Happily Trapped

15 | Connection

The wolf is inches from my face when it takes its huge tongue and licks my whole face. It starts happy barking as it continues to lick my face. I have a thick layer of saliva on my face. I make my right arm try to push its face away but it doesn't work. This is the grossest thing ever. The world is too heavy to push off of me and moving my head around to avoid its tongue isn't working. 

"S-stop" I try to say through huge licks. "H-e-elp"

"Yeah I don't think so, after the scare you just put us through I hope its saliva gets in your mouth," Aria says her sass making its presence known. 

'What the young lady said" Liam says. 

I can hear the smirk in his voice. The wolf ends up getting off me after a few minutes but it takes me a few tries to stand up without being knocked down. Now I am watching it sit down in front of me happy whimpering at me every few seconds. I turn to look at Liam and Aria and they are just watching with amused grins. Aria is no longer on Liam's back but instead next to him holding his hand. I walk over and the wolf is at my side so large it comes to my torso which is impressive even with my height which is 5'8. When the wolf was on top of me it covered my full length. Are wolves always this huge? I am snapped out of my thoughts when the wolf runs up to Liam and Aria and starts smelling them. I see them both stiffen. Aria is giving Liam's hand the death grip. 

"Relax guys he won't hurt you...I think" I say calmly muttering the last part. 

By the look on here faces I know they heard it. I make it to them and the wolf comes up my side again. 

"You can't seriously be thinking about bringing him back with us," Liam says whisper-yelling keeping his eyes on the wolf. 

" I don't think we have much of a choice. I also want to be by him uh or her. I say smiling down at the beautiful wolf next to me. 

It rubs its head against my leg cutely. 

"Fine but you better hope they don't shoot him on site. They are a mafia, not a babysitter Callum. We are playing a game to win our lives for crying out loud. You don't need another thing to be used over your head." Liam says seriously. 

Doubt clouds my mind. Liam is right. He always is. How could I think I could bring this wolf back with us? I just need to punish myself when I get back for this. This wolf needs to be free. I'm so selfish. I- 

"Lets just vote on it. All in favor for bringing the wolf back raise your hand." Aria says. 

I look at her and smile as I see her hand up. I raise mine and look at Liam. He looks like he is debating when the wolf comes up by him and gets on its hin legs and raises its two front paws. Liam burst out with laugheter along side with Aria and I. That was one of the cutest things I have ever saw. 

"Alright fine he or she can come back with us but be ready to have an arugement together for Domenic because I'm not so sure he will be conviced." Liam says looking at me serious. 

I nod. 

"uh one more thing do you know how to get back" I ask sheepish. 

He sighs turning his back walking to our right picking Aria up and on his back. She wraps her arms around his neck and her legs around his torso. He  holds her legs and starts wallking while I follow beside them with the wolf by my side. Aria is pretty small for a 10-year-old but she is definetly to old for Liam to still be doing that with her. I chuckle since I know better than to tell him that. I look down at the beautiful wolf lookign around at our surroudings as if on high-alert. I study it as we walk. Itt's white fur has dirty all in it which makes it look slightly off white. It looks cleaner than you would expect from a wild animal living in a forest. I wonder if it will let me bathe it and I have this serious need to rub my face through its fur ir looks so soft and fluffy. He or she needs a name. I notice now it's a he. Maybe we can call it Razerbite since I got a close up with its teeth and you do not want to be its chew toy. It seems too beautiful for a name like that though. Maybe Swan? That seems too soft for him even girly in away. I need something more fierce. He looks up at me and turns his head as if confused. I sigh and shake my head. This is going to be hard.