Chapter 326

Chapter 0326

I drink half a bottle of water in one go, then dig into the food. “So, what’s the plan?”

“There’s a bus leaving at 1pm heading toward Jackson, Mississippi. We’ll stop at a small town tomorrow on the other side of Jackson, stay the night then head out the following day toward Birmingham, where we’ll plan to stay another night before heading toward home. At that pace, we’ll get to north Georgia by the end of the week. But that also gives us two nights in a hotel to get decent food and sleep. I’ve already called Rik and given him the plan. I’ll call him again when we stop outside of Jackson.”

After breakfast, Eli showered, we check out of the hotel and head back to the bus station. Eli was still watchful of everything, making sure there was no one suspicious. The bus ride to the area outside of Jackson was tiring, but uneventful. I took the opportunity to ask Eli about where we are going and try to get to know my mate a little bit better.

“We’re headed to my old pack lands, the Silver Dawn pack. I had started to rebuild the pack and was inviting anyone that needed sanctuary to come and be a part of a new pack. Not surprisingly, there are many with stories like ours Grace. So, you can imagine how many wolves came to the borders, asking for a safe place to live.”

“Are they all still there?” I ask, wondering what we’re going to be walking into. “I honestly don’t know. It’s been close to a year since I’ve been back. At the time, I was the self–proclaimed Alpha of the pack, and I left my assigned Beta in charge. I guess we’ll find out when we arrive.”

When we get to the town, we find a hotel and quickly wash off the dust of traveling, before heading out to get dinner. Eli is more relaxed, having spoken to Alpha Rik and hearing that the red wolves seemed to have gotten word out that I’ve been marked and am no longer eligible to mark and mate.

We go to a popular steak house and it’s the most normal experience I’ve had since my mother passed away. We have a nice dinner, talking and laughing. I’m coming to realize that Eli is a caring individual. If my mother and I had met him. in our travels, he would have looked after us, as he seems to do with every stray he finds. He doesn’t call them strays, but that’s what they are. It’s what my mother and I were. We were lost, with no pack and no ties to anyone.

He doesn’t seem to recognize that he gives others a sense of peace and belonging.

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He just sees it as the right thing to do, something that he wished someone would have done for him when he was a child, alone in the world.

We walk back to our hotel room, hand in hand. When we get there, he turns to me. “Are you tired?”

I shake my head. “No.”

He grabs the remote and sits on the bed, turning the TV on. “Do you have anything that you’d like to watch?”

I have an idea, but I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’m hoping instinct, the bond and maybe Eli will guide me.

I get on the bed, but rather than sitting next to him, I straddle his hips, facing him. I put my hands on his chest as he looks up at me, a half–smile on his face. “Something on your mind, Grace?”

I nod. “You made me feel really good the other night. Now I want to return the favor.” I say as I slide my hands down his stomach, to his shorts.

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