Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 15

“I have to pee,” I stated. I was firm with my voice so there was no room for question.

“Fine,” Grayson nodded to Brian in the front seat.

We pulled over to some random truck stop about five miles later and I’m finally able to pee and stretch my legs.

Grayson apparently never drank or ate or peed like a normal wolf but I did. I know he’s desperate to get back to his land so the scent will be on me. The scent of my lands was fading from me quickly and anyb*dy would see me as a rogue and could try and take me. Unmarked and unscented I was vulnerable and his worry was sweet. Still his pace was relentless.

I walked out of the car and started heading for the building to relive myself.

“Wait,” Grayson grabbed me by hand this time.

“What now!” I huffed I was about to burst.

He gave me a stern look I swore only parents could give. “Ella is going with you since Brian can’t, you have to wait for her,”

“I think I’ll be alright going to the bathroom, Grayson. I know I’m vulnerable but let me pee!” I begged. I could not wait for Matt and Ella.

“Annette please,”

“Grayson I would wait if I could but I have to go I’m not gonna be able to hold it,”

“Fine,” he let go.

And that was when I realized how wonderful it was to hold his hand. He could walk to the restroom if he was so worried. He could protect me.

“Let’s go,” he handed his phone to Brian.

I gladly gave him a bright beaming face. He was coming. I mean yes he was coming to the bathroom. But he was coming himself. He wasn’t pushing me onto someone else.

We started walking and his hand found my back again. I stepped more into his arm feeling his warmth spread through my b*dy.

My back was tingling by the time I got out and went to get something from the vending machine. I grabbed a bunch of snacks for everyone humming to myself ecstatic at his attention.

I walked back out and he put his hand back where it belonged.

hungry,” he commented.

got this for everyone,” I laughed.

surprised I had

he so worried about me that the small act of getting snacks shocked

bags of

Doritos and Twix instantly getting a whine from his counterpart.

him and he took

kept his hand on me. I savored this tiny bit of progress. We turned to get in the car and he opened the door

through Minnesota. I was shocked at the number of lakes we saw. This was the land of what was like 1,000 lakes

are we

“North Dakota,”

I suffered through it reading my book. At least I could read right now. The Hawthorne legacy had just come out and I’ve been desperate for

again it

“Were stopping soon,”

and I went back down

through my book because he just kept staring. I did everything I could to make it seem like I hadn’t noticed. I tried to breathe evenly and focus on my story and seem not bothered.

you supposed to not be bothered when your soulmate says nothing to you but stares at you for an hour straight while you’re trying to

in another city. I put my book into my bag and sighed looking out the window again. This

we eating

room service there isn’t a restaurant close enough to this hotel,” Brian

to myself that Grayson wasn’t the

that was also magnificent. It was brown and beige and antique furniture and four–poster beds, a

at the bottom of

sat up immediately to growl at the couch in

the bed

was hopeless to be tangled in him and hold him near, resting my head on his chest. Feeling his breathing and listening to his heartbeat. Gathering

Ella and I selected a movie

the terminator. With Grayson’s demeanor, that was a major shock. He practically was Schwarzenegger.

best part of ordering a burger though. It always came with pickles on the side and I ask for extra every

into the couch, my eyes fluttered for a second I felt sleep tugging at me.. but this was a good movie. I resisted as best I

streaming and blinding in the white room.

I get in bed?

little groggy. Part of me wanted to crawl back in knowing I had to stay in the silent car all day.

limbs and grabbed my bag