Page 51 of Wolf Cursed
“Hey.”
I looked up, startled by the voice. Drake stepped out from behind a bike sitting up on a lift. “Oh. Hey.” I blew out the breath I’d been holding as my heart rate returned to something normal. “I didn’t see you there.”
“Sorry. Didn’t mean to scare you.”
“I thought everyone else had gone home.”
“Forgot my phone.” He held it up, and I nodded.
Something about the guy gave me the creeps. That probably wasn’t fair. Everything about today had given me the creeps, especially after that call from Vorack.
“Listen, the alpha thing… it’s a sore spot, so no one likes to talk about it. Don’t take it personally.”
I stopped short, surprised he’d brought up the whole wolf thing so casually.
“Your dad left a lot of people upset when he split. Even without the current state of things, losing our alpha was a hard blow.”
“Wait. Do you mean… was my dad the alpha?”
“You look a little shocked.” He chuckled.
“I guess I just didn’t expect that. Or you to put all that out into the open. I mean, everyone else has been so secretive.”
“Yeah. The CIA’s got nothing on the secrets this town holds.”
“Why is that?” I couldn’t help but ask.
Shit. My dad, the alpha…
“Our pack has trust issues.”
“Our pack,” I repeated. “So, you’re….”
“A wolf shifter.” He shrugged. “Yeah. Everyone in this town is.”
“Oh.”
Wait. Everyone?
As in… literally everyone??
“They don’t trust anyone from out of town because we can’t risk letting humans know our secret.”
“So, this is about the outsider thing again.”
“It’s about a lot of things.”
I wanted to ask what that meant, but I didn’t want to push him past what he wanted to share. Already, he was being more open than anyone else.
His eyes flicked to something below my chin.
“Where did you get that?” he asked sharply.
My hand came up, fluttering over the crystal moon pendant my dad had given me.
“My dad gave it to me.”
“Hmm.”
