◇The Hybrid◆

chapter 18

Ryder's POV.

i follow my scent back to the tree ith my clothes.

i pick them up with my mouth and run to the pack house.

. . .

once the pack house is in sight i go behind a tree, drop my clothes and shift.

Derek's POV.

Ryder shifts and puts me in my human form. 

i put my clothes on and walk inside the huge wooden house.

it;s almost like a big log cabin, mansion style.

it is made of long wood logs and a ton of square glass windows. the front door is two glass pannels surrounded by wooden door frames and wooden dor nobs. the entire wall above the front door is an array of large triangle shaped pieces of glass making a half circle. each piece of glass was surrounded by a thin piece of wood lining the edges locking it in place, keeping it in format of the other pieces. 

there are several stories and each hallway is marked with a big bay window.

i love this house.

but..

my dad built it. 

i turn the wooden handle to the door and walk in. i close the glass door and walk over to the L-shaped brown leather couch our current luna insisted on being in the pack house. i'm not complaining. i like this couch.

i sit in the corner and recline it. i rest my legs from all the running Ryder did. my head was pounding and i could feel Ryder's pain. he was howling in pain from scaring Layla. he was also growling for that logan guy kissing her. even if it was just for a second.

my eyes drift close.

i hear the the click of the front door open and close.

her scent fills my nose.

i hear the soft footsteps, the soft tap of her vans walking across the hard wood floor. 

please.

no.

don't come to me.

walk past.

keep walking.

don't stop.

..

damn it.

i don't bother to open my eyes. fully aware of her standing right in front of my limp body.

i expected her to jump on me or slap me for scaring her... 

wait.. no. she doesn't know what my wolf looks like.

thank god.

i keep expecting her to do soemthing bad to me..

i feel the couch lightly dip down in the spot next to me. 

my muscles tense.

i feel a pressure on my lap.