Chapter 27
Rafe
We had a plan. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity we had come to a solution on how to get Damian to come to us. It was going to take a lot of patience but I knew we could do it. It was only a matter of waiting for him to strike again. He would grow antsy soon enough. He was out for blood, after all.
“We got our girl back,” Tracey sat in the rocking chair beside me with a cold glass of lemonade between her hands. It was no longer as cool outside and pretty soon spring would take over the Pack Lands. It was my favorite season, but not my wolf's. He was extremely allergic to the pollen, even while my human form was not. He would want to shift less and less as it started to warm up. Which wouldn’t be a bad thing. It would make it easier being around Jade.
Tracey’s eyes followed Jade around the front yard. Two pups were chasing after her. They hadn’t been able to turn back into their human form for a few days and all they wanted to do was play. One of their mothers was too tired with the twins to play with them like she did before and Jade took up the torch almost immediately. Her cheeks were a soft pink from all the exercise and sweat was sliding down her temples. Her loose-fitting shirt clung to her curves and made it slightly uncomfortable for me to be sitting beside her best friend. One of the gray pups knocked her feet out from under her and her body flew up. Before she could land on her back, Nalia was staring down at the two children.
Jade had transformed faster than anyone I had ever seen before. She lowered her head and the pups whined before they rolled over to their bellies. I could see the intense look in her yellow eyes as she stared down at the children. They didn’t make a sound and before I knew it both children were back in their human forms. Nalia simply sat back on her haunches before she looked in our direction.
Tracey’s mouth was hanging open and the side of her glass had tipped over slightly. A few drops of the juice splashed against her pants but she didn’t notice. “Did you just see what I saw?”
A grin stretched across my face before I could stop it. “She is a sigma. You should see her run now too. It’s incredible to watch.”
Tracey blinked a few times then she corrected her cup all while shaking her head. “I can hardly believe what I’m seeing.”
“Do you think that’s why Damian wants her so badly?” Knox said behind us. He held a glass of lemonade as well but there was something else mixed with it. I couldn’t get a good whiff to identify it.
Tracey rolled her eyes. “There’s no way he would have known. She’s just now being able to do these things. She couldn’t do this before.”
Knox leaned against the side of my chair. “You’re just offended you’re the last to know about how powerful she is.”
Tracey’s lips curled up into a sneer. She didn’t reply back to him but instead tossed her entire drink at his face.
It was my best friend’s turn to smirk through the juice rolling down his face. “Very classy.”
Jade’s wolf watched us with a cool expression before she got up and walked away. No one bothered following her. The set of her tail told us all we needed to know. Nalia was annoyed with our human qualities and would talk to us later.
Before Tracey followed my mate, she flipped her hair over her shoulder and gave us both a cool look. “Isn’t it funny that she isn’t a Guardian or an Alpha and she’s more powerful than the both of you?”
Knox’s expression didn’t change. He simply shrugged. She wanted a rise out of him and he wasn’t going to give it to her.
“I sure know how to pick them,” I said around a massive grin. I didn’t care that she was more powerful than me. I didn’t care that she was faster. I didn’t care about any of those things. The only thing I cared about was that I could try to keep up with her. At the very least, she would wait up for me.
