Page 125 of Wolf Cursed
“Why don’t we give them some space,” Isaac said. “Come on, sis. I’ll race you home.”
“We can’t leave her here. What if Drake comes back?”
My wolf stiffened at that.
“He won’t show until that wound is healed,” Isaac said. He chuckled. “Baby girl whooped his ass.”
Idrissa grinned at me. “Hell yeah, she did.” She glanced out at the woods. “Okay, we’ll head out.” Then back at me and Kai. “But call us when you get her home and back on two legs.”
Kai made a grunting sound that I assumed was an agreement. Then Isaac and Idrissa left.
Kai’s wolf prodded me, and I found myself looking directly into his dark eyes. My wolf acted before I knew what she was going to do.
In a quick move, she reached out and licked his nose.
Kai blinked.
My wolfy jaw dropped in complete surprise at my own behavior.
Kai let out a growlish laugh, and I stared back at him. Could wolves laugh? Because I was pretty sure my mate just did.
Then he was turning and trotting toward the trees, and my wolf needed no more invitation than that to join him.
I fully expected Kai to try to convince me to shift back to my human form, but he did the exact opposite. For the next few hours, we ran together, exploring the woods, wading through streams, and making our way up to an overlook at the top of the mountain.
Not just any overlook.
Roan Mountain overlook.
The same place where he’d told me I was his mate.
There, Kai’s wolf pressed in close, his paws intertwined with mine. When I looked over at him, he licked my nose and then cuddled against me.
If wolves could be romantic, Kai had just won “most swoony.”
My she-wolf was hooked.
If she hadn’t recognized him as her mate before, she damn sure did now.
I settled in close, and we passed out.
Later, I woke to the sound of leaves shuffling, and when I tried to move, I groaned at the stiffness in my legs.
Legs!
I lifted my head and looked down to see my human form had returned. Clothes, however, had not. Beside me, Kai’s wolf pressed in close, keeping my bared skin warm with his massive fur-covered body.
He stirred and looked up at me, noting my human body.
I started to tell him to look away. I wasn’t exactly a prude, but waking up next to your wolf boyfriend with morning breath was one thing. Waking up nude and covered in mud and twigs and someone else’s blood was entirely another. But before I could utter a word, Kai moved away and shifted.
Our eyes met, and there was no trace of awkwardness in his tender expression. He bent down, lifting me into his arms and tucking me in against his bared chest.
“Hey,” he said.
“Um. Hi.”
“Are you okay?” he asked quietly.
