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 over to me.

was not one of ours and smelled of different trees not our pines and

path that advertised,” Brian

his run.

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“Annette,”

jeans. His eyes trained on me. I felt n*ked under his stare, especially in this thin

commanded as

yards back there, I was going for a run and his smell it was….i

or even a rogue for that matter would let their scent out that far. He wanted me to find him.

gently rubbed his

know he was there,” I felt so foolish chasing after

like?” he now had both hands on my

weren’t ours and gasoline….and metal,” I closed my eyes trying to go through the senses of the last 30 minutes.

did he look like?”

either,” I knew I could have handled him but I felt as though following him further was dangerous.

What

and left, he stopped to

Elizabeth, I will handle this,” He gave me a

away.

grabbed him by his belt and pulled him back to me. “Part of trying is not treating me like a soldier

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

and he came here for a purpose. You are special and we all know it. We have not been

I will have Elizabeth with

he replied walking away

I corrected him.

is never going to be

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shall we?” Elizabeth came up to me and we walked to the main

missing something Elizabeth,” I look over at

know what you mean Luna,” she pursed

would Grayson halt his duties over a wolf that’s been

you should be asking me this,” She stopped

should I