Savior of the Wolves

Jess’s POV

Sophie thought that her brothers were frantic to find me because the magic was becoming unstable...especially this close to the full moon. I felt so guilty that a simple yell while getting into the ice may have come across to them as an emergency or threat against me. I really didn’t know if that was why they came, but I was mortified at how they saw me. Both of them. And I just froze.

When I looked upon Aiden’s wolf, my embarrassment seemed to slip away. I wanted so badly for him to shift so I could see his face. I wanted to calm him. Help him. The wolf who cradled me to save me...the man whose touch made me feel...whole. And while all this nightmare was unfolding around me, I couldn’t help but fear not seeing that look of need in his eyes again. I think I feared that the most.

Everything had happened so fast. I didn’t know what to think. But he made me feel like I was the most important person in the world. And no matter how I tried to push it aside with being rational, I knew right then…he was the most important person in mine.

The more days that passed, I could remember more vividly the first time I heard his voice. In the car. I understood that I was on the precipice of death and should’ve died, but it was as though he willed me. He didn’t just reach something deep inside of me, convincing me to hold on. He reached deep into other parts of me. The parts that I thought didn’t exist. There was a wild and beautiful hunger and desperation for him. I tried again to be rational and tell myself that it was some opposite of the Nightingale complex. So, I fought what I felt. I saw actions and interpreted them into something else. I wouldn’t let myself accept that anything I felt was real.

But he found me, protected me, and I finally knew there was someone out there who would die for me. He proved that to me.

That changes a person. That changed everything.

I’d spent my life surviving. I never gave much thought to what love and care from a man would feel like. I let myself have that fleeting daydream, but it felt too foolish, too painful to allow it to linger long. It hurt to know that it just wasn’t real. Not for me.

So, I had made up my mind. I would be a strong independent woman after my escape. I would survive on my own. I would rely on myself. That’s all I had. That’s all I needed.

Now, I knew different.

What I didn’t know was anything about their wolves. How they understood each other. The wolf inside of the human. The human inside of the wolf.

The little moments I feel tell me that they are one. I was only beginning to have a need from mine. I could fall asleep to find that she was awake. The more Aiden was around me, the more I wanted to let my wolf awaken. I wanted to live fully in his world. I want to understand him…in every way.

Sophie said her brothers were taken somewhere to be restrained “with chains” to prevent them from hurting anyone. Only after the magic was unlocked would they be released.

Is that why he wasn’t there for me earlier? Is that why they attacked each other the way they did when they found me? Had they been confined before? Sophie had said, “before they took him away again.” I wanted to ask Sophie more, but this was her family. They would’ve been the ones to do this to her brothers. Maybe these things are necessary. Maybe I just didn’t know or understand any of it.

I wondered what would happen when the magic unlocked. Will their need to be around me stop? Will Aiden go back to his normal life, the way it was before I showed up and caused so much trouble? I don’t know a thing about spells and witches, but from what I heard, the spell on me could be almost anything. So guessing was useless.

Emma would read my mind and know what happened, what was said and done when the spell was put on me, then they could help me.

I couldn’t help but speculate that my mom may have put a healing spell or a protection spell on me. Did she know I’d need it with my…that man? Did mom know something was going to happen to her?

I know I should be scared about this creature that may come, but my thoughts keep wandering to something that should be way less significant. But I selfishly can’t help it. If I was a delta wolf, Aiden would be gone. His desire for me would be gone. Would Josh even want to be my friend? I knew he was pulled to me. He thought he wanted me, but I knew he liked someone before I showed up. Would he remain my friend like we’ve become. Would that be too weird with the other girl?

Would it all go back to before?

Would I lose them all?

What would my place be here?

Would I live with other wolves on the outskirts of the compound?

When I should be worried about getting attacked, I was terrified of my heart breaking instead.

Food was delivered to us, and we ate alone. Neither of us hardly said a word. I excused myself, having barely touched my food, and went to the bathroom. Staring at myself in the mirror, I looked into my eyes, wondering what lay ahead. What dangers would these eyes see in a short time from now? Would I even get to look upon Aiden again? Ever.

I stared at the girl who suddenly knew that she was more scared of losing these people than her fate when the magic was unlocked. She couldn’t fear the scourges when what terrified her was not having Aiden in her life.

I wanted my fate revealed more than anything. I had to know.

I walked out the door and looked at Sophie, “I’m ready.”

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