Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
Hot Ecology Guy: I bring a bag for clothes, if you want me to hang onto yours. Hot Ecology Guy: Always here to help! Hot Ecology Guy: Bonfire after, we take everything out before so don’t worry about anything, Hot Ecology Guy: We take care of everything Hot Ecology Guy: This is Tyler by the way 😉 Hot Ecology Guy: Is there anything you prefer to drink Hot Ecology Guy: Your sister too Hot Ecology Guy: Headed to the gym if you want to join, seems like your thing Hot Ecology Guy: No response and no show are you avoiding me? j
Hot Ecology Guy: I’ll leave you alone for the night, see you in class Sky Me: “Hot Ecology Guy” Presumptuous name dont you think? Me: Not avoiding you, family stuff came up Me: Mina and I will drink almost anything but beer Hot Ecology Guy: Well I’m glad I didn’t scare you off. Hot Ecology Guy: Mike made fun of me for being too eager
Me: If I was in his place I would have done the same Hot Ecology Guy: Am I coming on too strong? Hot Ecology Guy: I tend to go after what I want. Me: ‘eye roll’ Me: Does that line actually work? Hot Ecology Guy: You tell me Me: Nope Me: Lets start with ‘classmates’ first, I’ve known you about 4 hours Hot Ecology Guy: How about we start by you coming with me on this run Me: Fine, what time should Mina and I meet you I wanted to make it clear I was going to be with someone, not alone with him. Hot Ecology Guy: We meet at 6, come in workout gear Hot Ecology Guy: The smaller and tighter the better 😉 Me: Baggy sweats, got it! Hot Ecology Guy: Give me something to dream about Me: I’m sure you have plenty of images to fill your spank bank
Hot Ecology Guy: Not any more, you erased them all Me: Thars a good line! You should save that for someone Interested in being chased Hot Ecology Guy: And waste an opportunity to make you smile, never Hot Ecology Guy: You don’t like to be chased? Me: I’m usually the predator not the prey.
Hot Ecology Guy: That sounds like a challenge Me: Just stating facts, ask Mina Me: I’m changing your contact name to Tyler *eye roll* is there a last name Hot Ecology Guy: There’s only one way I will give you my last name 😉 This boy and his wink emojis are ridiculous, but I know I have been smiling and laughing this whole conversation. He’s a shameless flirt, but nothing vulgar or obscene. I think I might actually be enjoying myself. Me: Smooth. Are you just going to keep trying to play me with pick up ines? Hot Ecology Guy: Depends..Are they working? Me: I am laughing if that was the goal
Hot Ecology Guy: Ouch, harsh! Me: have to run, some of us have to do homework and care about our grades Hot Ecology Guy: I care, this is just more fun and way more appealing. Hot Ecology Guy: Can see you tomorrow? Me: Maybe.„ Me: Goodnight “Dang! He is crushing hard.”
Mina is sitting on my bed reading through the messages. “Yeah, or he’s part of the group that kidnaps girls. Have you thought about that? He’s trying to get us out in the middle of the woods alone and has no real explanation as to where we are going.”
She looks up at me slowly. “But he’s so nice, why would he do that?” “l don’t have any other proof, but that’s what I would do if I were in their shoes. Find the most charming of the group to approach people and make it some kind of invite only thing. It seems legit and the others talked about it too, but how do we know? There aren’t any other wolves we know that run in this circle yet. It just seems too convenient and I can imagine more desperate girls trying to fit in would jump at the chance to go running with them. They are all hot and for the most part pleasant to be around.”
“So we are for sure going on this run then? I wonder if they will try and take us Thursday or if they will bide theirtime, if you’re right about them being a part of the rogue group.”
“No idea, but we should talk to Osiston and Nickolas. It will give Nik something to focus on and hopefully bring us closer to finding Gentry. Then really do have homework to finish.”
“Were you able to talk them into letting you stop doing the high school work? I can’t believe that your teachers back home wouldn’t give you a break on that.”
“l don’t think it’s my teachers. I’m pretty sure it’s the principal and one of the board members, who just so happen to be the two adults that gave me the worst time while I was in school. You would think that these guys were the teenagers with a grudge to settle. I’m not sure what I did personally to the principal to deserve his hatred, but the board member’s daughter hates me with every fiber of her being and has her father on board with matching hatred. It’s sad, but I actually understand that motive. She’s a good manipulator and he’s a power hungry Delta that was passed on for his brother, who is far superior as a Delta. I am a Beta’s daughter, so I rank higher than both of them and am friends with all the future leaders and the current Alpha and Luna. Neither ofthem like that at all.”
I just roll my eyes. I feel like I have been doing that a lot lately and I internally cringe at the thought and make a mental note to stop the habit. “Damn, no wonder you wanted to get out so badly. She’s the reason you have scars, isn’t she?” It’s a question that’s not really a question. More of a confirmation. I nod, not explaining further. ‘You do realize that when we go back to your pack. and we will be visiting your pack at some point, I am going to figure out who this girl is and beat her ass, right?’ I take a deep breath and let it out slowly, fighting the urge to roll my eyes, and internally laughing at the stupid struggle. My stomach aches at the thought of going back to my pack, to my friends and my old life. I just don’t know if the ache is a good one or a bad one. “Why on earth would we go to my pack?’ “Don’t you think for a second that you are keeping those fine as hell friends of yours away from us, my friend. Sierra needs to see her boy toy, it is all she talks about, and Lillian and I deserve the eye candy experience first hand.
I’ve seen that picture in your room at the compound, you can’t tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about. I think a private lesson in the training yard will be needed, even if I can’t get excited about a hot boy rolling all over me, my brain can still appreciate the effort.”
