Klaus's Pet Book 1

13

After two days of bedrest I'm itching to get out the door but Klaus stops me. He takes a moment to thoroughly scan me up-and-down.

"Nik I'm okay. I'm completely healed." I say
"I needed to be certain." His eyes meet mine. "Promise me you'll be safe."
" I promise."

I can't believe after five years that I'm going back to Tray Mountain. I hadn't been there again since I left. When I had finally found the pack with Freya's locator spell they were hiding out in Cross Mountain in Tennessee. I had kept one of Emma's bracelets that she had stashed in a tree after I had been abandoned.

Thank you for saving me. I left this so you can always find me.
She wrote in a letter attached to the jewelry.

I've kept that bracelet on my nightstand next to our picture ever since. She used to sneak down to see me for months after I was abandoned.

She asked me questions about what it was like to turn for the first time. I explained that it was the most painful thing I've ever felt, every bone in my body breaking, but that becoming a wolf was the most amazing thing and you couldn't even put it into words just how freeing it was.

Then one night she came to me and said that they were leaving but she didn't know where. The next day she was gone and I haven't seen her since.

I snap out of the memory and notice Klaus watching me with concern.

"What's wrong?" He asks
" I'm just thinking about the last time I saw her. Five years has a lot of time." I say

I calculate the distance in my head. Tray mountain is 575 miles away. I can run at a speed of 15,000 so I'd get there in two minutes and 18 seconds.

I calculated my speed one weekend by racing Hayley. My phone told me I ran five miles per second.

Still not faster than Nik but I'll take it. I had thought to myself.

Nik can run 24, 000mph. We get faster over time.

I decide I'm gonna stop on the way to feed at least a few times. There's not a lot of humans around Tray Mountain. At least not in the area we used to stay.

I say goodbye to Hayley and hope and give them both hugs. I reassure hope that I'll be back in a few days at the least. I give Nik long hug and promise once again that I'll be safe. I give him a kiss and then I'm off.

By taking my time it takes me approximately 20 minutes to get to Trey Mountain including feeding.

I take a deep breath, inhaling the smell of the forest. I take a moment to stretch. Big mistake. The next thing I know I'm tackled to the ground.

A woman with long dark black hair tackles me.

There's at least 20 people surrounding me in a matter of moments.

My old wolf pack.

A dirty blonde haired woman is rushing down to us.

"Wait!" She calls out

Everyone freezes.

She gets over to me and helps me up. For a moment she doesn't speak. Then her eyes widen with realization and she punches me in the jaw.

"What the hell?" I ask
"You deserve that." She says calmly

I guess I did kinda dump the position of Alpha on her...

"Everyone this is Loreli, the woman who helped us gain our freedom from those old assholes." She tells the crowd

She motions for me to follow her and we all climb up to a clearing full of tents, canopy tents, tables and water jugs.