A Girl Adopted by Wolves novel Chapter 24

When we reached the cabin, I got off of his back. Asher went behind a tree and shifted in his human form. I hope papa or Ryder won't do a surprise attack on us. They may have tried to contact me yesterday. They must be worried about me. Why am I so weak? I can't even heal someone without blacking out. I should tell them not to come here as Asher is with me.

‘Papa’ I called in the mind link.

'Where are you?' he asked almost immediately.

'I am at the cabin.' I replied.

'We are coming.' Oh no.

'Noooo. Not now. One of the shifters is with me. I will explain everything when I come back. Maybe tonight.' I explained a bit panicked.

'What the hell is going on over there?' he asked. Papa seems to be really mad.

'I don't know. But I think the one with me was ordered not to leave my side.' I said irritated. Like I was going to run.

'They didn't hurt you, did they?' he sound worried.

'No. I am absolutely fine. I healed someone and as usual I blacked out.'

'Okay. Be safe.'

'Yup bye.'

I turned around and Asher was looking at me weirdly.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked.

"Who were you talking to?" he asked suspiciously.

Umm what?

"I didn't even open my mouth dude. You must be hallucinating." I blabbered out.

"You were talking in the mind link to someone you called papa. Is that your alpha?" he asked furrowing his brows.

Holy Shit! How did he hear me talking to them?

I laughed out loud," I am not a werewolf to talk with people in the mind link. You are hearing things. I think you need to rest for a while. You are acting weird."

"No I heard you both talking. You called me a shifter. Others also heard you Saturday night talking in the mind link. How did you do that?" he asked firmly.

How is it even possible?

"I have no idea what you are talking about." I said pathetically.

"Lie all you want. The alpha is going to question you about it tonight." He said smirking.

My mouth hung open. What am I going to say to them?

"I am going to take a shower. Make yourself comfortable." I said snappily.

I turned around and went inside the cabin with Asher following suit.

"I am sorry about yesterday morning. I didn't mean to hurt you. I was just so happy to finally have my mate that I lost control." Asher said once we were inside.

"Well I did break your nose. So you don't need to apologize. I would be happier though if your nose didn’t heal so damn fast." I said without looking at him. I grumbled the last part but I know he heard me.

"Are you accepting me as your mate then?" he said hopefully.

"I thought it was mandatory. I didn't knew one can reject their mate." I joked facing him.

He visibly paled. "Off course it is mandatory. You are not getting rid of me ever." He said stubbornly.

"I know." He is definitely cute. “Can I ask you something?”

“Off course.” He said smiling.

“Why were you embarrassed earlier? You know when you were explaining the events earlier.” He gulped.

“It’s nothing.” He said looking anywhere but at me. He is definitely hiding something.

“Spill.” I said narrowing my eyes at him.

“It was an accident.” He said twisting his fingers nervously. I stayed silent, waiting. “Well… Umm… After everybody left… and I was with you alone in the room… umm… you see your scent was too overwhelming… and… I lost control.” He said looking at the floor.

“Don’t tell me you did something.” I hissed.

“It’s just… please don’t be mad at me.” He pleaded. “I was just looking at you and I didn’t knew when I got too close to you. But before I knew it I was hovering over you and kissed you.” He has got to be kidding me. First he forcefully kissed me, slamming into the wall and again when I was passed out. I am so going to murder him painfully. “I wasn’t going to kiss you at first. But then, when I was close, our noses touched and your breath hit my lips.” I can feel blood creeping up my neck. I looked down from embarrassment. “Your scent entered my nose, then my lips touched yours and I lost it. The feeling of you under me was so incredible that I had to run out of the house to clear my head.” He cupped my face and rested his forehead on my hairs. When did he get this close to me? “I know what I did was wrong and I swear I won’t kiss you again if you are not completely awake.” He tilted my head up with one hand and his other arm snaked around my waist. He kissed my forehead, pulled me closer and wrapped his hands around me, hugging me and resting his cheek on my hair. “I’m sorry. Not about kissing you though.” He chuckled. “But after that I kept my distance till the night. I might have spooned you in sleep.”

I know I am blushing too hard by now. My face must be redder than a tomato. I hid my face in his chest and clutched the sides of his t-shirt. This feels perfect, like this is where I am supposed to be, with him and in his arms. I pried myself off of him and ran into the bathroom. I heard him chuckle behind me. What was this feeling? For now I am going to push this in the back of my mind. I have more pressing matters to worry about in the moment. I cleaned myself up and then Asher went to shower. This is the right time. Maybe he won't hear me this time.

'Papa'

'Yes' he replied.

'They heard me talking to you in the mind link on Saturday and also before when I was talking to you. They are going to question me about it. Should I tell them everything?' I asked worried.

'Yes. We will be there. In case they ask for proof, we will show ourselves.'

'I am sorry papa because of me, all this is happening.' This is all my fault. Why do I have to be so stupid?

'It's not your fault princess. It was bound to happen someday when we decided to take you in the pack.'

'And one more thing. I am the third in command's mate.' I said as casually as I can manage. I bit my lip waiting for his reply.

'Whaaaat?' Ryder butted in. Just like I thought.

'Stop shouting Ryder.' I said to him wincing.

'Tell him to not come in ten foot diameter of you or I will do it myself. I will chop off his balls if he even touches you until you are at least eighteen.' Here we go again.

'He is in the cabin right now taking a shower.' Messing with Ryder is so much fun.