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The way he smiles back at me is enough to make me hope for more.
Chapter Eight
Lita
It’sdarkoutwhenwe’re done for the night, and Alina raises a few eyebrows when she changes our locking up procedures to avoid the back yard that leads into the forest. She doesn’t explain herself, and no one asks. That’s the level of respect everyone has for my guardian.
She doesn’t do anything without a reason, and if there’s something we should know, she’ll tell us.
I can’t help feeling we should tell them the whole truth, but I know Alina would do that if she thought we should, and she doesn’t say a word as we step out of the building, via the front door, for the first time ever.
She locks up, while Cora and Astor wave their goodbyes and walk off in the direction of the cabin they share. I wave back while Alina puts the keys into her bag.
Emily yawns before she starts trudging down the stairs ahead of us.
She lives close to the centre of town, and Alina and I always walk her to her cabin before we move on to our own. The need to look out for one another is strong in a pack. That’s why the Alpha’s decision to stop performing the rituals seems so unbelievable. Even if he thinks it’s a silly myth, the urge to look after his people should have been too strong to let him just stop. He should have had to go to the elders. He should have had to alert the pack.
The way he’s done things … It feels like he doesn’t care.
That’s a hard pill to swallow.
I could understand if he felt that way about me, considering I’m not supposed to be here.
I can’t comprehend an Alpha who doesn’t care about his pack.
Why should the people here accept him as their leader if he’s not thinking about their needs?
They deserve to feel safe. They deserve to be protected.
I feel my wolf’s presence as we walk Emily to her home.
I promised her we’d go back into the forest tonight.
She hasn’t forgotten. She won’t let me forget.
Someone needs to look out for our pack.
If our Alpha won’t do it, I will.
I’m so busy planning tonight inside my head that I don’t notice Emily’s cabin until she gives us a half-hearted wave and trudges up the path to her door.
Alina’s touch on my arm makes me turn.
She shakes her head at me, and signs, “No.”
I frown at her, feeling like I missed the start of a conversation somewhere.
“What?” I sign back.
“You will not be shifting form tonight.” She raises an eyebrow at me.
My wolf is too eager. Clearly, Alina sensed her presence.
I push her influence down quickly, before she can growl at my guardian.
I don’t feel that familiar vibration in my chest, but I can tell when I meet Alina’s gaze that she is waiting for me to agree with her statement.
I sign back, “Okay.”
