The White Wolf Chronicles: Shifted

Chapter 24

As we ran, I let all the negative thoughts leave me. What I like most about being a wolf was that I could forget all my troubles. I almost did not remember being human when I was a wolf. We ran for a few hours before deciding to shift back.

Tyler was laughing at me at usual.

"What's so funny?" I asked, annoyed at the fact that not even for five seconds of being in human form and he already he was laughing at me.

"You- have-leaves- and-grass-in-your-hair" he said in-between laughs.

"Well get it out you idiot" I said lightly hitting him.

"Give me a minute to catch my breath".

 This boy really drove me crazy. How the hell was I supposed to spend the rest of my wolf life with him? He was so childish.

"You are such a child," I said storming off.

"I wouldn't go too far sweetheart."

"And why not?" I said crossing my arms. This earned me a laugh from him.

"Have you forgotten that we are both naked?"

I looked down at myself only to see that he was right. I was in fact stark naked and standing in front of him. I tried to cover myself but it did not really work.

"It's nothing I haven't seen before babe" he chuckled, making me blush.

Stupid asshole.

I shifted back into my wolf form and raced towards the pack house. Thankfully, the door was open and I raced up the stairs into my room before shifting back. There was no way I was letting anyone see me naked.

I turned on the shower and waited for it to heat up. I stood in front of the mirror and began the painfully boring and long task of picking all the twigs and grass out of my hair. I felt more relaxed and at peace after my run with Tyler.

I hadn't gone running since I first found out I was a white wolf and that felt like years away. Nate was still alive then and I actually had friends. I felt lonely in this pack. I had no real friends other than the ones I was introduced to at the bon fire and that was only because they were mates to high-ranking members in the pack.

I stepped into the shower and began thinking about my life and the situation of friends. I really needed a best friend again and when Tyler and I do decide to start a family, I need someone to help me through and be there for the baby when Tyler was away for pack duties.

My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door opening. I knew, without hesitation that it was Tyler. He opened the shower door and stepped in under the steaming water. The water droplets fell down his back like rain drops and his muscles were even more defined. He caught me staring.

"See something you like?" he asked cheekily.

"Maybe" I teased back before stepping into the shower with him.

He cuddled me and began to rub my back in slow circles. It felt good and I needed it after the run. My body was so tense.

"Look, I know you're worried about the friends and all that but you're new babe. It will take some time and you have Alexa and Patrice."

"I don't know them and they don't know me. They have best friends. I am just the new girl who happened to mate to their future alpha. Everyone grew up together and I just feel like an outsider, which is what I am and what I always have been. I've never had a friend beside my cousin because everyone thought I was weird because I didn't shift and when I did they stayed further away from me because I wasn't normal. Sam only spoke to me because of my father. The only real friend I did have was my brother and he's dead."