Feral Alpha (Omega University Book 3) by J.L. Wilder
Author:J.L. Wilder [Wilder, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J.L. Wilder
Published: 2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00
Chapter Eleven
XAVIER
Louis was awake when they returned. He looked up at them and frowned, and Xavier remembered how instinctive his friend had always been. How intuitive. Was it possible that Louis could tell that something had happened?
âCome and take a walk with me,â he said. âZoe...stay in the cave, will you?â
âI will,â she promised.
The way she looked at him was completely different now than it had been before. It was as if she recognized an authority figure. There was something almost worshipful about it. Xavier knew, without knowing how he knew, that he could count on her to do as she had said and to stay in the cave while he and Louis were away.
Louis got up and followed him out. âWhere are we going?â he asked. âThe waterfall?â His tone was mild, and yet there was a tightness to his words that Xavier had never heard before.
Heâs angry, Xavier realized. It was harder to recognize anger than it was when his friend was in his animal formâhuman anger was so much more subtleâand yet Xavier thought he could see it in the set of Louisâ jaw and the way his fists clenched.
âThe waterfall would be fine,â he said.
Louis nodded and strode out of the cave without looking back.
Xavier steeled himself for an uncomfortable conversation and followed.
They didnât speak to each other the whole way to the waterfall. They didnât even look at each other. Louis kept slightly ahead of Xavier, walking with his back to his friend, refusing to look back at him. When they finally reached the water, he stood on the bank with his arms crossed over his chest, staring out over the pond. He still refused to look at Xavier.
Xavier came up behind him. âSo youâre angry,â he said.
âYou slept with her,â Louis said.
Xavier was startled. âHow did you know that?â
âI can smell it on you,â Louis snapped. âFor fuckâs sake. How do I know it? For someone who spends the majority of his life in animal form, you sure do seem to forget that the people around you can follow their senses just as much as you can. I knew as soon as you brought her back to the cave.â
âOkay,â Xavier said. âI slept with her.â
âSo, now what?â Louis asked.
âI donât know,â Xavier said, feeling a little taken aback.
Louis sighed. âOf course, you donât. Youâre terrible at thinking ahead.â
âHey.â Xavier was annoyed. âI can think ahead as well as the next person.â
âI donât know if you can,â Louis said. âBut I know that you donât. I guess itâs another human thing thatâs beneath you now that youâre a full-time wolf. Which reminds meâyou were in human form when you fucked her, werenât you?â
âDonât be gross.â Xavier was angry now. He hadnât necessarily expected Louis to support what he and Zoe had done, but he certainly hadnât thought heâd be facing this.
âShe comes from Omega University,â Louis said. âSheâll be going back to the school in a matter of days. Maybe even today. Did you think about that? She does seem as if sheâs well enough for travel now.
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