His last state leaves my heart pounding in worry and wonder. He did not ask me to come along so he obviously wants me to stay put so I do just that. I head back for the kitchen and sigh, the night had started out great, we don’t really get to spend much time alone, tonight was special. But still his duties as future Alpha must come first. I finished baking the cookies while I cleaned up the kitchen. It was late by the time I finished so I turned off the lights and went to bed, feeling very alone.
It was early morning, still dark, when I woke to the phone ringing. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes still exhausted; I’d only fallen asleep a couple hours before. I got out of bed and hurried across to my parents’ room where the closest portable phone was located, knowing my parents wouldn’t be h
