Page 48 of Rejected Mate

Husk

Ipulled the car into my normal parking space. Then, I sat in my car as if I were in a trance. I just couldn't get over the change in Fagua. One minute, it was as if she were dead. Then, all of a sudden, she just sat up and looked at me.

What the fuck happened?

I was so confused at the time, and I still am. I let out a deep sigh, trying to make sense of it all. I remembered her talking and then leaving the car. I looked at the seat that she once sat in, to confirm if it was a figment of my imagination.

I should go inside and check on things, but then again, I was sure Winter and Sky were taking care of everything. The one fucking thing I had to do, and I couldn't even do it right.

When did I get weak?

"Fucking hell!" I shouted.

As I looked to my left, there beside me was Winter. Tapping on the window and scaring the shit out of me. He backed away as I took off my seatbelt, then opened the door and walked toward him.

"Are you okay?" Winter had a look of concern on his face as his eyes narrowed at me. I knew if I didn't tell him something, he would use his powers on me.

"The place was fantastic," I said, completely changing the subject. "It opened my eyes to communities and how they work together and live as one. They all have a mutual respect for one another. I forgot what it was like to be part of a pack. I forgot what it was like to be part of something where everything just fell into place."

I took in a deep breath as I turned around and slammed the car door, hoping he wouldn't press it and just listen to me about the other packs.

"We've been living in a bubble here in the casino. And this is exactly what we need. We need to get out there and get other wolves to help us. Not just Mayia's pack and Fagua. We need more than that. We can't do it alone," I said, then waited for him to say something. But he said nothing, so I started to head toward the elevator to go to the penthouse.

He caught up to me, then patted me on the back.

"One minute. Where is the real Husk? Where is my brother? Where is the one who wants to do everything alone? Where is he? Because this dude? This dude next to me… I don't know him."

As we reached the elevator, I pressed the button, and Winter kept chuckling at the idea of me being replaced by some alien wolf.

"A wolf can change his mind, you know? That's the whole thing about growing older and wiser."

"Chill!" He lifted up his hands, as if I was about to fight him and he wanted peace.

"I know you're hungry and tired. I can hear your stomach growling. Which means that you and Fagua more than imprinted because she said she wanted to spend the night with Mayia."

"What? What did you say?" I asked a little too quickly, showing how uptight I was.

"Well, she called me to say that she wanted to chill with Mayia, so they met up and she'll come home tomorrow. Which is cool because I think she's probably tired from being with you, big guy, and knows that Sky and I would want a taste of her because we missed her."

"Of course you did," I said under my breath.

"What did you say?"

I shook my head, denying that I said anything at all. I was upset at the idea we'd just imprinted but she didn't even bother to tell me where she was going. I took out my phone from my pocket, to see if maybe she had called.

Fucking nothing!

Winter was rambling on about missing Fagua and keeping himself busy with work. I didn't want to hear it. Where was the fucking elevator?

The more he talked about Fagua, the more annoyed I was getting, wishing that I could talk about her that way, but then feeling relieved that he never asked me how it went with her.

I wish I could go back to the pack lands. The place where I could roam and just feel alive; the place I would happily go back to right now, if I wasn't so damn hungry.

"You coming up or what? Maybe you can get rid of that stinkin' mood and then we can call the wolves you met and have a meeting."

I nodded my head in agreement as I looked up to see that Winter was in the elevator and I was twisting my phone in my hand, like a lovesick teenager, wishing he would get a date for the prom.

"I can't wait till Fagua comes home. I bought a dress for her. You know, to show her how special she is to the three of us. I think it's important to show her that. There's so much pressure on her now," Winter says casually.

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