The Eyes Of The Beast

Run

Its been three days since he had started to ignore me completely. My wolf had been taking it badly because of his indifferent behaviour towards us and also because we couldn't go on a run by leaving Athena alone. Whenever I tried to initiate any conversation he just cuts it short and at times he doesn't even bother to reply.

I had been folding the laundry when I heard the door bell ring, that's strange, Ares never comes so early. Tentatively I made my way to the door and slightly opened the door to reveal a man around my age.

"Hi, I'm Joey the beta of this pack, Ares must've told you about me" he said with a big goofy smile on his face. He looked quite handsome and well built but not as good as Ares, but I can easily guess he must not be having any troubles with the ladies.

"No he didn't." I still hadn't let him in. Noticing my paranoia he swiftly removed his shirt and pointed a finger towards a tattoo of the pack on his muscled chest leaving me dumbfounded and red faced.

"Generally that's not how I introduced myself, but after seeing your expression maybe I should try that more often" he said while smirking at me. Just that moment Ares came in bursting through the door only to notice Joey shirtless and my beet red face.

"Well, you've been hiding quite a pretty little thing here" Joey said while winking at me.

Ares lunged at Joey's throat and had him against the wall, giving him the most deadliest glare, which didn't even seem to faze Joey at all, instead he just kept on smirking like an idiot he is. I normally would have gone to break the fight, but it seemed Joey was just asking for it.

"Keep your mangy paws off my mate Joe" Ares snarled at him and loosened his grip.

Just looking at both of them next to each other highlighted the stark difference between both of them. While Ares had soft dark curls and he had a more intense personality but Joey was more like the easy going type with dirty blonde hair.

"Well that's enough drama for today, I'm hungry now, Ares don't you have a meeting to be at?"

"I'm definitely not leaving you with them" Ares sneered at him.

"Well you don't want to leave them alone during such times" Joey retorted. Wait, during what times? I really need to get into that.

"I can't believe I'm agreeing to this, but Joe you better behave" with that said, he walks out the door without even saying a goodbye.

"So finally I meet the mystery mate" he was now sitting on the sofa and I don't know during what point he put back on his shirt as now he was fully clothed. Soon I heard wailing from Athena's room and I went up and took her in my arms and gently swayed her to soothe her cries. Finally her cries came to a stop and I took her down the stairs in my arms. Joey didn't seem to look the least surprised about the baby, so I guess Ares must've filled him in with all the juicy details.

Night had set in and there was still no trace of Ares. I really missed having him so close to me and I missed his pinewood scent. Joey and I had been talking the whole day and currently we had been describing our most embarrassing story. Well I had many stories under this category but the winning story was when I fell face first on a guy's crotch while playing basketball, in front of the entire school.

It was a full moon and my wolf had been clawing at me to get out and go for a run, because during full moon all of our senses are heightened, Joey seemed to notice my discomfort,
"If you want to go for a run , I'll take care of Athena"

I wanted to take up on the offer, but I don't know if he could manage to do it.

"Trust me I can manage it by myself, I have a baby nephew."

Whoa, this man can surely read my mind. Tentatively I placed Athena on his lap and gave her a soft kiss before sprinting out of the door. The minute I felt the soft blades of grass against my bare feet, I felt the familiar shattering and painful rearrangement of bones and soon I had turned into my midnight blue wolf making my wolf howl in happiness.

I had been running for a long time now and I decided to head back and that's when I realised that I didn't know the way back home. Before I could start walking on a random path I heard some rustling and suddenly there was a black wolf standing in front of me which was nearly twice my size. My heart was beating fast, great I guess is this what a cardiac arrest is. Calm down Eve, you have your baby to get back to.

I took a step forward and that's when I smelt the familiar pinewood scent. His whole body had been shaking with fury. He threw a shirt at me expecting me to shift. I picked up the shirt and went beyond a tree and shifted back to my human form. I tugged down the shirt which seemed to barely cover my derriere.

I made my way back only to notice Ares had shifted back to his human form wearing nothing but his shorts. He was too consumed by anger to notice me checking him out. He took couple of menacing step towards me and soon he had me backed against a tree, anger and lust radiating off of him in waves.

"Did you know how worried I was?" He questioned while nuzzling my neck with his nose. Before I could reply his lips came crashing down and I could feel all of his emotions through the kiss, his worry, his need and lust. I felt the electricity and passion of that warm and lingering kiss as my hands tugged on his dark hair and brushed against his nape making his hair stand. He pulled away and started kissing my neck, I closed my eyes and bit my lip. His hands went under my shirt and I felt his cool fingers against my belly making my head spin, my knees literally gave way and I couldn't seem to catch my breath. He abruptly pulled away and stared into my eyes.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have lost my cool, this won't happen again" he replied coldly.

His voice more cold and unforgiving than the frosty merciless night.

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