New Alpha – New Rules(8)

Ryder tapped the screen and handed it back. “Come sweetheart.” Ryder pulled her to him. “Green Valley, we’re out.” Ryder wrapped his arm around her and ushered her toward the door.

“Hey, you aren’t taking our she-wolf out of here.” Someone said and Ryder turned around to face them.

“I am taking her with me and with your Alpha’s permission. Go discuss it with him. I’m sure that he has several choice words for each of you. I know that I would.” Ryder turned back around and went outside with his pack following.





Chapter 3


Ryder lifted Harper easily into the front seat and gave her a grin. The rest of the wolves piled into the back and into two pickup trucks parked beside the SUV she was riding in. “This is nice.” She said when he’d climbed into the driver’s seat brushing the seat with her fingertips.

“Thank you.” Ryder said. He reached past her and pulled her seatbelt across her then snapped it into the lock. Her teeth sank into her bottom lip.

“You can just drop me at home. They won’t even know that I’m there. We can sneak in the back way.” He glanced over at her then turned his eyes back to the road. “You don’t really expect me to go home with you do you?” Harper started to panic and looked for the door handle. She could hop out before he turned onto the highway. Sidney would pass by here in a few moments and pick her up. She would text her.

“Easy girl.” Ryder reached over and let his finger tips trail down her arm until he found her hand and gave it a squeeze. She calmed and her heart slowed from its pounding panicky rhythm. “I have a big house and you aren’t in any danger. I have other she-wolves and mated pairs at my house. You are safe and you will be taken care of, I promise.” He squeezed her hand again. “Okay?” She nodded and pulled her phone out when it chirped. Sidney.

~Are you okay with this? I’ll follow him and get you away from him if I need to.

~I think I can trust him. If I need you, I’ll call.

~You got it baby and damn is he fine! Get the low down on Curtis for me!

Harper giggled. Ryder looked over at her then adjusted himself in his seat. “Your friend from the bar?”

“Yes. She wanted to make sure that I trusted you with my safety. You’d better keep me safe Ryder. Sidney will kick your ass if you don’t.” He smirked at that. The wolves in the back chuckled.

“She’ll probably stab you to death with one of her shoes.” Someone said.

“How do you ladies stand up in those things without falling over?” A different voice asked in the back seat asked, he was younger and looked genuinely interested when she turned around.

“I’m not sure, I’m still learning myself. Tonight was my first time in years. I’m usually in flip-flops or sneakers. I’m just glad that I didn’t fall down and embarrass myself, but Sidney insisted that flip-flops had no place in a bar. I hope that doesn’t disappoint you Ryder.” She finished quietly.

“Not at all, I prefer that my women be able to walk and to not break their ankles while they’re doing it. On the other hand, if you did break them, it would give me an excuse to carry you around in my arms.” A smile tugged at his lips. She heard someone snicker in the back and giggled again when Ryder growled. The snickering stopped suddenly and Harper clamped her mouth closed. It was never smart to antagonize and Alpha, especially one you’d just met.

They drove into the darkness getting farther from town and from her house. She grew nervous again when they turned down a dirt road beside a black and rusty mailbox that hung over sideways. “I hope you don’t get a lot of mail if that’s yours.” He gave her hand a squeeze and she calmed.

“Jack, straighten that up first thing.” Ryder looked up into the rearview mirror.

“Yes sir, I’ll have it done before breakfast.” He answered quickly. The one interested in her shoes was Jack.

“I didn’t mean to cause anyone any work.” Harper nibbled her lip and looked anxiously at Ryder’s profile.

“It was on the list. Don’t worry about it. We’ve only been here a few days and the list is long. We’re fixing the main house first then we will start building individual units. We sold our pack territory to a developer and we made a nice profit. The offer came at a good time.” He gave her a longing glance then continued. “They’d just passed a law that wolves were open game so I thought that it was all an omen.” Harper nodded. “We came from Montana but I’ve always been intrigued by the east coast, we voted and here we are.”