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Then again, the money in Axel’s bag helped with that feeling of freedom.
Inside the city, we had TV and the internet but not phones or radios, so I’d seen how humans lived before. Maybe not an accurate idea, but as accurate as it could be without actually living out there.
From what I’d seen, humans had so much freedom. They could apply for whatever job they wanted. Get training for others if that was what they dreamed about.
Sure, there were no guarantees, but they could try. And try. And try.
And shit, the idea of being able to talk someone into hiring me instead of just beingassignedto a shitty dead-end job with no way out was really damn incredible.
I was optimistic enough to survive in Mist Valley for a lot longer than I should’ve; I would definitely be optimistic enough to make it in the human world.
Probably.
If it went about like it did on TV, at least.
The drive wasn’t toobad.
Iris opened her window at one point, murmuring about how fresh the air was outside the city. Her coughing seemed to have abated, and I was relieved that she seemed to be doing okay.
Axel unrolled the rest of the windows, and I let my head hang out of mine like I was an actual wolf or dog. I didn’t stick my tongue out, at least.
I did enjoy the fresh air, though, just like Iris. I wasn’t really ready to admit that, considering how rapidly everything was changing, and that I might get dragged back into the city by the council.
When we reached the town, Iris was enraptured by the charm of Moon Ridge as we drove through. I tried not to show it, but I was too.
It was really damn charming.
Axel finally pulledup in front of his townhouse, parking in the garage but leaving it open. Egan was parked behind us and climbing out of Iris’s car a minute later. My flames had gone out sometime during the drive, which was nice. I didn’t know when they’d turn back on, but hopefully I had some freedom first.
Egan opened the door nearest to Iris. “Can you walk?” he asked her, as Axel opened his own door and gestured for me to get out too.
I walked across the seat, then jumped down as Iris admitted that she couldn’t walk.
Egan scooped her up, carrying her into the house. Axel’s jaw got all clenchy when he watched the other man waltz in, but he didn’t comment on it. Instead, he just grabbed all of the bags.
I waited for him, not wanting his eyes to go red or anything.
He opened the door for me a minute later, and when we walked in, we found Egan setting Iris down on the couch.
“The runes will only take a few minutes, and then I’ll need a ride back to the valley,” Egan told Axel, as he stepped away from Iris. I saw her gaze tracking him with a little too much hope, but kept my mouth shut about it.
Not that I could’ve said anything even if I wanted to.
“I’ll call one of my pack members,” Axel said, striding to the kitchen.
Despite all the bags he was carrying, he didn’t have a problem opening one of the drawers and pulling out a phone. After typing a few things on it, he dropped it on the kitchen counter. We didn’t have phones in Mist Valley, but we still knew all about them—and I could tell that one was new, and nice. And probably expensive.
“Iris, I’ll put your things in the spare room,” Axel told her, dropping a hand to my head and scratching my fur lightly as he passed me to go up the stairs. “It’s the second door on the left. The bathroom is first to the left. Morgan will be in my old bedroom, through the only door on the right.”
“Thanks,” Iris rasped.
I followed Axel and his stupidly-hot butt up the stairs, already dreading the fact that we were going to be sharing a bedroom.
On the plus side, there was electricity.
And I’d be able to eat real pasta.
That was probably worth sharing a room with the mate I didn’t know.
