Torem(Zeus’s Pack 4)(32)

“She is a bit too friendly. You knock her out and I’ll do the rest.”

Sidney laughed, holding his side as a tear rolled down his cheek. “You can suck on her all you want. I’ll pass.”

“I’ve never sucked on a woman. Think she’ll taste like chicken? I hear everything tastes like chicken.” He laughed as well.

“What’s so funny?” Sammy, Trevor and Knox’s mate, asked as he climbed up onto a stool.

“Nothing, beautiful.” Trevor cupped Sammy’s chin and kissed him.

Sidney smiled when strong arms circled around his shoulders. Dino, he’d know those arms anywhere. “I see you two are having fun over here.”

Sidney leaned his head to the side for a kiss. “Trevor and I were just discussing how chicken tastes.”

Trevor grinned. “Yeah, although I hear there is a wide variety to choose from.”

Sidney lifted his bottle and took a drink, enjoying his time here. The people that lived with Torem all seemed pretty nice. It would be prefect if Jasper would stop following behind him and sniffing. Sidney knew he had to tell his mates. The Alpha’s mate already suspected something wasn’t right with him.

“You ready to go?” Dino tightened his arms around Sidney’s shoulders and then let go. “We have to start early tomorrow. We have a lot of drywall coming in.”

Sidney nodded and finished his beer, setting the bottle on the counter as he turned and slid off of the stool. “I’m ready.”

Torem joined them, and they left Theo’s. Sidney inhaled the night air as they walked from the tavern. It was warm and fragrant, the smell of the forest and Theo’s tangled together to give off an intoxicating scent. Torem walked around to the driver’s side as Dino and Sidney went around to the passenger’s.

Sidney was knocked into the truck as Dino was pulled away from him. He had no clue what was going on until he saw Dino on the ground with two wolves pinning him down. Sidney shifted without thought and attacked.

“Shit,” Dino shouted as he got to his feet and opened the truck door. Sidney could see him searching for something, but he pulled his attention back to the wolves.

A warning growl ripped from Sidney’s chest as he circled the two wolves. He could hear Torem fighting on the other side of the truck.

Were these wolves crazy? This wasn’t like his hometown. There were humans here that weren’t aware that were-creatures existed and they were fighting right in the middle of the street.

Trevor and Knox came out of the tavern just then. Trevor hissed as Knox ran to help Torem. Sidney crouched down, ready to spring as Trevor came to his side.

“Nice look.” He chuckled.

Sidney chanced a glance over his shoulder to see Dino standing there with a heavy jack in his hand. What the hell was he going to do with that? There was no way Sidney was going to allow his mate to fight these wolves. His front paws pushed back, moving closer to Dino.

“Hell of a revelation,” Dino said as he gripped the jack. “We’ll talk about keeping secrets later.”

Sidney wasn’t looking forward to that conversation. One of the wolves was stupid enough to lunge forward, and Sidney attacked. His powerful jaws opened, and he locked them onto the wolf’s head. With two thousand pounds of force, he crushed the wolf’s skull.

Sidney dropped the dead were-shifter and roared so loud, Dino dropped the jack and clamped his hands over his ears, as did Trevor.

The second wolf took off, Sidney giving chase.

“Sidney!” he heard Dino call, but Sidney needed to take care of the threat to Chey and this pack.

His pack.

Sidney no longer felt like he was an outsider. The entire pack of Grey wolves had made him feel welcomed, and Sidney was going to defend them.

His front legs stretched and then hit the ground, his speed eating up the distance as he grew closer to the wolf. Sidney skidded to a halt when he scented more wolves in the night air. He wasn’t familiar with his new pack’s scent yet, and he was taking every precaution.

Sidney watched as the offending wolf got away, cursing in his mind. The threat would continue as long as Remus’s men continued to live.

“Shift back now!” Torem commanded as the other wolves stalked out of the forest.

Sidney was too frightened to do as Torem demanded. The furious look on his mate’s face had him trembling. He was warned growing up to hide who he was for fear that the wolves would perceive him as a threat and kill him.

“Sidney, shift back.” Torem’s tone softened. “No one is going to harm you.”

Sidney yowled and then took off. He couldn’t chance it. They wouldn’t accept who he was, not after discovering his shifter form. He shot up a tree and climbed along the branches, praying he was out of sight.