Wolf Bond (Excerpt)

Chapter: 7

Donovon walks beside me as we stroll around his pack territory. The moment I realized he and Wolfie are the same, instantly, I start to feel comfortable around him.

I stop near the training ground and watch Jenna's wolf training with some other wolf. Pride fills me when I watch her how effortlessly she managed to pin down the other wolf.

My eyes narrow when I watch two other familiar faces, as soon as, they catch my gaze, they start walking to me.

"Luca and Gavin, what are you doing here?" I ask the two wolves who are warriors of my pack.

"What made you think, Alpha Keller will allow his little Ivy to go without protection?" Luca wiggles his eyebrows at my frustration.

"I am sorry, but we are ordered to follow you wherever you were going and to make sure to protect you." Gavin nods his head respectfully, "Then later bring you back to the pack safely."

A loud angry growl erupts from Donovon's chest which turns my attention to him.

He glares at the Gavin, who immediately shows his neck in submission along with Luca. Donovon's hands are clenched into tight fists and his eyes are changing colors.

"Donovon..." I softly speak which gets his attention as his expression softens slightly when he glances in my direction.

"My wolf didn't like it when he heard about they are going to take you away," he speaks through gritted teeth.

The urge to calm him overtake my senses.

Wrapping my arms around his torso, I lightly rub his back trying to calm him.

He stiffens for a second then placing his arms around me, he holds me as I feel myself leaning more into him.

"It's okay, but I can't stay here forever," I quietly say which makes him growl, "However, I will come to meet you often." I try to make him understand that it will not be possible for me to stay here forever. Even though the thought of leaving him makes my heart hurt.

"No matter where I am I will come back to you, just like I came back even after all these years." Pulling back I look at him giving him a reassuring smile, trying to reassure him and myself both.

"You can only go when I will allow to leave you." He playfully growls and tightens his hold making me loudly laugh.

I wish that was possible, but, unfortunately, I am here just for two weeks then we will have miles of distance between us. The only good thing will be that this time, I can meet him whenever I would want to. As now I know where he lives.

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"Can I ask you something?" Donovon asks with uncertainty.

"Yes, go ahead." I pause eating the ice-cream which he had bought me from a small ice-cream shop.

"What if your mate doesn't like our friendship then what will you do? Are you going to break our friendship?" He folds his hands behind his back while matching his stride with mine.

"Honestly, even I have thought about it," I admit to him, thinking how many times I had this debate with myself, "But then the next moment my heart says to me that a true mate will understand what I feel for him and how much you mean to me. He will never ask me to choose between my friendship and our mate bond, because if he does then it means he doesn't trust me." Staring at the melting ice cream in my hand, I think how much it will hurt me if my mate would not trust me.