Naylan, an Alpha by birth, has always dreamed of running a pack of his own. Born into the busy city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where city wolves run in small groups, and disregard communal living, Naylan had to pursue his dreams elsewhere - Toronto, a...
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MAVIS
"Mavis, it's not what you think it is," Leigh whispered to me, holding onto my shoulders as I tried to wrestle away from her grip without causing a scene. "Just take a deep breath and let me explain things," she said, and I snorted, feeling my eyes sting with tears.
When Naylan had said he was going downtown to meet up with someone I had told myself that I didn't care and had continued on my way home. The thing is, I did care. A lot. I couldn't sleep and I kept wondering who he was going to meet up with. Sometimes I would even get angry for a bit. Sure, he had told me that specifically to frustrate me, but despite my urge not to play into his game if that was what he was doing, I ended up dressing up and taking the first bus to the main city once I was done with my morning duties.
It wasn't supposed to be serious. I was supposed to come to Georgiou's, claiming that I wanted to talk to him so that I could get a glimpse at Naylan and calm my wolf before heading back. Well, most of the steps went well, aside from the part where I found Naylan hugging someone else. He had been smiling... and I don't know why, but it fucked with me mentally, so I had to leave, but Leigh wasn't letting me.
"That's Naylan's brother," she said, making me blink back a bit before frowning.
"Brother?" I mouthed, turning towards the door that led to the kitchen. My eyes locked with Naylan's who was standing not too far away from it. I looked away, trying to listen to what Leigh was now mouthing to me as the sound of the nearby people buzzed in my head.
Did he follow me? I wondered. My face warmed up with embarrassment when my chest squeezed with happiness. Why was I so glad about that? It's not like he really cared about me. He made that clear already.
"Naylan came to visit his brother, that's all there is to it." I heard Leigh say in a low voice. I swallowed the spit in the back of my mouth, but it didn't make the clogged-up feeling go away.
I wondered how Leigh even knew why I had been so desperate to leave. I mean, maybe it was obvious that I was that into Naylan, or maybe our bond was just obvious. I had just stormed out with raging pheromones. Regardless, the whole thing would be embarrassing to talk about sometime in the future when I wasn't a blubbering mess from my wolf's emotions.
