Spring (Running With Alphas Seasons Book 2) by Viola Rivard

Author:Viola Rivard [Rivard, Viola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

That would have been the perfect time to tell him that you’re pregnant. Can you imagine the look on his face? He would have been kissing your ass for a month.”

Holly had been trying to make Taylor laugh for a while, and at that, she finally couldn’t resist a small smile.

“That would have been awful,” said Taylor.

“Yeah, but putting his hand around your neck was pretty shitty, too.”

“Wait, you’re actually on my side?”

Alder had relented to allowing Taylor to walk back without him, but only if Holly went with her. After a few minutes of walking, Taylor wished that she’d opted to swallow her pride and ride on Alder’s back. They couldn’t be more than ten minutes from her cabin now, but she wasn’t sure she could make it without stopping to rest.

“I never said that,” Holly told her. “You knew you were pissing him off, and it’s not like he actually hurt you. He just reminded you of your place.”

“And what is my place?” Taylor asked tiredly. “Please, enlighten me.”

“You’re his mate, and before you go bitching, don’t forget that you have the cushiest position in the pack. You’re like Belle—the princess, not the pup. We all exist to serve you.”

“You’ve seen Beauty and the Beast? I thought you grew up in the valley.”

Holly flipped her orange hair over her shoulder. “Bitch, I couldn’t get out of this place fast enough. I’ve lived all over the states.”

It occurred to Taylor then, the reason she’d developed a friendship with Holly. She was one of the most human people in the pack. When the two of them talked, Taylor sometimes forgot that she was talking to a fox shifter.

“Why’d you come back?”

Holly rolled her shoulders. “I used to come back every year to check on my mom. Bring her chocolate, magazines, and shit. Things to remind her of the outside world.”

“But your mom was human, right? Why didn’t she just go back?”

“She didn’t want to leave my dad. He’s buried out here. Under your cabin actually, right around where your bed is.”

Taylor’s stomach gave an ominous lurch, but then she saw the twinkle of mischief in Holly’s eyes.

“Screw you,” Taylor said, giving Holly’s shoulder a smack.

Laughing, the fox said, “Actually, he’s buried out in Mistwood. Mom didn’t want him in the backyard. She thought she’d be too sad, seeing his grave every day.”

“They were really close, then?”

Holly nodded.

They walked in silence for another moment, and then Holly gave Taylor a verbal punch to the gut.

“I didn’t just come back for my mom. That’s what I said, but really, I came back for Alder.”

Taylor swallowed. “You liked him?”

“It was more than that,” Holly said, keeping her eyes straight ahead. “We had a thing. Don’t ask me to elaborate. It’ll only upset you.”

“Okay.”

Taylor wasn’t sure what more she could say. She knew many of the females Hale had slept with before she’d become his mate, but had always wondered about Alder’s past. He’d never spoken of whom he’d been intimate with, and no one had ever come forward to try to assert herself over Taylor.

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