Pack Partners 1 - Accidental Alpha by Poppy Dennison

Author:Poppy Dennison [Dennison, Poppy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Nothing good ever came from a phone call at three in the morning. Lex sat up and grabbed his cell. "Yeah?"

"Um, Al…Lex?"

"Ruby?"

"Yeah."

"What's wrong?"

"Um, could you come bail me and Nathan out?"

"Excuse me?"

"We're in jail."

"You're what?"

She sighed. "Drunk and disorderly."

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"No."

"Fucking hell. I'm on my way."

"Thanks, Alpha."

Lex grunted and climbed out of bed. He pulled on a pair of jeans and one of his old academy shirts. Not that anyone down there would likely forget him, but the subtle reminder couldn't hurt. He went out to the car just as Spencer's front porch light came on. Spencer stumbled out onto the porch, clearly still half-asleep, with his cell phone pressed to his ear.

"No, no. It's okay. I'm on my way."

Even though they were probably a hundred yards apart, Lex could clearly hear his words.

"Spencer?" Lex started jogging the short distance between them as he called out.

Spencer yelped and fumbled the phone around for a second before he caught it against his chest. "You scared the crap out of me."

"What are you doing?"

"Um, well…."

"Let me guess. Nathan called you."

"Yeah. You heard that?"

"No," Lex chuckled. "Ruby called me."

He'd walked close enough that he could see the flash of pain on Spencer's face. "She called you?"

"Well, yeah. Alpha. Former cop. Seemed like a good choice."

"Sure."

"You can ride with me. We'll go get this sorted."

"Um, well…"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I'll ride with you. It's fine."

A new smell filled the air between them. Lex wondered when he'd finally begin to understand the difference. He didn't like this scent any more than he liked the acrid fear one he'd caused a couple of weeks before. Spencer was still so skittish with him, though. Other than waking up next to him the night of the full moon, Lex hadn't been able to get close.

They climbed into his Suburban, and Spencer stared out the window.

"Spencer?" Lex said after a few moments of silence.

"Yeah?"

"Will you ever forgive me for that first day? I know what I did was wrong. Hell, I've never even apologized for it. I'm such an asshole. I'm really sorry I attacked you like that. There's really no excuse."

"You didn't really attack me."

"Yeah, I did. You didn't want me touching you, and I did."

Spencer sighed and thumped his forehead against the window. "It's not that I didn't want you to touch me, Lex. It's that you were—are—my alpha. You're new, and you don't know what all this means. I get that the scents can be overwhelming. Hell, all the senses can sometimes. For me, it's hearing. I swear, the closer I get to the full moon, the more I hear. It's been like that my whole life."

"So you've been a wolf your entire life? I didn't know that."

"There's a lot you don't know about me, Lex."

Lex clenched the steering wheel in his fist. "I know. I'm not very good at this stuff. I just…you smell so good to me. That means something. You know it, and now I know it. I wish I—"

"Don't, Lex."

"Don't what?"

"Don't make wishes.

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