Best Friends Mate

chapter 9

Thursday and Friday flew by. No sight or sound from Ryan. One call from my brother. It was uneventful. I knew after this weekend I needed to get back in the training arena. We had to always stay sharp. I wont lie, it was nice relaxing. I caught up on my herbal medicine and medicinal plant foraging. Something Emily taught me. She said my mom was always interested in that. It came in handy during SERE training.

SERE- Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape. It was a school we attended. We learn how to survive in the most remote and hostile environments. I stayed away from the packhouse, taking advantage of the mini fridge and microwave in my cabin. I would never describe myself as a loner but I wasn’t a social butterfly either. I liked people but I also liked my time alone to rejuvenate after being around people. I was ready for today though, Saturday. I was just about to walk out the door when I see Ryan on my porch.

“Good timing” he laughed.

“what are you doing here?” I asked

"We’re gonna meet Dustin there. We live on the outskirts of the compound ,closer to river and cliffs. We’ll just meet Dustin there since we’re closer"

Sounded good to me. I couldn’t wait to see the river. It was a beautiful warm day for March. The sun was shining and the sky was clear. We talked the entire way there about the new silver antidote, Dustin being a dad, and me getting my wolf soon.

“I wonder what your wolf will look like” he said curiously.

“Ive wondered the same thing. Maybe blonde, light brown?” I said non-chalant.

“im sure youll be beautiful” he said.

For a moment I was silent, until finally asking “Ryan… what does your wolf look like?”

He gave me a side look, eye brow raised and a mischievous grin. Goddess he was hot.

“wanna see?” he asked

“actually, yeah”

“ok, take a few steps back”

After doing as instructed I watched Ryan take his shirt off. Id seen and trained with shirtless warriors but Ryan was different. Id known this guy and had a small crush on this guy as a kid. His arms were already massive as a human and covered in tattoos that I reminded myself Id ask about later. I watched him

begin to transform. The sound of bones popping and cracking never really bothered me. I finally see Ryan

in his final transformation as a wolf as he falls on four legs. He was twice the size of a regular wolf due to his alpha blood and I suspect natural human size. He was jet black all over. Not a single strand of anything else. Those sapphire blue eyes sparkled at me just as they did as a human. I walked up to Ryans

wolf and he stepped forward. He did something I wouldn’t expect. He rested his head onto my shoulder and nuzzled my neck. He stepped back after a minute and began to turn back into a human, quickly shifting. After transforming he knelt to get some clothes out of his bag. I didn’t look away but I didn’t stare at him either. He looked up to me with a smirk on his face

“My nudity doesn’t bother you” It was more of a statement than a question.

Oh he bothered me alright but in a way that he intimidated me with how good he looks. I didn’t say anything, just turned my head to the side as if I was looking around.

“better get used to it hudd. We’re all naked after we transform back to our human side”

“you act like ive never seen werewolves transform before.”

Truth was Id never seen werewolves like HIM who I think subconsciously I was attractred to but would never admit it.

“Youre not really my type anyways Ryan, don’t flatter yourself” I retorted with a little bit of teasing in my voice.

That’s when he stopped grabbing his clothes out of his rucksack and stood up for me to see him in his full god like glory. Like I said, ive seen werewolves naked after returning to their human form but they did not look like Ryan.. and I mean that in more ways than one. He walked up to me as if stalking his prey. His eyes did not falter from mine. When he got face to face with me. I would not look away, alpha or not, sexy naked with the biggest d*** id ever seen or not. He stared at me for a moment before

giving me that crooked smirk again.

He whispered in my ear “I think im EXACTLY your type Kiara” and before I could object he said “and youre exactly mine”. I stared at him, analyzing what he could possibly be thinking. The wind blew and I when I went to tuck a strand behind my ear he grabbed my hand interlacing his fingers in mine. He

slowly brought my arm back down to my side with his hand still in mine and he wrapped his arm around my back. He reached up with this other hand, pushing my hair back from behind my face and cupped my neck and jaw. Finally he kisses me, soft at first and I pull back not sure what to think. He grabs me and

pulls me close again placing his lips on mine. I couldn’t stop him and I didn’t want to. He whispered again, “can I keep kissing you Kiara” as if he needed my permission, like he couldn’t smell how turned on I was by him. Thats when I kissed him back. It was soft at first but became hard and hot, he parted my

mouth with his tongue, both of our tongues dancing together in perfect rhythm. He held onto me tighter as I placed my other arm around his back and I could feel his hard body and member against me. As quickly as it started, he stopped. He looked at me and rest his forehead against mine, eyes closed.

“I smell Dustin. Hes getting close.” He softly said his forehead still to mine. “I just had to do that.” I just looked at him and he released his grasp on me before finally getting dressed. Quickly I picked up my bag, threw it over my shoulder and made some attempt to fix my discheveled hair. Dustin showed

up 5 minutes later. I was surprised he didn’t smell us and I can only assume it was because Ryans wolf scent covered it up. “dude, took you long enough” Ryan said not even acting like anything had just happened.

