Chapter Thirty-Six: A round of two before the hunt? 

“You’re planning to run with her?” Ryan asked and a breeze blew through the trees, making the water’s surface ripple. I couldn’t seem to look away from the water or the tree on the other side of the lake. It was the same tree that I had seen in the picture.

The one that was marked up by a bear. I could smell the scent of him all over the land and I knew that he had been here recently. I wondered if Tillie knew who the bear was and if she was aware of what he was. Given that she hadn’t known about her best friend being a shifter, I very much doubted it.

“I’m going to run with her.”

“Are you leaving the pack to do that, alpha?” Travis asked, almost snarling out the word alpha as if it painted him to do so.

I looked away from the water. “No, I’m not talking about running away with our mate. I’m talking about the mating hunt. I wouldn’t leave my pack, but I can’t, I won’t let her do this alone. I’ll run with her and keep her safe.”

let you do that? I mean, it is a mating hunt for his pack. He might not let you join.” Ryan asked, pulling my attention over to him. His skin had smoothed back to normal and he no longer watched me with eyes that were far too dark to

set on doing this and I won’t let her be hunted alone like that. Like you guys said, it’s our job to keep her safe.” I looked at both of them, my lips curving into a half smile. “Besides, I think she would be pissed if | tied her up and kept her from joining the hunt. Did

and remind her who she belongs to.” Travis dragged his fingers through his hair, separating the neat strands and making them fall over his forehead. He leaned back on his heels, looking over towards the house. “It’s our job to keep her safe, but she keeps making it harder than it needs to be. I don’t get

it’s something we all forget at times.” I answered, shrugging my shoulders. That was the only thing that I could think of and it wasn’t just Ryan and Travis who kept forgetting it. I kept having to remind myself that she was human and that all of this was new

out over the water. “I trust you to keep her safe, but I know I would feel better if we were all out there keeping

them anyways.” I said, pulling my hands out of

away from Ryan and I. His stride was long

to my car. He leaned inside, pressing a button

any others who think they can take what’s mine.” Travis growled as he stomped around to the back of the SUV. Pulling the door open, he grabbed his bag before heading over

teeth sank into his lower lip as he tried to hold

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