But all I need right now is this fucking cuddle.
That’s enough for me.
She hums a tune and I’m close to falling asleep when she suddenly stops and her arms tighten. I feel her looking at me and I open my eyes to see a frown.
“Have you spoken to Alpha Jax about entering his land? Lexi you do know you’re supposed to get permission?” She asks cautiously, when I don’t respond she stands up quickly.
“You have to go Lexi! Go before they find you!” She sounds panicked.
She swings the door open and I find a very livid looking Jax standing there.
“Shit!” I stand up quickly. I knew what I was doing when I crossed into his territory, but coming face to face with the consequences of my actions has me scared shitless.
I make a beeline for the back door and thank God, it’s open. I don’t hear his footsteps behind me so I look back to see if he’s chasing me, but he’s not there. I make it to the back porch stairs, but before my foot even gets to touch the grass, Jax is there, knocking me right off my feet and tackling me to the ground. He knocks the air right out of me.
“Shit, I didn’t mean to get you that hard.” He looks down at me underneath him with concern.
“Air…can’t…breathe.” I wheeze, trying to push him off me.
“Fuck! Sorry.” He moves to lean on his hands and knees, giving me enough space to catch my breath, but not enough to get away from him.
He looks down at me as I cough and splutter, eventually catching my breath I look up at him hovering over me.
“You think I’m going to let you get away that easily?” He asks.
“I did before.” I smirk.
“Well you caught me by surprise that time. I didn’t know you were such a fast runner. I know now. Unfortunatelyfor you, you’re still a weak human,” he says, grinning now.
“Witch, and I’m not that weak.”
“What?” He asks, his grin long gone.
“Apparently I’m a witch too.” I nearly laugh at how quickly he climbs off of me.
He looks me over, his lip curling.
“Oh Jesus, not you too. What is with you wolves and witches?”
He starts to speak, evidently about to give me the history lesson I’ve already been given, but I put up my hand and shake my head. “I know the story, okay. I had nothing to do with that, so calm your jets.”
“Well, that explains the wicked ass shit you put Chelsea through when you caught that slag with Drake.” Ronny’s voice has me whipping my head around to see her.
“Ronny,” I whisper. I don’t know how I managed to stay away so long without talking to her. She runs the rest of the way to me, tackling me to the ground again. I wrap my arms around her holding her tight. I don’t stop the tears from flowing. I cry hard and I cry ugly, but her hands hold me tight, never losing their strength.
“Don’t cry. You’re going to make me cry as well.” I hear her husky voice as she tries to contain herself, but I can’t hold them back anymore. I haven’t slept in twenty four hours and it’s been one hell of a night; I just need to hold her.
I feel Jax’s presence as he steps closer, rubbing his hands through my hair at the back of my head trying to calm me.
Chapter 18
ALEX POV
“Go after her! Find her!” Johnny tells the twins. Nodding, they rush off after her.
“She’s too fast for them, Alpha. She’s a quick human and an even faster wolf, whether she turns or not doesn’t matter. She’s gone. Give her space, she needs time to process everything. She’ll be back,” I hear Jacob say. Johnny and I both choose to ignore him and he quietly leaves.
“I begged her to come back, Johnny. I managed to get through to her, but she said she had something she needed to do.” I look up to my mate, and he pulls me into his warm arms; it calms me to an extent. I attempt to pull away from him, but he doesn’t loosen his grip, he just gives me enough room to look into his eyes. “What if she doesn’t come back?”
He looks over my shoulder and says, “She will, this is her home.” I sense his uncertainty as he says the words.
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I sit on my bed looking at the photo I have from my teenage years. James stands tall in the middle with his arms thrown over mine and Noelle’s shoulders. James and I have huge cheesy grins on our faces, but Noelle is blushing so bad even her ears are red. I remember how in love she was with my brother, and how much he loved her back; although neither could build enough courage to tell the other.
I remember the night that everything changed.
Nineteen years ago…