Chapter 5 CHAPTER 5
"Well, I know what we will be doing part of the day." Hawkins laughed. Joe laughed and nodded in agreement with him. Everyone finished eating. Clare and I took all the dishes and put them on the serving cart and wiped down the table. Joe got up and went to a side table. That is when I noticed someone had brought down a coffee maker.
"Can I ask a question?" Clare asked. Hawkins nodded as he was drinking his coffee.
" Why can't we leave until tomorrow?" She asked. I had been wondering the same thing but did not want to ask.
"There are laws for truck drivers about how long we can be on the road and how many hours before we can drive again. We have to keep a book on the hours in case we are ever stopped by the police."
"Oh," was all Clare said.
"You mean human laws?" I asked.
"Yes, when out on the highways, we have to follow their laws." Joe said.
HAWKIN'S POV
We spent the better part of the morning showing the girls how to use their phones. They each had a couple of game to play now, and they were happily sitting on the bed playing, talking, and laughing. I don't ever remember hearing them laugh. It was a wonderful sound. Joe and I sat talking about the four-day trip up north. The pack there and the Alpha. Joe said he was a really good man they had taken in several wolves who had run like I did with the girls. He could not believe the pack was not under investigation.
"He has a couple of council members in his back pocket," I told him.
"When I get home, I will speak with one of the high up members and see what he knows. This needs to stop. Poor Raven must have been devastated, her father shot in the head like that." Joe said.
"Yah, like I said, she was traumatized for a while. I volunteered to be their guardian when we got them to the pack." I told him.
"Is there something different about Raven than a normal wolf?" Joe asked. I wondered where that came from. Did he see something I didn't.
"I don't think so, why do you ask?" I questioned him.
"I have lived a good many years, with the silver wolf, she is like a Luna to us. Raven has things about her that I can feel are different. You should keep a close eye on that." I thought about what he said. I remembered last night Clare saying something to Raven about her hair changing. I never thought about it then, but now I wondered.
"I will watch for things. Your Luna is really the silver wolf. I heard so many stories about her. Does she really have thirteen children?" I asked.
"That she does, but they just have the youngest at home now. She keeps everyone on their toes. A real prankster that child." Joes said laughing.
"What type of things should I be looking for?" I asked.
"Does she have her wolf yet?" He asked.
"I don't know. She does not talk to me like Clare does. Which is strange. Back at the pack, she talked to me all the time." I told him.
"I wonder what has changed. Did something happen? A fight? cross words?" Joe asked me. I thought about it. Could she have picked up on my slip ups.
"I have to keep this a secret for now. Can I confine in you not to say anything? " I asked.
"You didn't ......" Joe started to ask, but I cut him off.
"Oh, my Goddess No! It's not like that. Clare got her wolf. Clare said it was about two weeks ago. But when I took the girls on the run, I realized Clare is my mate. I have not done or said anything about it. You're the only person I have told. I plan on waiting until she turns eighteen before I act on it. I wonder, though, if Raven suspects something, I have made a few slip ups." I told him honestly.
"Congratulations. What kind of slip ups?" He asked.
"It is Dum really, the girls and I were talking and they were scared. I was looking at Clair and said I would protect you always. I wanted to say you both, but after saying you. I quickly said Raven, too. Didn't think Raven caught it, but now I'm wondering. I love Raven like she was my real flesh and blood. Just something happened when Clare's wolf woke up. She talks to Clare and asks me questions, but then the three of us are, for example, watching television, Raven goes and sits away from us reading a book." I told him.
"She knows Clare is your mate. She is trying to give you alone time, in a tough situation." Joe told him.
"Should I talk to her?" I asked.
"Her and Clare are still close?" He asked.
"Yes, very close." I replied.
"Let it be for now. Sort it out when you get to the pack ," Joe suggested. After dinner, Joe spent time with Raven, she laughed at his stories. Clare and I listened too, but it was Joe she stared asking questions, not me.
I don't know if I was a bit jealous she was talking to him. But it hurt me inside. Actual physical pain. What were all these feelings all about. I frowned, Joe noticed. He came over to me.
"You look like you need to talk hawk." Joe said. By lunch, he was calling me Hawk like Clare.
"Come with me, Girls, we will be back in a couple. We are just on the other side of this door." Joe told them.
"Where we going?" I asked
"Smoking area, you smoke?" He asked.
"Nah, but thanks." I told him.
"Do you mind if I do, if it bothers you?" He asked.
"Nope, does not bother me go a head." I said.
We went into the room, and he cracked the window enough for the smoke to go out.
"Do you want to tell me why, when Raven was sitting and talking to me and she was laughing and happy, you gave me the look that you were going to kill me for Talking to her?" He asked, amused.
“Fuck, I have no idea, but I felt physical pain that she was happy and laughing talking with you and will not talk to me " I told him.
"Was it like a dad thing or a mate thing?" He asked.
"Hell, if I know. Honestly." I said.
"When we go in, I'm going to try something don't fucking try and kill me." He laughed.
We went in and went right to Clare.
"Hey, sweetheart, want me to help you set up an app. That way you and Raven can talk to each other no matter where you are?" He asked her.
"Sure," she said. With a smile and moved over on the bed so he could sit beside her. He put one arm around her and showed her how to set it up.