Keeper of the Wolves by Cheree Alsop

Author:Cheree Alsop [Alsop, Cheree]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, romance action adventure love, werewolf hero, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“Why did you tell me your name?” Koya asked.

She was in her bed and I stood near the window in the sitting room. Her door was open between the two because she said she felt safer that way. She acted as though the assassin’s attack and the presence of the Viel didn’t bother her, but it was the little things that showed how badly she had been shaken. She kept glancing at the windows and kept her hands firmly together so they wouldn’t betray her. There was a slight hint of steel in the air that gave away the knife she concealed within her wrap. I pretended not to notice, but doubled my vigil to keep her safe so she wouldn’t have to go through such things again.

I glanced toward her room, then outside again at the moonlight bathed world below the castle. Something gripped my throat, a shadow of fear at telling her the truth. I had never felt such hesitancy before. Wolves lived in the truth. There was nothing to hide and nothing to fear through living it. Yet I feared telling her what an impact she’d had in my life because it could change things, and for the first time in my life, I feared change.

I swallowed against the tightness and took a steeling breath. “Before I met you, I couldn’t understand what humans said.”

The admission was quiet. Her movements stilled in her room for a moment, followed by the soft rustle of her footsteps as she crossed to the door. I didn’t turn around. I was afraid that seeing her there would close off the truth I wanted to release from my chest.

“What do you mean?” she asked quietly.

I put a hand to the cool window and traced the wavy lines that marked the pane like the wings of a butterfly. “You cut yourself on the glass you pulled from my paw that day.” I frowned at the pane beneath my fingers. “Only after your blood mixed with mine was I able to understand what you said.”

Her breath caught in her throat. She took several steps into the room, but I kept my face averted. “What I’m trying to say,” I swallowed again but the tight sensation refused to let up. I continued in a whisper, “I am only an animal made by some unknown, infuriating force to impersonate a human. I am a stranger in this body.” I clenched my hand into a fist and willed the burning in my eyes to keep at bay. I heard her draw closer and closed my eyes. “I wanted to thank you for trusting a beast.”

I felt her even as I heard her cross the remaining space between us. Her warmth and gentleness pressed against my body and a tremble ran down my limbs. Her fingers touched my closed fist. I opened my eyes in surprise at the jolt that ran up my arm. I turned to find her face a few inches lower than mine. Her blue eyes took me in completely.

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