Ashlynn POV.
I ended the call with my brother, I kept on assuring him I’m safe, but he kept on asking me where I’m, why didn’t I say anything? Where am I again? I assured him I’m safe but didn’t specify any more of the situation, how do I explain to my brother that I was kidnapped and is now on a private island somewhere in the pacific ocean.
I groaned, why did I even call him, I got my bum chewed by him for disappearing and threatened by a spanking once I get back home as if Eli would him to spank me, or baby Eliot, I hoped not though. Now that the call was over, I tried to check who Eli was talking to, I know it was a breach of his trust, but I wanted to see for myself, I don’t know what got into me, but thankfully the phone didn’t work like the ones I’m used to, it was a sign from the god to let it go.
“Eli,” I say going back to look for him, I should just ask him, no need for my bitchy self to come out right?
I went on the search for him, he was in the kitchen, sitting in the same spot as me, in last night’s dream, but Amber wasn’t there, instead, there was a beer in his hand, he turned to me once he heard me coming in.
“You okay?” I ask him, he had the same guilty look on his face.
“Yeah, I’m fine, sweetie, you need anything?” he asks me taking a swing of his beer, “Drink?” he asks me.
“What happened to baby Eliot? You don’t look well, was it the call?” I ask him again.
“The call, it’s just a work call, nothing for you to worry about,” he says with a sad smile, he’s trying to sound happy, but I’m not buying it.
“What kind of work? You never told me what you do?” I ask him again trying to understand what kind of job he does.
“I do human work, one you won’t like, just let it go princess, let’s get drunk today,” he says drinking some more.
“Do you get drunk often Eli?” I ask him, my heart skipping a few beats, wolves can get drunk, there are some things to add to our drinks that would make us drunk, or just drinking enough vodka might get us tipsy.
“Drunk?” he says looking at me with the same sad eyes, there’s a story behind this, but he’s not telling me it.
“Yes, drunk?” I ask him again.
“Sweetie, love, wolves can’t get drunk, I just enjoy the taste, it’s more of a human saying,” he says, but that doesn’t make sense to me.
“There are ways, you know,” I say, but he looked at me confused, I let that go.
“What kind of job, I ask him again, wanting to know more details,” I ask him again.
“It’s nothing wolfie, no need to talk about it,” he says with a cheap smile, making me smile too.
“Wolfie job? Is Eliot making an appearance?” I ask him.
“You know, badass jobs,” he says, now I couldn’t hold my laugh back, I laughed out loud.
“What are the badass jobs? Oh please share Eliot, my brother’s pack owns a construction company,” I explain to him, it’s the job of Micah’s pack after he took charge.
“I don’t know, being badass pack?” he asks me this time, making me smile now.
“Yes, of course of course, did your pack have a badass job?” I ask him this time, but he ignored my question.
“I think we have champagne somewhere here, how about we open a bottle and call it a night?” he asks me, it wasn’t a bad idea, I nodded my head yes, he’s right we do enjoy the taste of those drinks, he got the bottle, opening it, and taking a swing from it before offering the bottle for me.
“Let’s go out,” I say taking his hand and walking back outside, the sun was starting to set now, we have spent our whole day outside, but we did have a late start since I slept in.
We both sat on the sand, my head laying on his shoulder, sharing the bottle of the champagne, we should go in and get some dinner, but instead, we’re just looking out at the sea, Eli is hiding things from me, he looks guilty, I thought no secrets should be there between two mates, but Eliot is hiding things from me, I kept on drinking.
The whole bottle did nothing to us, not even a buzz, but we did enjoy the taste of it, I looked at him, we’re a weird couple, weird mates, we need to do something about it, everyone got their breathers.
Kiara likes to dance and strip, Micah works out with his mate, Jordan used to drive off for some time, I loved driving too, but now we both need something to help us. I turned to my mate, poking him in the shoulder.
“Yes, princess? Is princess Ashlynn finally making an appearance?” he asks me making me giggle, he really wants to see my little side, but my little side is my safe side, but until I feel safe, I’m not going to allow her out.
“Let’s take a run,” I say, we’re on the beach, no humans are around, there’s only us and the sand.
“A run?” he asks me, sounding confused, it’s a wolf international language, a run, meaning shifting and going on a run, letting off some steam.
“You know, going to our wolf form? Running under the moon,” I say with a smile, it’s a romantic thing to do, just for our two wolves to go on a run with the moon above us.
“Uhhh… sure, if you want to,” he says, not sounding excited about it, but he’ll be once we shift to our wolf form.
“I’ll start,” I say shifting to my wolf form, it only took me a couple of seconds to shift, being dominant, and strong, it’s a lot easier to shift to my wolf form, especially with me being trained to do so since the day I was born.
I looked at him, standing now in my wolf form, my wolf looked just like me, with dark fur to match my hair, the same eye colour only more vibrant, and a wolfish smile on my face, ready to take off and run. Eli took his time shifting, in the end, he managed to do so, but his eyes weren’t their regular colour, instead, they were dark, so dark, almost black…