Voiceless - M. Sinclair Page 0,34

sat down in one of the patio chairs, putting her head down on top of her crossed arms on the table. Shit. I’d never seen Lena this upset. Mind you I hadn’t known her long and she was very passionate, but this seemed different.

“I think I hate them,” she mumbled, “I hate Liam specifically. Stupid assholes.” She very much did not hate them.

I pulled up a chair and sat down to face her. “What did he do?” I asked softly.

“So remember the ‘issue’ I was dealing with?” she asked, looking like she was about to cry again. “Yeah, so nothing was resolved on that end. On top of that, we now have a much larger issue and Liam has decided that because of it, I now have to choose.”

“Is that what he said?”

She sagged, putting her hands through her hair. “No, not exactly.”

“What’s the larger issue?”

Her eyes met mine and I could tell she was worried about telling me for a minute, but then she went to respond. Before she could say a word, a shadow came over us and I looked up to find who I assumed to be Liam standing there. His eyes were hard and frustrated on Lena as he squatted down in front of her. Well, now I just felt like I was intruding.

“What the fuck do you want?” Lena growled, her nose twitched as tears filled her eyes.

“Luna,” he nodded towards me in greeting, “good to see you.” Oh! An official title. Alright, I was totally on board with this.

“Stop it,” she scowled, “you need to go. I don’t want to see you--”

“Stop it!” He demanded, his voice brokering no disagreement as he snapped his gaze back to her. I watched as he grabbed her jaw, “We need to talk. Now. Let’s go.”

“Fuck you.” She growled.

Before I could interrupt this little show, Liam huffed and scooped her up. I felt my brows raise as he carried her off, Lena growling something as she tried to break his hold. I sighed, feeling more confused than the start of our conversation. I was really hoping that they would figure it out and that whatever issue it was; it wasn’t super serious. Although, I doubted that from how upset she seemed.

“Did he just…” Hunter’s voice growled, sounding concerned. I turned towards my mate and offered him a small smile.

“She’s fine,” I frowned, “I think. I will talk to her later but I have a feeling she and Liam just need to have a talk.”

Hunter sighed, looking at where they went off and then looked down at me smiling, “Alright, you’re probably right, little fox. Are you ready to go on a run?”

Nodding, I smiled at Dylan who walked up looking far too handsome as usual. A small pout slipped onto his lips. “I have to go handle some shit, baby, so I can’t go on a run with you. Raincheck?”

I smirked, “Maybe--” I was cut off by the solid kiss he seared to my lips as I let out a small sound, my body falling back against Hunter’s chest, feeling dizzy.

Luca walked out with some other pack members right as I looked up at Hunter, his eyes sparked with excitement and entire frame feeling ready to fucking pounce. It was sexy. Their animalistic energy just did something for me, man.

“Can you shift with clothes on?” Luca looked worried, a cute frown filling his face, as I nodded with a small smirk. I had heard that was an issue with shifters but for me that had never been a problem… then again, I was a purple fox so rules don't apply.

“Thank fucking god,” Hunter mumbled.

“Why?” I teased, knowing exactly why.

“I don’t want anyone to see you naked, you’re ours,” Luca admitted with a possessive edge. My chest warmed and my center exploded with heat, absolutely loving the rough dominant tone to his voice.

Without telling either of them my plans, I shifted easily like I used to in my bedroom at night back in Maine. The nights where I had felt restless and sad. The nights when my fox wouldn’t stop whining and running under my skin, making me almost cry out with frustration.

The longest I’d ever gone without shifting was six months, after that time, feeling somewhat fucked up over it and my fox furious… I practiced shifting once a week. Even if it was only for a small walk around my room. I’d felt so sick after denying my true nature for that long. I just hadn’t been