Wild and Free

Chapter 19: Twenty (Million) Questions

(Still Mason's POV)

"Not possible. We would've caught a scent of a rogue around here or some kind of Omega," Riley said brushing off the idea.

I stared at the dirt floor of the woods and thought about what Auden was suggesting for a second, "What about the black wolf?"

My sister, Riley and Greyson looked at me.

"You mean the she wolf that you got your assess handed to you by?" Kenzie laughed.

Auden was smirking at the thought which made my face pale in embarrassment.

Kenzie addressed Cassie's confused expression, "A little while ago May and Riles were walking in the woods when they caught some black she wolf watching them. They got mad when she didn't turn back to her human form after they told her to. And then the boys being boys had to start a fight. And unfortunately for them they underestimated the girl's power and got their butts whooped," she chuckled, shaking her head at us.

"And that's why you two came to school that day all beaten up and scratched?" Cassie asked, recalling they day after the fight when our wounds were still visible.

Riley nodded, "She fought in a way we've never seen before. So precise and calculated, yet disorganized and unpredictable."

"But you guys weren't healed like you are now. How come?" she added.

I shrugged, "If only I knew. Again, we had no idea how she fought like she did. Somehow she managed to scratch and claw us in a way that we couldn't heal. I've never had scars before, but somehow this wolf knew how to make that possible."

I pulled up the hem of my shirt to show them the claw marks that were still on my abdomen. They had healed from cuts but were now very prominent scars. They might fade over time but who knows.

"Serves you right," Auden remarked.

"It's pack law to obey commands from an Alpha or someone from an Alpha family. I told her to reveal herself and she didn't so we did what we had to do because we thought she might be a spy or something," I defended myself sternly.

"Have you looked for her?" Auden asked, her blue eyes reflecting the sunlight like sparkling ocean water.

I could've sworn I'd seen those eyes somewherebefore. The feeling I got in that moment, I couldn't identify. It was the same feeling I got that first day we met, when I asked if we'd met.

Shaking the thoughts away, I answered, "We did but she wasn't anywhere on our pack grounds so we gave up. Who knows maybe she was just some rogue or Omega passing through."

"I guess we didn't really give it much thought after we couldn't find her on the pack grounds," Riley pointed out.

"She was probably part of the pack that attacked us," Cassie suggested quickly, glancing at Auden for a second. "I'm sure she's long gone like them."

"Maybe Riley is right," Kenzie agreed, overlooking her friend's idea. "You guys didn't catch a scent or anything but maybe you just weren't looking in the right place. What if it's worth another shot? If this she wolf is or has a clue to who May's mate could be isn't that something worth trying?"

"I don't understand," Auden said. "If you guys haven't caught a scent and haven't seen her anywhere since that fight shouldn't that mean she's gone? I don't know about you guys but if I knew I was going to get in a fight with someone who had the power to ruin my life, like an Alpha, I wouldn't stick around afterward."

She did have a point. Any wolf would be crazy to try to live normally within a pack if they knew that we would be looking for them after they broke the rules.