The Secret One

6

Chapter 6

As we walk out of the house, Jake grabs a small bag. Jake helps me in the jeep. He hands me a small marker board and marker. "I thought it would be easier than pen and paper," I gave a small smile to him to show my thanks. He closes my door and jogs to his side of the jeep. He climbed in and began to drive to an unknown location with me. I was trapped in a jeep. I don't think about it much other than that- I do not know where I am. At least with Waylen, I knew. My breathing picks up, and I think about Jake dumping and laughing. I feel Jake place a warm hand on my thigh, making me lose my thoughts. "I don't know anything about you. I know Anya has told you something about mine and her past," He comments while taking his eyes off the road. I did nothing to respond to him. I try to remove his hand, but he only places it back on me. "I got your mind off what you were thinking," Jake picks at me. I let out a grunt. Causing him to chuckle, he releases his hand.

"I do know anything about you. Doesn't need to be anything big, please," Jake brings the topic back up. Getting annoyed, I turn in the seat. Jake's eyes darted from the road, making me gasp. His honey eyes held something in them. I reach out to touch his face but pull back from him, "You don't have to be afraid, Ruth," He said my name. My name left a man's lips without being rude about it. I hiccup and fall back into my seat. I grab the board and marker and write, " I like your smile." I flip it to give Jake a chance to look at it. He chuckles. " Is that right, little one? Is that what you wanted me to know?" I shake my head, yes. Jake shakes his head while turning the jeep into a restaurant.

As we enter the restaurant the chatter of people over takes my ears. Too many people, I grab Jake's wrist without thinking about it. He stops and looks at me, "Are you okay?" I shake my head no and tug to pull back to the jeep, "Do you just want to get it to go?" I smiled at that thought, and he agreed. There are too many people in that place for me to sit comfortably. I do not know if Waylen's or even Jakes's men are hiding there. Jake goes to the lady at the door to tell her we are getting it to go. She slightly bows, proving she is supernatural. Jake returns, saying, "I ordered you a kids-size pasta dish with two breadsticks. Is that okay?" I hum in response. We wait about eleven minutes, and the hostess calls out Jake's name. He goes over and grabs the bag from her. We walk back to the jeep and get in.

We pull up to the training field again, with no one on it. We walk to the middle of the field and sit on the grass. Jake handed me my food and took his out, but then he reached back to me and opened my food for me. I nod at him. "Never bow to me," I gasp, not knowing what to do. "You will rule this pack with me," I grab my broad and write, "When two people fall, their empires are next," and I show him. "Creating love spells goes hand in hand with creating chaos," He remarks. I smile at his comeback. "I like it when you smile," As we began to eat our food.

I didn't finish mine, so Jake put it back in the bag to take back to his house. "Do you want to learn some fighting moves?" He throws out. I give him a doubtful look but nod in agreement. " I had a feeling you might, so I packed some clothes for you. They are just sweatpants that Anya gave you and one of my shirts again. I grab the bag from him, "I'll turn my back to you," as he turns around. I swiftly change and tap on his shoulder. At that time, a man walks from the woods. I back up away from the newcomer into Jakes's chest. "No need to be afraid; this is Sloan. He is here to help," Jake says, putting his hand on the small of my back and pushing me closer to Sloan. "Hello, Luna," I shake my head in disbelief. "Not there yet," Jake cracks out. Sloan nods, and Jake gets in a stance to show me.

Everything was great. I let up a little and tackled Sloan, but he let me. Seeing me have fun made Jake laugh. It all ended when we heard a nasty growl come from the woods. I am now behind Sloan, and Jake is in front of Sloan. "If this goes south, Sloan, you take Ruth and run," Jake tells us as he looks back at me. I shake my head no. The air stills around us as a massive gray wolf emerges from the wood line. I leave Sloan's back, but he tries to grab my arm. I latch on to Jake before Sloan can catch me.

Since I grabbed Jake's arm, he turned to look at me, but it was no longer Jake's eyes but his wolf. I am frozen in place, even though Jake's wolf hasn't moved. We both hear the wolf moving closer to us, but the world around us is peaceful. Sloan comes up beside us, taking in the attacker. "Alpha, get her out of here," The now black eye man looks at Sloan and then at the wolf. "This pup has come on my land to hurt my mate; I will take care of it," He growls. The only thing I say is, "No," Both of their heads snap back in time for the wolf to dart past both of them to tackle me to the ground. I don't scream because the wolf is doing nothing but staring at me. The black-eyed man and Sloan don't make a move because the wolf is not moving.

My breathing picks up as I face this massive wolf on top of my tiny body. The wolf above me drips spit on my face. I don't dare turn my head to the side as he growls in my face. Instead, I evened out my breathing and watched his eyes go from evil to confused. I put a blank, numb face on. I shove my left hand right into the wolf's mouth, catching him off guard and causing Sloan and Jake's wolf to react. Sloan grabs the wolf's neck to pin him down as Jake's wolf helps me sit up. The now pinned wolf shifts back to human, "I have never seen someone change emotions as fast as that before," the strange man pants out. Sloan looks at Jake's body and nods his head. Sloan punches the naked human right in his nose, knocking him clean out, "Tomorrow, he will be questioned; for now, I want to get my mate home. Sloan, you are dismissed." At this time, Sloan takes the man, throws him over his shoulder, and walks away from us.

"I am Axel—Jake's wolf. I am sorry you had to meet me like this," I reach up and place my hands on either side of his face. This causes him to smile, and I watch his eyes fade to honey brown. "Hi, little one,"

"His name is John Sky. John says he didn't have rhyme or reason to attack. He just did," Jason tells Jake, and Jake rubs his head. "It still doesn't make sense. He didn't attack her, though. John didn't even fight Sloan when Sloan took him down." Jake adds on. "Is he still alive?" Ayna questions. "No, he ended up killing himself after three questions were asked. All he said is Ruth is not normal- she changed emotions way too fast, in his opinion." Jason fills Anya in. I grab my board and write, "I just know how not to show them," and shrug after showing them. "I will look more into John; after this, we need more wolves to travel for night patrol," Jake tells Jason. "I will work on that,"

After the little meeting, Jake and I walk out of his office and to the doctor for a check-up for me. We get to the small white room. "You talked," Jake says. My face gave off a defeated look. "I'm not saying you have to; it just made Axle happy, even if it was just one word," I sigh. "Like I told Anya, I can speak; there is nothing important to say," I quietly say. It makes Jake come closer to me. "I am sorry, I can't tell we are mated; I wish I could," I apologize to Jake. He softly grabs my face with both hands. "You do not need to be sorry for your past. You can't change. Only live it. " I giggle. "You sound like your sister," Jake takes a step and looks hurt. "I am happy you are getting more comfortable around me. Is it weird, or does it hurt for you to talk?" I nod in agreement not saying yes or no to either of the questions, "It will take time with the pack. I need to improve with multiple people. It tingles, but it doesn't hurt," I clarified for him. He nods, then the door opens and walks in Izzie.