, and I quickly dialed Ebony's number.
Right before it went to voicemail, she answered. "Hello?"
"Hey, Ebony. It's Tea."
"Finally. Where are you? Are you okay? I thought maybe you hooked up with someone last night, but you haven't been home for your laptop. What happened?" She sounded upset, and I felt a little bad even though the kidnapping had obviously not been my fault.
"I'll explain when I get back to the dorm. Is there any way you can pick me up? I'm on a bus. The next stop is..." I scanned the sign on the wall.
"Redd street and Pope," Phone Guy muttered.
I shot him another grateful look and repeated his words.
Ebony said, "Okay, I'm leaving right now. See you soon."
After echoing the sentiment and thanking her, I handed the phone back to the guy across the aisle. "Thank you so much for everything," I told him, hoping he could tell I was being sincere.
"Yep." He looked back at his phone, turning away and ignoring me once again.
I dug through my bag until I found a wallet, and pulled out ten bucks. Though I really couldn't afford to give him anything, the guy had helped me out when he clearly didn't want to. For that, he deserved the money whether I could afford it or not.
"Thank you." I repeated, handing him the cash.
He nodded and stuck it in his pocket.
My heart stopped pounding as I settled into the seat for a minute, trying to calm myself.
The werewolves couldn't have seen me, right? They'd only been there for a moment, and I’d already been inside the bus when they got there. There was no way they'd noticed me unless they'd looked through the window, but that wasn't likely, was it?
I turned my head and watched out the window at the back of the bus. I couldn't see the truck following behind us, so that was a good sign.
When the bus stopped, I saw Ebony's car parked nearby and nearly cried in relief.
As I followed a few other people off the bus, my eyes were trained on my feet while I tried not to step on anything sharp on my way out.
The guy in front of me strode away, and I stepped down the last stair only to freeze.
Jesse sat on the ground like he was a dog rather than a wolf. Around his neck was a collar, and attached to it was a short leash that rested on the ground in a small pile of fabric.
None of the other guys were around, and I didn't see their truck or their van either.
What the hell was going on?
I tried to step past Jesse, but he got up and walked beside me like he was a dog—my dog. Since he could probably pass for a husky or a wolfdog to anyone who wasn't a wolf expert, I wasn't sure how I was going to get rid of him.
Tucked in his collar was a rolled-up piece of paper. I stopped, tugged it out, and unrolled it.
It read:
We talked Jesse into hunting you while you stay in school. He's going to act like any other dog. As long as you don't bring any guys home or try to escape again, he won't give you any problems. Buy him a service dog vest and no one will give you any problems either. -Elliot
I crumpled the note and tossed it in the trash can a few feet away.
"What's it going to take to get rid of you?" I asked the wolf.
He snorted.
Yeah, that was what I thought he'd say.
But what options did I really have at that point?
"Alright, fine. Let's go." I grabbed the leash off the ground and tugged him toward Ebony's car.
