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“Take a deep breath, Ezra,” Ivaylo said, his voice much calmer and more rational than my own.
I forced myself to breathe in, then released it slowly. “I’m still trapped.”
“I can help you if you let me.” His reminder was surprisingly gentle.
Squeezing my eyes shut, I shook my head. “It feels like accepting defeat.”
He chuckled softly. “You’re surrounded by male wolf shifters now, Ez. Sometimes, you’re going to have to accept that we’re stronger than you.”
His nickname surprised me—I had never gone by a shortened version of my name. It was short as it was. My grandpa had called mePeza few times when I was a kid, but my grandma had hated the nickname, so it hadn’t been often.
“Unless I bite you,” I said.
“Untilyou bite me,” he corrected. “You won’t need as much help when you’re sharing my magic through a sealed bond, but you may still need help. Even I can’t move a boulder on my own.”
“You could pull the lever, though.”
“Probably,” he agreed. “I’ll fix it tonight, after I’ve gotten inside and fed you. You should be able to open and close it when you want privacy.”
Iwasgetting hungry.
And he made a good point; I was a human living with wolf shifters. There would be some things they were better at, and some things I was better at.
Or… maybe they would be better at everything.
That would always be annoying, but I supposed I could be in a worse situation.
I could be stuck in my apartment in Savannah, staring out the window and feeling entirely alone. Instead, I had a gorgeous wolf shifter calming me down.
Life certainly wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been.
“Alright, you can get your friends to help you,” I finally agreed.
“And you’ll let me feed you?”
“Yes, you can feed me. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to say no to that.”
“Thank you.”
I blinked with surprise at his gratitude.
“Sit on the far side of the space, so I don’t worry about your safety. I’ll be back shortly with a few of my packmates,” he added.
“Alright, I’m moving now.”
He thanked me again and left for a moment. When he returned, he called out again, so I knew it was him.
Then, he and his buddies started to push the boulder. It took a few minutes for them to make it move at first, but it went quickly after that, rolling to the side. I heard a cracking noise as it rolled that made me think the lever mechanism had broken even more than before.
Ivaylo ducked into the opening, and there was no concern about the lever as he looked me over.
I sucked in a breath at the sight of him. The man was bleeding in multiple places, and had a few deep gouges in his side that looked like claw marks. “You look like shit. Are you okay?”
“I should be asking you that question,” he said.
“I’m fine.”
He crossed the space and took my face between his hands. I was frozen, having never been touched like that before. I remained still as he turned my head slowly from side-to-side, as if making sure I was truly okay.
