Chapter 14
Bailey
“So am I literally the only human in Wolf Ridge?” I ask Rayne Thursday evening while sitting outside Dairy Queen. I picked her up after my visit to Planned Parenthood to get on birth control.
“Shh.” She lowers her head and voice even though there’s no one else around. “Shifters have acute hearing. Always assume someone’s listening.”
I duck my head, too.
I tried to keep it a secret from Rayne that I knew. Cole said I shouldn’t tell her, or she could be in trouble with their alpha, too, and he said that burden should be his alone. But I have too many questions and my time alone with Cole… well, it hasn’t been spent talking.
He wasn’t kidding about sneaking in my window. Two out of the last four nights he’s visited me after midnight. Just like he promised, he figures o
