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"You're still processing the fact that you're a wolf," Viktor reasoned. "Give yourself a few days. It's been a rough forty-eight hours."
"It has," I whispered and couldn't help resting my head against his chest.
"Are you alright?" He sounded worried, but I just needed a moment.
"I'm fine. Just need a moment to let this info settle," I assured him. "If you're not driving back, can you run with us?"
"Is that what you want?"
"Would it be selfish of me to say it is?"
"No."
"Then, I'd like for you to join us, please." I added the last word because I really did want him to join. Knowing Viktor, he'd either watch in the shadows in an effort to protect me or try to keep himself busy.
A good chunk of his life had been protecting me, and I felt like he needed some sort of balance so his life didn't revolve around taking orders, protecting me, and completing errands.
"It's just a pack run," Viktor voiced. "There are no underlying dangers."
"I'm not worried about my safety, Viktor," I stated. "I just want you to have a break. When was the last time you ran with a pack of wolves?"
"I haven't done so since Russia," he admitted, which was a bit surprising to me because I expected him to brush it off with a funny comment. "During my time with other warlock hybrids."
"Wait, really?" I asked, immediately intrigued by his openness. "Are you gonna get in trouble for sharing with me?"
I knew Russia didn't play around with their information sharing. Many shifters and humans alike would be sworn to keep all information private, and the more they attempted to share, the closer they got to death.
"I'm allowed to share with those who I trust with my life," he revealed. "Those rules don't apply."
"That's not what they say in the movies," I voiced.
"The movies are full of bullshit. Besides, they don't have a hold on me in that department."
"Because?" I knew if they didn't, that meant he was sneaky and had done something he shouldn't have. "All shifters and humans alike have to obey the rules when it comes to info sharing."
"You don't when you have powerful enough magic to secretly void the spell placed on you, which gives you the ability to share whatever you were previously requested to keep at bay," he explained in a calm rush.
I stared back at him. "You're dangerous."
"Indeed." He winked.
"Dimitris wants to make me Beta," I dropped the news, which made his slight smirk fall.
"Of Forbidden Pack?"
"Yes," I replied. "Obviously, I'm new to this world and the rules of how to rise up within a pack, but he wants me to take the role after I'm initiated into the pack tonight."
Viktor needed a minute to think about it. "Is that what you want?"
"Would it be immature to say I'm not sure?" I admitted. "I mean, it's an honor for me to even get offered such a position in a pack as powerfully diverse as the Forbidden Pack, and being recognized as Beta potential only confirms I can one day be an Alpha, but..."
"What are you afraid of?" Viktor quietly questioned.
Lifting my gaze to his, I replied, "Not having anyone on my side of the court in my wolf form?" I offered. It felt foolish honestly, but that was my main concern with the approaching run: being rejected by my own after working so hard to obtain this new rank of power and acceptance.
"It's stupid to think about it for too long, but I'm just...scared that I'll shift and maybe they won't want me anymore." My voice was tiny now as I swallowed the lump in my throat. The idea didn't cross my mind until now, and it frightened me down to my core.
Despite the madness these last two days had delivered, nothing had tried to break me away from my pack. Yes, there were obstacles, break-ins, and multiple plots to bring us down as a whole, but those were all things we'd gotten used to dealing with.
