Requited Hood by Kendrai Meeks

Author:Kendrai Meeks [Meeks, Kendrai]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tulipe Noire Press
Published: 2019-03-26T22:00:00+00:00

VII

It was time. Time to come to terms with everything I felt for Cody, and time to set out to do all I had decided to do with my life. Time to tell my mother about my relationship, about college, and that I’d decided to become the future alpha’s bride.

I didn’t need to take my fire to fuel the flames. I could make my own fire.

I’d accept what I wanted, stop feeling like it was something I had to hide or apologize for, and be a freaking adult. My mother’s reaction wasn’t my responsibility. If she wanted to summon her silver, skewer me, and roast me over the fires meant for my hooding, what could I really do to stop her?

All I had to do was find her and have done with it. In the training complex, I found one of the few cousins I considered a friend practicing his battle skills.

“Markus!”

The youngest of six siblings, Markus was the baby of his family, but “baby” was the last word anyone would ever use to describe him. Standing six foot three, he towered over me. When he wrapped me in his arms and spun me off the ground in his overly dramatic way, at least eight inches between my feet and the floor remained. He was a strong hood, one who took on his mantle at fourteen, the youngest of my generation. Once, my mother hoped I’d see him as a candidate for husband. Little did she know that Markus had been hoping to make a husband of our cousin Robert.

“There you are, Gerwalta. Why weren’t you at the fire last night?”

He set me down like a feather on water, leaving me to straighten out my clothes. “Please don’t call me that—it’s Geri. And you know why. I was being punished.”

“Your mother is mad at you again? Must be a day of the week that ends in y, then.”

His light-hearted jab brought a much-needed smile to my face. “Speaking of the wicked witch, do you know where she is?”

“She was through here a little while ago, helping Robert adjust to all his new awesomeness and stuff. You should see his biceps ripple. I could watch that hood for hours.” For a moment, Markus’s face clouded over in a dreamy mask, and I tried not to picture what he must be thinking. Finally, he snapped back to attention. “Nope, she’s not here. I thought I heard her say she had to go out for a summons.”

My nose wrinkled. “A summons? I didn’t know the wolves were having some sort of dispute that needed settled.”

Markus grinned. “Just because you’re tossing off the alpha’s son doesn’t mean you’re the werewolf whisperer or anything. They’re a large pack, Geri. Crowds create conflict. I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about.”

“I hope you’re right. And just because I told you my secret doesn’t me you can say anything about Cody and me around here. All the older hoods with their turbo hearing and stuff... Could get ugly if anyone finds out.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.