Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 25

We had dinner and walked hand in hand back to our house. He told me that he was surprised I had taken so well to the people and I didn’t hold back telling him it distracted me from his absence.

We went out spectate ways as soon as we got home but it felt a little less frozen in my bed. I could feel him leaking in through the cracks.

I had woken up and he wasn’t there again. It shook my faith for a second but I held my head up if this was going to work I couldn’t fault him for his daily schedule.

I didn’t have much to do with the crops this morning and so I went for a run. I let seraphine take over so I could relax.

I leapt down our porch and hit the dirt, feeling the lightning in my nerves. I let her run far and fast, holding my breath as I watched the world pass.

I wasn’t sure if I was getting what I wanted, if he would be willing to come to me. I thought I would feel better, how do you trust the person who can hurt you the most.

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A scent hit my nose. My personal worries disappear as the sensation of defense comes over us. The knowledge of a stranger being close to me that doesn’t smell like our lands, heightens everything.

We run in a long arch around the scent of a trespasser. Not of here. Not of my mate. So it’s a threat.

I moved along trying to catch succinct aromas. There was a different type of tree on him and gasoline.

It was definitely a male too I could smell his sweat and heat.

I looked over and saw the flash of grey and black fur. Most of Graysons wolves were brown and black. I didn’t know there was a wolf here with grey fur.

I stopped and focused my eyes on him. I lifted my head and let out a sound of the alarm, my howl ringing for attention.

The stranger wolf stopped and stared at me before rocketing himself out of sight.

Who are you?

I had never seen Grayson work as an alpha besides the lunch meeting. This was far more serious and I knew he would be angry I had been the one to find this unknown.

After only two or three minutes eight to ten wolves were there. I looked around at them, not a speck of silver.

Elizabeth’s wolf Mareen called me over a change of clothes for me. Four wolves swept the perimeter and one chased down the intruder.

When given an all–clear I transformed and put on the loose dress behind tree.

see?” Matt marched

him first. He was not

into the lands but he had a path that advertised,” Brian came up to us still breathing

his run.

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“Annette,”

in just his jeans. His eyes trained on me.

him?” he commanded as he took me away from everyone else.

there, I was going for

him….no wolf doing recon on another pack or even a rogue for that matter would let their scent out that far.

gently rubbed his thumb over

wanted me to know he was there,” I felt so foolish chasing after him. I should have realized he had been

was his smell like?” he now had both hands

trying to go through the senses

he look

fur and brown eyes he wasn’t that big either,” I knew I could have handled him but

southern then. What did

out I was following him and left, he

the main grounds. Stay with Elizabeth, I will handle this,”

away.

me a reason before you go,” I grabbed him by his belt and pulled him back to me. “Part of trying is not treating me like a soldier and speaking to

his arms shaking his head but I stepped in from of him and stood like a

are special and we all know it. We have not been

the main grounds and I

he replied walking

I

is never going to be easy.

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to me and we

think I’m missing something Elizabeth,” I look over at her observing her

Luna,” she pursed her

halt his duties over a wolf that’s been chased away?”

you should be asking me this,”

I ask?”