“I shifted and ran as fast as I could. I see you did the same thing. I could smell your wolf a mile away”

Dustin replied before coming over and placing his hand on my shoulder.

“you don’t have to say it sis, I know my wolf is prettier than Ryans” laughing. Ryan just shook his head.

Id seen Dustins wolf. He was like a coal or smoke colored. Not quite black but not grey either. His eyes

were blue but a baby blue, not the sparkling sapphires like Ryans. I was mesmerized by both Ryan and

his wolf. I tried to play it cool.

“both of yall are ugly, now lets go” I replied with my usual banter.

We walked another half a mile before arriving at a cliff. I looked down and saw a crystal clear swimming hole. I looked to the left and the right and saw where the river entered, feeding it and a where water exited it. The swimming hole was at the bottom of a waterfall and cliffs surrounded it.

“This is gorgeous” I said. I saw Dustin look at Ryan like he was pleased to see me enjoying myself.

I turned and said “who is going in first, me or one of you two?” They looked at me then looked at eachother like they weren’t sure if I had lost my mind.

Dustin quickly reminded me that him and Ryan had their wolves so therefore their tolerance to cold water would be higher than mine. Id have one being a natural born werewolf but Id still be a little cold.

“ok guess its me then.” I said stubbornly. I prepared for this by wearing my swimsuit underneath my shorts and tshirt. Dustin knew how much I loved the water and when he said river of course

I came prepared. I stripped off my tshirt and shorts to reveal my red bikini underneath. Turning to look at them one last time to ask them if theyre coming, I see Dustin hit Ryan upside the head, I assume for staring. They start undressing but before they finished I was already barreling off into the swimming

Ryans POV

I had to do it. I know I probably shouldn’t have but after the dream I had last night I had to, even if it was just once. That and Jason hitting on her kind of pissed me off. Sure, she didn’t belong to me and yeah she could kick that d-bags a** but I was falling for Kiara and seeing him hit on her made me both jealous and protective. What she didn’t know was that after she left, Jason and I had a little talk and came to a clear understanding. I laughed thinking about it. He can go find another she wolf in the compound.

Maybe the betas air head daughter. I may play innocent to their advances but I can tell when a she wolf is genuinely interested or she just wants my power and position. I could smooth talk my way into any she wolfs pants and goddess knows ive been with plenty but Kiara was different in so many different

ways. I told myself that I wouldn’t hurt my best friend and I wouldn’t hurt Kiara. I guess that dream I had of her last night, holding a child and being attacked haunted me. The moon goddess revealed herself to me and once again spoke in riddles. That was really pissing me off too. Whatever “not yet” and “all will

be revealed in time” meant. I wouldn’t think about that right now. I got caught staring at her perfect cream skin, long legs, bubbly a**, long blonde hair and how much id love to do more than just kiss her.

“dude! What the hell was that for?!” I said when Dustin slapped me on the back of the head.

“you know exactly what its for” He deadpanned before running after Kiara into the water. What the hell, here goes nothing.

Craigs POV

When I woke up I almost forgot where I was. The hotels always seemed to be the same. I was somewhere between Kentucky and Missouri. I got up from the extremely uncomfortable twin bed and

made my way to the bathroom. I saw before me the black eye I got from that fight last night. I peered at

it a little closer before getting in the shower. Only being half werewolf, I couldn’t heal as fast as my best

friends from back home. I thought about them while the hot water ran over me. I hadn’t seen Ryan and Dustin in 3 years. Truthfully I didn’t know Dustin as well as Ryan but we all met up for a couple days one summer and we hit it off. I had originally met Ryan during my travels. Just like me he was traveling cross

country with no specific destination, just to get away. That’s how he knew about my pack, the redwood pack. We have all stayed in touch except for that 13 month deployment overseas when I was in the

Corp. Now here I am, heading back to my old stomping grounds because Dustin was mated and had a baby coming and both him and Ryan were training my old packs warriors. Maybe Id stop by and see

mom and place flowers on her grave while I was back home. My mom was human and shortly after I was born she gave me to her best friend, a she wolf from the redwood pack. Her name was Jasmine. Her and her husband were good to me but as soon as I could I left.I hated the werewolf side of me for a long

time because of what my father, a werewolf did to my mother, a human. Thinking about it just pissed

me off more. I twisted the handle to the shower and stepped out grabbing my towel. After drying off I grabbed my phone and had a message from Ryan. He assured me I had plenty of time as the big reveal dinner wouldn’t be for another week and a half to two weeks. I found some clothes and dried my chestnut hair as best as I could. I looked again in the mirror at my black eye. I looked at my gold brown eyes I inherited from my father. I sighed for a moment. I had been running for so long from a man who wanted

to kill me, who killed my mother. Maybe it was time to stop running. First, I needed to get back home.

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