He nodded and grabbed the bag back.
“Let’s go. You can call me Colt. All my friends do. Now, Sarah will be back to help you get ready later tonight. And me? Well…”
He didn’t say anything for a long while. We were down the hall and leaving the small building that had become my only safety the past few days.
I had trust issues. I wanted to believe this was all real and that I could have what I wanted, or at least get something worth wanting. I followed him out, hesitating before leaving my sanctuary. The moment I left it would all be real. This was another pack and I was accepting their help.
Gravel shifted under my bare feet and I winced.
“I’m dying to hear what you have to say, but are their shoes in that bag?”
He stopped and glanced at my feet.
“Oh shit. Without your wolf I guess everything’s a little more well. Human? Hop on my back.”
I glared at him.
“Yeah. Human is a good way to look at me right now, but your back?”
He smiled.
“Piggy back style? I do it to my sister all the time. Hop on.”
He knelt down and waited for me to ‘hop on’ as he put it. I spread my legs over his back and wrapped my arms around his neck. His hands started to wrap under my ass when he stopped and I felt the rumble through him and I wasn’t sure what it meant. He shifted and his hands stayed closer to my thighs.
“Just hold on. And what I was going to ask is if you would like me to escort you to the party tonight?”
I shifted and waited for the uneasy feeling to settle in.The one that told me the guy was up to no good. Instead I just felt warm and happy. Like he was the family I’d never had.
“Escort? Don’t you have a date?”
I squeezed my legs tight trying to keep myself from slipping.
“Nah. I haven't met my fated mate yet. Until then I’m a free wolf to do as I please and you are much too pretty to show up alone. Especially with the packs coming tonight.”
He cleared his throat. “You should be there just like all the wolves in our pack, and if I can give you the comfort of being protected, I am at your service.”
I shifted again. There was a lot of his hot skin against my pantsless body. He must have taken my silence as concern because he was quick to correct himself.
“I swear, as beautiful as you are. I feel more protective over you as a pack member than anything. You’re safe with me.”
A smile touched my lips.
“I’m invited to a party? Like invited invited and not a joke?”
His hands were no longer holding onto me and I started to slide down his back. I tried to pull myself up, but instead his hand grabbed my ass this time pushed me up. He moved his hand the second he could, but he paused as we both heard a growl behind me.
“What the hell is going on here?”
Colton glanced over his shoulder making it impossible to read his face. What I could do though was smell a familiar calming scent that wound inside me and ran an express straight down to my core.
“Hey there Dev. Kiara was just moving to the pack house. Sarah and I-“
Devon snarled and Colton stopped.
“Who the hell said you could touch her?”
I shifted and tried to see Devon without letting go of Colton. I took a deep breath and practically purred at his scent.