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He just wanted me to be his without having to share whatever shit he’d been through.
“Ready?” he asked me.
No.
Definitely not ready.
“Yep.” I climbed out of the truck, wishing I had pockets to shove my hands into, or something to hold.
But since my phone could easily be melted, I’d left it in the truck.
And off we went.
SEVENTEEN
There wasa small campfire a short distance from the large travel trailer that I had been told belonged to Kai and his son Lucas. All of the guys I’d seen in the forest on the day I met Axel were there, sitting in camping chairs around the fire.
When I saw the camping chairs, I wondered how permanent the men really saw their forest-life as. Because if they were really planning on spending their lives out there, wouldn’t they have gotten benches or something?
I supposed I didn’t know how outdoor living really worked, though.
Nico gave me a two-fingered wave, his expression neutral. The little boy next to the gigantic tan and tatted monster (who somewhat resembled the younger version of Kai I’d seen in pictures) took a few steps closer to his dad, looking uncertain.
The other two guys, I knew, were Finn and Enzo. Enzo had lightly-tanned skin and an assload of curly dark blond hair tied in a bun at the base of his neck. Finn had light brown skin and long locs put up in a thick ponytail.
I heard laughter and saw more flames off in the trees a bit to my right, and peered off in that direction for a moment before Axel introduced me to everyone.
“Hey, guys. As you know, this is Morgan.” He gestured toward me with one hand, and the other wrapped around my hips, low enough not to touch the thin strip of skin between the hem of my tank and the waistband of my leggings.
A few of them nodded.
Kai murmured something to his son, whose name I’d been told on the way over was Lucas, and the little boy waved at me.
I waved back, ignoring the heat flooding my cheeks at the awkwardness of the situation. “Hi, again.”
The men were silent as Axel all but dragged me to the one empty camping chair.
No way in hell was I sitting on his lap with all those guys just staring at me. I—
Axel sat down and tugged me onto his thigh, still careful not to touch my skin.
“Which packs are here right now?” Axel asked the other guys.
They gave him a run-down of the answer, listing off a handful of names. I glanced back toward the other fire, and figured it must’ve been one of the packs they were talking about.
“So you have a bunch of other packs hanging out here?” I asked, not sure which of the guys to look at.
None of them answered me.
Awkward.
Kai handed Lucas a marshmallow, and the little boy stuck it onto the end of a stick before walking closer to the fire.
Shit, this was awkward.
“Most of the newly-graduated wolves signed up for our training classes,” Axel explained to me, his voice low and frustrated. “The same thing happened last year, and it went well for everyone.”
I bit back a sigh.
