CHAPTER EIGHT

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It was dark outside when Ashton had gotten home from Connor's place

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It was dark outside when Ashton had gotten home from Connor's place. Ashton had met his entire family and they were really nice but Ashton was kind of overwhelmed because he was really awkward around new people. And he couldn't imagine that he hadn't met the entire family because Connor's day had something else to do so he couldn't make it to the dinner and William, Connor's younger brother and the guy Ashton helped on the party was at a friend's house so he couldn't talk to him like he wanted to. He wanted to see how William was doing because Ashton hasn't seen him since the party and he was wasted and really vulnerable.

Ashton unlocked the front door before walking inside and locking the door behind him. He looked around the dark living room before walking over to the couch to turn on the lamp next to the couch so he could see something, while he did this he yawned and scratched his head with a small sigh. He went to the kitchen to see if he could find something he could snack on before going to bed. It had been a couple hours since he last ate because after dinner Connor and Ashton had worked on their project for a while before his mom came and started talking to them, distracting them from their work. Ryder had disappeared after dinner further into the house but not before giving Ashton his phone number and a promise to call or text him during the week.

Ashton looked through the cabinets and found nothing to eat before he went over to the fridge to see if he found something in there which he didn't. After a moment he gave up on food and went upstairs to shower and get ready for bed because it was pretty late at the moment. After the shower he brushed his teeth before throwing on some boxers and shorts before he moved down the stairs to get a glass of water and turn off the lights and then go to bed.

Right when Ashton was turning off the lights next to the couch, he looked out of the glass door that led out to the backyard where he heard a sound that sounded like a dog that was hurt.

"This how I die" Ashton mumbled as he moved towards the glass door with cautious steps before he opened the door slowly and poked his head outside.

Ashton took a deep breath before he stepped out on the deck and looked around before he looked down and saw some blood leading down the deck steps. Ashton followed the trail slowly before turning around the corner and saw a big wolf laying on his side with blood next to it.

"Fuck" Ashton said making the wolves head snap up and produce a growl that made Ashton jump backwards looking at the wolf with big eyes. "I'm not here to hurt you" Ashton said before showing his hands, to show that he didn't want to hurt him.

The wolf stopped growling and looked at Ashton with hard eyes as Ashton moved towards him with his hands in front of him to show him that he didn't have anything to hurt him with.

"I just want to help you" Ashton said before crouching down next to the wolf before moving his hands towards the wound that the wolf had on his leg. "What the hell happened to you?" Ashton asked himself, touching the wound, making the wolf growl in pain. "Sorry"

"I have to get you in the house somehow. Can you walk?" Ashton asked, looking at the wolf a moment before rubbing his eyes. "I don't know why I'm asking, it's not like you can understand me" Ashton mumbled.

But when he looked back at the wolf he saw that he was standing up with his hurt leg in the air and that he was staring at him like he wanted Ashton to lead the way into the house.

"I'm going crazy" Ashton mumbled before standing up and slowly moving towards the door with the wolf following him. When the wolf was inside he closed and locked the door before telling the wolf to stay there while he moved to a closet in the hallway to grab a couple of blankets that he could place down on the floor so the wolf could lay down.

"Okay lay down here, while I get things to fix your wound" Ashton stated before putting the blankets on the floor and then ran off to get some things for the wound. When he came back he took a seat on the floor and started trying to help the wolf. "Hm, weird" Ashton mumbled when he felt sparks on his arms when he touched the wolf, and that had only happened once and that was with Ryder at dinner earlier the same day. But he didn't have any time to give it any thought because he had other things to worry about. 

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