Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games

Chapter 34

I managed to make us stand and started walking back towards my house, but we didn't get far before I felt eyes watching me. I turned quickly and the fur on my hackles stood up as I bit back a snarl. There was a new scent in the area that I didn't recognize, male and growing stronger, heading my way. Then another and another. An entire group of wolves were headed my way, and I instinctively knew it was too late to turn tail and run.

I backed up into the thick brush of the forest and laid low to the ground as they approached. I could see them clearly, four in all, and watched them sniff the air, knowing they had caught my scent and were looking for me. In two years, I had only ever seen the one brown wolf in the area, but I should have known. Wolves never ran alone, always in packs, well, except me, I thought ironically. Why did

I think he would be like me?

That big brown wolf I had grown to love so much came

and started to make a lunge, but the brown wolf moved just in time and jumped on top of him, snarling and snapping his jaws. Leaping back, he started to come at him again, but the first wolf did the strangest thing. He looked right at me, then he stopped still and looked back at the brown wolf before lowering his head to the ground, then bared his neck to the large brown wolf who made a snorting sound and seemed to motion with his head for the wolf to leave. Their actions were almost human-like, and I was fascinated by it. Never once did

wolf. I kept my head lowered and averted looking directly into his eyes as I scooted out from my hiding place and stood before him. I dipped my head lower and bared my neck to him as I had seen the other wolf do.

and I laughed, but in wolf form it came out as a weird growly sounded that startled both of

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the wolf began circling and sniffing me. It irritated me feeling like I was being treated like a dog, and so I turned and huffed off, clearly surprising my self-appointed guardian. He snapped out, but I kept going. He growled, and it scared me, causing me to take off in a full sprint. It wasn't long before he had caught up to me, though, and the beast jumped on top of me, knocking me to the ground. I'm not sure if it surprised me or him more, but I pushed back and soon had

me. When he moved to brush the full length of his body against mine, a shockwave hit me. I felt a connection like I had never felt before. Like I belonged here with this beast. I had missed him while he was away and wondered why he had not come to see me the past two nights. I wished I could ask him. A part of me wanted to remain in