Independent She-wolf novel Chapter 16

"I don't want to be left alone," I told him quickly. I was still scared out of my mind. But I guess and ordeal like mine could do that to a person. Being shot wasn't fun, nor was having your wrist broken by werewolf Stalkers.

He nodded and sat down on the bed. I dialed the first number.

Katie was the first person I called. When I told her what had happened, she kind of started to freak out. It took a moment for me to calm her down. Eventually, she did and I told her that I would talk to her tomorrow. Next, I called my parents. They asked where I was, but I don't think they were actually worried about me. Right now, I really didn't care. I told them I was staying at Katie's and they said to have fun. Yeah, with what happened tonight, that wasn't going to happen.

I hung up the phone and gave it back to Jace. "Do you want me to leave you alone to heal?" he asked.

"No," I said. He nodded and turned his back to me. Swiftly, I removed my clothes carefully and shifted. Already, I could feel my body healing itself. When in wolf form, I climbed onto Jace's bed and yipped to get his attention.

When he did and saw me, he came over and sat on the bed with me. Then, he started to stroke my fur. I sighed. It felt amazing. I leaned against him and put my head in his lap.

Then, he spoke softly to me. "I know you never wanted any of this, Dani," he said to me. I lifted my head to look at him. "When you were captured tonight, I've never been more scared in my whole life. I don't know what would've happened if I lost you. And I can't help but feel it's my fault. I should've been there for you. You should've never gotten hurt."

How could he say that? It wasn't his fault. I whined and he looked down at me. I shook my head from side to side. He smiled at me. "You're the most important thing to me, Dani. I know you don't want to be my mate, but I'm glad you are. I'm just sorry, you're not happy about it."

He was wrong. With him I was happy, because I was safe. This wasn't what I planned for. I didn't want to be close to him, or anyone for that matter. But, I couldn't deny the fact that I was falling for him.

Too much had happened tonight. I didn't know if my wanting him close was because I was starting to fall in love with him, or just because of what had happened. Seriously, I needed to figure things out. Probably before I made a wrong move.

Right now, she was sitting with me in her wolf form. She had to heal her leg and her broken wrist. I killed both men that had hurt her. They got what they deserved. Her head was resting in my lap, and I was gently stroking her fur. I didn't tell her I loved her though. I knew she wouldn't want to hear that.

My thoughts were concealed from her right now. See, when werewolves are in wolf form, they are able to read minds. Only of other werewolves, though. It was how we communicated with one another when we ran on four paws.

There's a way to guard our thoughts from each other, too. It gave us privacy. For now, I kept my thoughts from her, and she kept hers from mine. True mates are able to read each others minds in whatever form we were in.

Danielle Cameron was my true mate. But she didn't want a mate. She didn't want a pack. All she wanted was to be left alone. Honestly, it hurt to know she didn't want me completely. I knew a part of her did. Only I could hope that the rest of her will follow that one part.