Adored by the Mountain Wolf by Emilia Hartley

Author:Emilia Hartley [Hartley, Emilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emilia Hartley
Published: 2017-04-08T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

“Where’s my husband?” the mother asked.

Connor, still in wolf shape, watched the road pass behind the truck on the quiet stretch of pavement without making a sound. She understood what his silence meant and sunk further into the truck bed. The daughter wiped her tears away and looked up at the proud wolf that protected them with awe. The shock of the moment had gotten to them all. Connor had one thought on his mind: protection. He needed to make sure Tess got to her destination safely even if it meant that he didn’t. He knew he would have done the same thing that the now dead father had done just moments ago.

Connor glanced back at Tess who sat nervously gnawing on her fingernails in the driver’s seat. The window that separated the truck bed from the cabin was cracked from tiny chunks of silver that were embedded in the glass.

Once again, their little truck had saved them from a catastrophe. And, instead of protecting them from bears, it was saving bears. Connor smirked from what he thought was a poetic moment.

He heard the sound of a motorcycle lumbering just out of sight but coming up fast behind them. There were no cross streets, or spaces to turn off the main road. They would have to face this enemy head on. He braced himself to jump from the back of the truck while his fur whipped about in the open breeze of the truck bed. He would need to end this quick in order to keep everyone safe. A stray gunshot could spell disaster. The motorcycle came into view. A single rider was bore upon the back of the metal beast and in almost no time at all he closed the gap.

There was something familiar about the rider. His clothing didn’t seem to fit him right, his shirt was far too large for his size and his leather chaps fit about the same. It was Alex.

Of course it would be Alex.

He passed the cab and Connor nodded, Alex returned the gesture. The loud roar of the engine was deafening for Connor but he was glad to see a familiar face in enemy territory, even if it was Alex’s.

“Follow me!” he said, shouting at Tess through the driver’s side window.

Alex shot ahead of the truck with a twist of the throttle. Tess obliged him, following closely behind. They drove for miles, and after almost an hour had passed, his motorcycle began to slow.

He turned off the beaten path, between a few trees. The dirt path was almost invisible to the road. It was difficult to maneuver around with the truck but Tess managed well enough. Connor trusted Alex enough to accept his help.

After a minute or two of driving, a forest clearing emerged ahead of them. Inside the clearing a row of huts lined up beside the tree line to the right, while in the center a fire pit smoldered. Alex pulled his motorcycle over by the nearest cabin and dismounted.

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