My Wolf (Wolf Series #4)

8

I let my hair down, lean my seat back and just stare out the window at the sun going down.

I feel Troy's hand on my thigh, I smile and bring his hand up to my lips.

"We'll be there shortly love" He tells me. I can't contain the smile on my face. Being away from the disapproving glances and the ignorance from those close to me about my relationship with Troy.

Yes I grew up with him but I knew my entire life that he is not my blood. I have always had a love for him deeper than a sibling but I never understood why until I finally discovered that he is my mate.

"What is going on in that beautiful mind of yours?" I hear him ask. Snapping me from my thoughts, I turn to him. He always knows when there is something stirring in my mind

"Nothing to worry you over with" I reply

"It will always worry me my love" I smile at him as he turns his head back on to focus on driving.

"I'm just looking forward to this more than anything right now" I tell him as he concentrates on the road smiling. I can tell he is trying to keep optimistic about how I feel. He can feel it, I want to tell him and I will, just not while we are on the road because he may not like what I say

"We will stop and get some food, we're about 15 minutes away from the house now"

We had been travelling for 4 hours. We listened to music, we talked about the weird things that has happened at work and I slept.

I have been a little emotionally tired and not really confided in Troy. I should but I don't want to upset him

Pulling into a supermarket, he turns towards me instead of getting out of the car

"We're going to get some things to make for dinner tonight and then you will tell me everything that is going on" He leans forward kissing me on the lips which makes me smile. He has been away for 5 years but still knows how to get things done.

"Ok" I smile as I follow him out of the car. We didn't take long to get what we needed plus a few other things to snack on if we didn't want to go out but he knew I wouldn't be able to sit still for too long when we are away from home.

We finally get to the small beach villa we booked for the duration of our stay. I stand up and stretch yawning a little but being away from the pack feels good.

I feel his arms wrap around my shoulders pulling me close to his chest, his lips caress the side of my face "Feeling a little better?" I nod my head with my eyes closed "Come on lets get our things inside"

I'm a bit reluctant in leaving his arms but I smile anyway knowing Tacos is on our menu for dinner tonight.

We try to cook but keeping our hands off each other is hard, standing on either side of the kitchen island is being just as difficult so the dinner prep quickly sorted just so I could stand behind him and hold him close

I just needed to hold him, touch him and just be in his bubble space. He chuckles as I place my head on his back while he stirs the chicken in the taco seasoning. We fell into a comfortable silence, taking in each others company.

One thing was for sure and that was me telling him what is really going on. We joked while we had dinner but as he made me a cup of tea and himself a hot chocolate, we sit down in the living room beside each other

"Tell me love" He whispers. I sigh closing my eyes then turning to him "It's ok"

"I don't get treated with respect in the pack, don't get me wrong being born of alphas I wasn't expecting to instantly be treated with respect because of my title, we all know that that isn't how it works in our pack, we earn everything we work for and I play my part to the pack if not do more than alpha siblings should, I mean Aiden asks me to help look after the pack instead of Marcus and Addison but when the pack look at me they see a wild animal" I sigh "I know I am more wolf than the next person and I act out on what I see and hear before hearing reason most times but I have also saved so many lives since being able to shift"