Alpha Female

Chapter 17

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There was a comfortable silence in the car on our way back from the date. The only sound that was heard was the soft roaring of the engine.

Of course I had to ruin that comfortable silence by talking. “I really had a great time.”

Nathaniel gave me a side glance and smiled a genuine smile, “So did I.”

I smiled back and turned my face to the window to watch the trees pass by. I found myself still being able to see the details of the woods even though we were going pretty fast. An indescribable calmness was going through Nathaniel. He seemed to enjoy our time together just us much as I had.

I was glad that I felt his emotions stronger than the emotions of other people outside of the pack. The bond wasn’t completed so I was happy with any kind of connection with him. My thoughts reminded me that Nathaniel wasn’t aware of the fact that I had an ability.

“Nate?” I asked for his attention.

“Hm,” he replied, turning his head slightly in my direction.

“I have to tell you something,” I started to say, afraid that he would be angry over the fact that I hadn’t told him before. Or worse, that he would think I hadn’t told him because I didn’t trust him. Suddenly I felt stupid for bringing it up while we were in the car. Oh well, too late to take it back now, my wolf mused.

Nathaniel noticed my nervousness and reached over to grab my hand in his. He gently squeezed my hand for encouragement.

“Do I need to pull over for this?” he joked.

“That won’t be necessary.” I took a deep breath and turned in my seat to face him before continuing. “You know how we can feel each other’s emotions?”

“Yeah.” He glanced quickly in my direction to show me he was listening and turned back his head to pay attention to the road again.

“I can feel the emotions of other people too.” I watched his face intently for any reaction that indicated he was angry. When I noticed he only looked confused I continued explaining. “I have the same ability my father had. I got it the second he died. The ability basically let’s me feel the emotions of my pack members like they are my own feelings.”

A proud smile was plastered on his face when I was done talking. “That’s incredible! What about people outside of your pack? Did you feel the emotions of my pack members when you were on my land?” he asked, genuinely intrigued. I was relieved to see that there was no sign of anger. I felt silly for doubting him in the first place.

I explained how I didn’t feel the emotions of people outside of my pack as strong as I did with people of my own pack and how the ability was channeled to me. I left out the part how it was almost unbearable to not only feel my own grieve, but also the grieve of the entire pack. He didn’t need to know that.

When he had asked me if I felt something off with his pack members I found it hard to respond. The only person who seemed to act odd was Jeremy. Although he didn’t seem like the guy to kill an Alpha and work against his own Alpha. But then again, that would have made him the perfect guy for the job, no one would have suspected him. With all the leads we had gathered over the past months we knew it was someone close to Nathaniel and someone who he would least expect.