Chapter 42: Chapter Forty-One
Delanie
“There you are Goby.”
The small chicken ran to the garden and hid behind a cabbage. Did he want to stay here alone where someone could find him and eat him? Anyway, I followed him.
“This isn’t the time for games, Ajax isn’t going to think twice about leaving you.”
The small chicken didn’t budge then again I doubted he understood me. I picked up him and settled him under my arm. I didn’t know where we’d keep him when we got home but taking him felt like taking a part of this place with me. A good part of this place.
“Let’s go.”
I stopped dead when a series of barks and howls sounded behind the house.
“What now?”
Of course, it was Blaise. What happened back there wasn’t natural and it embarrassed him. I ruined his moment in front of the pack. Blaise stood in front of a group of beta wolves who growled and dug at the ground while Ajax and his men stared them down.
“It won’t be much of a fight, Blaise,” Ajax said.
“Where is she?” Blaise demanded.
Goby started making noise but I wrapped my hand around his head. Was he trying to get us caught?
“What the hell was that? She left dozens injured or worse!”
“It wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t tried to cook me alive!” Ajax blasted.
“Find her!” Blaise ordered.
I cringed and searched for a spot to hide but Ajax grabbed Blaise’s throat and threw him to the ground. Ajax’s slammed his foot on Blaise’s gut. His wolves abandoned their mission of finding me and turned to protect their Alpha but Ross and his team stopped each one of them before they got within an inch of Ajax. They didn’t even shift that’s how strong Ajax’s betas were.
“I should kill you right now,” Ajax said.
“Kill him,” Ross urged.
My eyes widened and my lips parted. I ran out of my hiding place and put myself in front of Ajax.
“Don’t do this,” I said. “Come on we can leave right now.”
“Delanie we’ve spoken about this. This is my thing and you can’t come in every time to stop me.”
“He’s not worth it, Ajax.”
Ajax pressed his foot deeper into Blaise. Blaise grunted and winced.
“Or is there another reason you don’t want me to hurt Blaise? Your ex-mate.”
I gripped Goby tighter and frowned. “I don’t care about him I care about you. You don’t need more blood on your hands. Blaise will get everything he deserves.”
“I still say you should kill him,” Ross grumbled.
“Ross!”
Ajax removed his foot from Blaise’s chest and raked a hand through his hair in rage. His face was red with fury and the veins in his arms popped out.
“I may not have a pack but that won’t stop me from waging war on your pathetic pack if you come after me or my mate again. Got it?”
Ajax didn’t wait for a response instead he rammed his fist into Blaise’s jaw.
“Move out.”
***
I fell asleep in the car with Goby in my arms. Ajax hadn’t spoken to me since we left my house. The silence was heavy I hoped he wasn’t brewing the idea I was still interested in Blaise after all he’d done how was I capable of having feelings for him? I woke up in Ajax’s arms. He lay me on the bed and settled beside me.
“Where’s Goby?” I asked my voice thick with sleep.
He chuckled. “You’re worried about the damn chicken?”
I rolled to my side to face him. “I’m worried about you too.”
He reached out and held my cheek. “I’m fine, princess. Thanks to you.”
“I don’t know what I did, Ajax. It still doesn’t make sense.”
“It doesn’t to me either but it was pretty cool.”
I battled to hide my smile. Ajax tugged me closer and closed his lips on mine.
“I miss you. I missed having you here, babe.”
“Let’s not take trips any time soon.”
He chuckled. “I don’t plan on leaving our bed let alone the pack. Come here, you.”
***
I patted the spot next to me and rolled onto my back. The amount of space I was afforded was suspicious. I opened my eyes to a sun filled room. The warm sun caressed my face and welcomed me to a new day. Ajax also wasn’t in the room. So much for not leaving the bed.
I grabbed his shirt from the closet and slipped into it. As I wandered the house the scent of rich coffee filled the air. I made a quick stop in the kitchen before walking out the back door. I found Ajax with an axe in hand and a pile of wood in front of him.
“Shouldn’t you be wearing a shirt if you’re going to be cutting wood?” I asked.
He turned and took me in for a moment. “Good morning princess. I thought your chicken might like a place to live because we’re not adding a third member to our bedroom.”
I laughed, set the mug down and wrapped my arms around his torso.
“We’re not adding a third member now,” I said softly.
“The baby will have his room.”
He stroked his hair and smiled. “I kinda like the white.”
“White?” I asked.
“Yeah, the white in your hair.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Haven’t you seen yourself Delanie? There’s a white streak in your hair.”
He had to be kidding me. I marched into the house the only mirror was the one in the bathroom. Ajax was close behind me.
“It’s not that bad! I like it,” he called.
I stepped in front of the mirror and gasped. A thick white strip disrupted my hair colour.
“No, how did this happen? I look like a freak!”
“A beautiful freak. Come on, babe don’t say that. It’s cute.”
“It’s because of what happened… I had no control over myself, Ajax. What if it happens again?”
“We don’t know that.”
“Wait, wait, I hit you.”
He groaned and walked out of the bathroom.
“Ajax!”
“Yes, you caught me but it woke my wolf up. It’s a little sore but it’ll pass nothing I haven’t gone through before.”
There was a small black spot on his shoulder but I resisted the urge to brush my fingers against his skin. I had a feeling Ajax was playing the pain down but I told myself he was an Alpha wolf and he would heal in no time.
“If it’ll make you comfortable we’ll talk to the pack Seer, tomorrow.”
I nodded. “Yeah, anything to find out what happened.”