In the Alpha’s Arms

Chapter 52

Ask and You Shall Receive

“Where do you want to start?” Cole asked, pulling on a fresh pair of sweatpants after their shared shower. The one that was cold by the time they’d actually gotten to the washing part. Lita sat criss–crossed in the center of the bed, wearing nothing but one of Coles large t–shirts.

“Where is everyone?” Lita wondered, enjoying the sated feel of her body but realistically knowing they’d been loud as hell. Especially in a house full of wolves with impeccable hearing

“I linked them as soon as you took a shower, be scratched the back of his head, embarrassed, “I knew the chances were high we’d be a little… loud… so I kicked everyone out. There’s no one in the pack house but us.”

*How am I not surprised?” she smiled, “That would have been really embarrassing at breakfast tomorrow.”

“There’s nothing you could do to me that I’d be embarrassed about in the least,” he leaned over to kiss her temple and scooch in beside her, ‘And if those pink cheeks are are the reward for your embarrassment, I’d gladly do it again with everyone standing right outside the door.” He chuckled as Lita absent–mindedly fiddled with her hands. She knew she needed to just rip the bandaid off and ask her questions. But she wasn’t sure she wanted the answers.

“Are you hungry?” he asked, reading her reluctance to start the conversation, “Your diet’s been only liquids for a long while.” Her stomach answered for her.

‘Alright, come on then, Cole tugged her to him and they descended the stairs into the kitchen, “It’s been a long time since you’ve had food on your stomach. Probably best to keep it light for none.

Cole got to work warming a bowl of broccoli cheddar soup. Then he cut two slices of crusty bread for dipping and poured her a glass of water. She ate quietly for a few long minutes, nothing but the sound of silverware and crunchy bread filling the room. She took a sip of water and sighed, “Okay. I’m ready.*

ng I can.”

He nodded, leaning back against the counter, “Okay. answer everything

What did she want to know first? There were so many questions swirling around in her head, she couldn’t make up her mind. Her wolf nudged her, “I’m a werewoll

not a question, baby, but

“How?”

are. Much to

“I assume t

works, Lita. Even if you haven’t shifted yet, your wolf is still in there, under the surface. You can feel it. Communicate with it. Other wolves can scent it out

“How is it possible?

once but honestly, it didn’t make any sense to me. I don’t know a

preparing for the shift long before it ever happened. Yours… I mean your shift was so forced, so sudden it nearly ripped you apart.

inside. White hot shooting pain. “Hey,” Cole rounded the island, to wrap his arms around her back. “It’s okay. Lita. Everything I

“Okay, so my wolf is a late bloonser since Ill be nineteen next mon–shit, I’m already nineteen…” Four months. She’d spent four

against her shoulder, “Well, yea.

birthday? He sounded almost

So my wolf is a late bloomer and Dr. Morgan has a theory, got I’ll ask him next time I see him. What

You

Is he alive?”

with

is

maimed though. And he’ll been dead soon enough, I can promise you that. I was too preoccupied with taking care of you I couldn’t leave your side. But his days are

should thank you by the way. When you screamed his name and ran, it gave me the opening I needed. You probably saved my life

over his chest which had healed as if he’d never been

wolf blood can heal almost anything without even leaving a scar. But we can’t regrow things we lost and we can’t heal massive body trauma,” his eyes twitched as he reminisced about the fight, “I took a few fingers and one of his

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