A Season of War_MM Wolf Shifter Mpreg Paranormal Romance by Apollo Surge

Author:Apollo Surge [Surge, Apollo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

He found Elliot in the basement hammering a sheet of plywood into place, building what looked like pens.

"For the full moon," Elliot explained as he saw Sawyer's confused look. "To keep the bull alligators separated, hopefully. It's not ideal, but it should minimize any casualties."

"Are we at the 'minimizing casualties' point already?" Sawyer asked.

"Christ, I know, right?" Elliot said with a sigh, setting aside his hammer on a sawhorse and running a hand through his hair. "How did it get so out of hand?"

"I don't think it was ever in hand," Sawyer said, shrugging. "We weren't prepared for the Fae to go crazy. Neither were any of them. We're all just trying to live."

"But I'm supposed to be responsible for everyone," Elliot said bitterly, turning to grab another two by four.

"Speaking of which," Sawyer said warily. "We need to talk about the deer shifters. If we keep them where they are, there's going to be a fight. We need to figure out a way to give them more space from the gators—"

"Talk to Alicia about it," Elliot said a little sharply. "That's not my job anymore."

"You can't just decide not to be Alpha anymore," Sawyer said, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Can't I?" Elliot replied, laying the two by four out on the saw horse a little harder than necessary. "I wasn't enjoying it and I sure as hell wasn't much good at it. If Alicia thinks she can do better I'd say she can have it."

"The Moon chose you," Sawyer said, hands clenching.

"Yeah, well, the Moon didn't ask me," Elliot said with a sour expression, reaching for a hand saw.

"I chose you."

Elliot paused, put the saw down.

"And I chose to be with you," he said, leveling a serious look on Sawyer. "You. Not to be Alpha, not to lead the pack. Just you."

Sawyer's heart flipped in his chest, but he couldn't let himself be distracted by romantic words right now.

"There are people relying on you," he said, almost begging.

"Alicia can handle it," Elliot replied, and turned away, picking up the saw again. His back to Sawyer, he returned to his work. Frustration boiled hot as acid in Sawyer's throat.

"Really?" he asked, demanding. "That's it? After everything that happened to make you Alpha, after Duncan died for it, one person questioning your decisions is enough to make you abandon it?"

Elliot paused for just a moment, then went back to sawing.

"Just one more reason I'm not cut out for this," he muttered.

Sawyer hung on for another moment, hoping he'd think of something to change Elliot's mind, or that Elliot would reconsider on his own. Finally, accepting that it wasn't going to happen, he turned and made his way back up the basement stairs. He hoped, right up to the last step, that Elliot might call him back. There was no sound from the basement but the sawing of plywood.

***

Alicia was, if possible, even less help. He waited twenty minutes for her to finish a phone call with the bank, only for her to be immediately pulled into another call, this time with the utility company.

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