She tries to look serious, but it only lasts a few seconds before she busts up laughing.
“Also I want to be there when Miss Wannabe sees you now. If she was intimidated enough by you to harm you multiple times then, I can’t wait to see her jaw hit the floor now.”
She snaps her fingers across herself dramatically like a Drag Queen, “You are just coming into your hotness. Even Xander and Oscar have made comments.”
“She would never give me the compliment. She’s good at hiding emotions when she wants or needs to. And I am not hot, don’t make it weird. I know I don’t look terrible, I’m not stupid and I have filled out a bunch since we started training with the warriors, but I look no better than you or Sierra or any of the other warriors.”
“And yet, when your boys come crawling on their hands and knees drooling all over you she is going to lose her sh•t and I want to be there for that trainwreck_”
She laughs at me again. This time I dont fight the eye roll as I move to grab my backpack. I am as far ahead in my high school syllabus as I can be, and none of my teachers are going to give me a hard time. Everyone I have right now is actually on my side and they know what Cunningham has done to me. I am also a sophomore doing senior level and now also doing college level work. but I am not giving anyone a reason to doubt me.
“Let’s go downstairs and let Osiston and Nik know what we think and I can get started on homework while we talk about what the game plan is for Thursday.”
Osiston and Nickolas agreed with me that the circumstances were too coincidental to take lightly. More warriors have been posted around campus for our protection. Mina and I even suggested bringing in Wyatt and Nathaniel, they would pass as students and could be in class with us.
Osiston tabled that idea for now. He doesn’t want to scare the rogues away from us and if it looks like we have males near us giving off any type of territorial vibes the rogues might decide we are too much of a hassle to deal with and we could lose them. The week went by quickly and I talked to Tyler almost every night through text. Mina said that talking to him on the phone is the next step closer to dating and I wanted to stay as far away as possible from giving off any of those signals.
Text was nice though, because we could just continue a conversation sporadically throughout the day. If he is just doing a job to get my attention, he is very good at it They chose wisely in their recruiter. I cannot say the same for Robbie. That boy looks like someone put dog shit under his nose anytime we come near and I don’t know why.
Neither Mina or I have gone out of our way to talk to him, but we haven’t gone out of our way to be rude either. But, Tyler and even Mike have been pleasant to talk to and they have taken to walking with us to classes, ‘making sure we get there safely’ when she and I can’t walk together.
As the run approaches, I feel myself getting nervous. It’s not a real date, logically I know that, but this is still the first time a guy has asked me to go do something. The guys don’t count. They always did things in a pack and Sierra and I just became a part of the pack. He invited me and I decided Mina was coming with me because this sh*t is scary.
I know I told Tyler I would wear baggy sweats, but I have found myself wanting to try a little bit to impress him. It’s weird, because I don’t get the tingly butterflies in my stomach at the thought of him, or anyone for that matter and don’t have any urge for him to hold my hand or any of that mushy stuff, but I still enjoy the attention he gives me. It’s a very strange, very platonic thing. I opt for a cropped black t-shirt and gray joggers with my usual running shoes. My very long blonde hair is pulled up into a ponytail. I look like me, just put together. I stopped Mina from trying to put make-up on me. That was going too far and not anything I would normally do anyway. We are going to workout and then shift and run full force. I could not care less about how I look.
This was the part my wolf and I are so excited about. We have been practicing the shift while maintaining clothes on and working with our mind link. We have also been going in and out of wolf form during sessions with Nickolas, which has actually been a lot of fun, but we have not run full out since being off the warrior compound training grounds. I’m a little afraid of what my stamina is going to look like and Mina only laughed at me when I voiced my fears.
“Seriously? If you struggle even a little bit, you will still probably smoke the rest of the guys we are running with. Maybe you will look a little closer to ‘standard warrior# She air quotes at me while using a mocking voice. “What are you talking about? You keep up with me just fine. Are you going to show them up tonight?’
“l barely keep up with your slow pace and that is because my wolf and my ego demand it. And yes, if I have the opportunity to look like a badass in front of these guys I will. The point is to make them want to be around us, and if they are part of the bad guys, to want to take us. As long as we don’t have to spar with them we will be fine.
Showing them our strength will be a bad thing but being friendly competition to their speed will make them want to chase us and we both know guys ike a good chase.”
“l don’t know anything of the sort. Nobody has ever chased me.”
The minute I said it a memory flashed in my head. The smell of the damp earth beneath my feet, my heart pumping and just feeling the release of the daVs tension.
Then hearing the thudding of paws behind me and voices in my head asking me to slow down and stop, to just talk after all of their actions that day that caused my pain in the first place. Then shifting in the air on the run for the first time. The exhilaration my wolf and I felt as we worked in tandem and more in sync than we ever had before. “Liar!” I see that look on your face and it says everything. You are terrible at hiding those deep down emotions. You have been chased and are somewhere in the middle on how you feel about the topic. You had a look of calm and then one of absolute irritation. This is a story to table for a later date and possibly drinks so you actually tell me the whole damn thing, but now we have a hot date with your hot ecology guy. Let’s go!” She grabs me by the arm and marches me down the stairs and out the door before I can argue. Osiston, Nickolas and the rest of the team left an hour ago to get into position. They can suppress their scents so it won’t come off as if we are being followed. Since we live on the south side of campus we chose to drive to the north end to meet up with the guys. We could have easily run it, but I have no idea what is in store tonight and don’t feel like wasting energy on a 20 minute walk across campus. “We are close ladies, just let us know what you see, hear, even smell. Anything can be information we can use. Keep your links open and we can just listen into the conversations.”
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.