Returning to the Werewolf by Holly Day

Author:Holly Day [Day, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Cash was shaking as he fought for control. His wolf urged him to mate with Lex before he could run away from them again, but Lex looked scared, wounded, and vulnerable, and Cash couldn’t handle it. His Lex should be smiling.

He wrapped his arms tighter around him. “I’d never hurt you.”

“You already have. You hurt me more than anyone else ever has.”

Cash flinched as if Lex had hit him. “I never meant to hurt you. I searched for you.”

“I needed you. My world fell apart, and I needed you to come with me, but you didn’t show.” Lex pushed at him to be let free, but Cash tightened his hold instead.

“I wanted to come, Lex. I wanted to run away with you, but when I fought Dad…When I won, I took over his position in the pack. I can’t leave. I have to stay in Warwood.”

“And I have a life back in Cottleway.”

The pain. For a moment, Cash believed he was having a heart attack, but it was only his mate rejecting him. He wouldn’t die. He would live an empty hollow life, but he wouldn’t die. He wished he would die. The whine wouldn’t be stopped. Tears burned his eyes, but he blinked fast not to let them spill over. “Can I at least call you?”

The way Lex watched him made him want to hide.

“I…eh…I guess.”

Cash nodded and stepped away. He couldn’t—Lex was leaving. Was this how he’d felt when Cash hadn’t shown at the gas station? He’d bear this pain. It would even the scales. “I’ll call Arric.”

It was as if he was watching himself from above when he went into the bedroom to make the call. He spoke, but he couldn’t hear himself. What Arric said when he picked up, he didn’t know, but it didn’t take long before there was a knock on the door.

Cash opened, and Arric gave him one look before the smile on his lips melted away and was replaced by worry. “Are you okay?”

“Lex wants to leave.”

Arric’s eyes widened at the same time as Lex appeared behind Cash.

“Fuck.” It was a low mutter, and Cash hoped it was too low for Lex to hear, but he wasn’t sure. He always found it hard to judge with humans.

When Arric followed it up with a louder, growlier, “Fuck.” Cash winced. No way Lex could’ve missed it the second time.

“Yeah.” Cash slumped his shoulders, but fought to keep calm, and not show any emotions.

Samus chose that moment to tumble out of the woods, followed by Gordon in wolf form. Cash growled.

“Sorry.” Samus held his eyes glued to the ground. “Arric said to come help pull the car free. I tried telling Gordon to go away and not follow, but…” Gordon was more dominant and had ignored Samus. He didn’t need to say the words out loud.

Cash had had it with Gordon. The limit was reached before today, but now he wanted to beat the ever-living shit out of him. Gordon was forgetting his place. He might ignore Samus, but he did not trot up to Cash’s house uninvited.

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