My Hunted Mate
Chapter Thirty Six
Corinna
Panic floods me as I try to shift again, my bones begin to break and reshape momentarily before snapping back into place, I let out a whimper of pain, followed by a growl of frustration.
Kai's eyes are filled with worry as he watches me trying to shift for the sixth time, but again I'm unable to. " Cori? What's going on? " he asks, his brows furrowed.
" I.. I don't know. " I mumble. " I can't shift, why can't I shift? This has never happened before. "
" Maybe it's the grief? " He suggests.
I shake my head. " No, it.. It couldn't be, I've lost a lot of people, felt unimaginable grief and this has never happened to me. "
The frustration getting to me, I rake my fingers through my hair, giving it a tug. Kai moves toward me, taking a gentle hold of my wrist to pull my hand away from my head. He then cups my cheeks, my eyes snap to his.
" Hey.. It's alright, we'll figure this out. What can I do? " He questions.
" I.. " I pause for a moment, letting out a sigh. " I don't know, but I think I'm going to have to visit a friend. "
" Who? " He starts to gather the clothing I'd tossed to the ground.
" Her name is Gia, she's human but mated to an alpha from a park nearby. " I inform him, taking the clothes from his hands to cover my body.
When I am dressed, we start making our way back to the house hand in hand. Eventually Kai speaks again. " If you have to visit a pack, I'll make the arrangements. I have agreements with any neighbouring packs, covens and clans to keep the peace, but I can't enter their lands unless they give permission. "
" I can go alone. " I tell him.
" No. I'm not letting you go when you can't turn into a wolf to protect yourself. " He argues.
Stopping in my track, I remove my hand from his waving it towards one of the many trees surrounding us. The tree's bark begins to crack until it breaks in half, leaving the tree to collapse to the forest floor, shaking the earth around us as it does.
" I'm far from defenceless Kai. " I raise an eyebrow at him, biting down on my lip to stop from laughing at his shocked expression.
He sighs. " Okay, you can protect yourself. Can you drive? "
" I- No. " I stare down at the ground beneath my bare feet.
When I look back up at him his shock is replaced with amusement and his head is tilted slightly to the right. " How long is this journey? "
" It took me three days.. " I mumble.
wolf? " His words sound more of a statement than a question, but a correct statement nonetheless. When I don't answer he nods slowly. " So are
to continue walking to the house. " Fine, you can come. " I grumble
calls, in the mean time I want you to grab at least four people to join us on our trip and pack your bag. " He tells me, when I shoot him a glare he
doors, I see a couple of people sitting around in the living room. " Phoenix, Mateo, Sabine and Olive, pack your bags were taking a trip to a nearby pack. " I call out, my irritation causing me to sound quite rude, but I don't look back as I continue to wander out of the room and
Now, what's the name of the Alpha
I answer as
" He
I turn to look back at
his lower lip into his mouth. " You could say that.
he was planning to hand me over
eyes narrow. " He was going to have you
Gia is the only reason I'm here right now. "
why the hell are we going to his pack? "
of me. Actually they're usually the most likely to try to kill me for being
but instead of replying to me, he leads me down the hall to the last door on this floor, a door I've never been through. When he opens it, he pulls me
two black chairs sit on the other side of the desk, to the left tall cherry wood cabinets stand with multiple drawers, a large bookcase lines the right wall of the office, beside that a
file. He then takes a seat in the chair behind the desk, he pulls the typical office phone that is placed on the desk closer to him. He lifts the phone to his ear, motioning me to come to him as he
his head, leaning the phone between his ear and shoulder so he can hold his arms out to me. I move around the desk into his open arms, he drags me down until I'm perched on his lap, one of his hands takes the phone again while the other
me get this straight. " Olive's voice echoes through Kai's car from the back seat, where she sits with Mateo. " You've decided that we're all going to visit this Alpha Jack's pack, even though
with a shrug of
keep him from making said call? " Olive continues, now leaning through
Kai takes his hand
with the word of this alpha, which could mean nothing and only five of us to help protect you?
Yes. Olive, I'm fully aware of the risk. "
doing this?! " She cries out, throwing herself back into her seat with a loud
and let the brave girl be. " Mateo groans out, obviously sick of Olive's dramatic teenage ways after being stuck in the car with her for ten hours
to this pack
person who can give me that answer, is a pack healer, that's why. " I tell her, for the third time since the beginning
maybe we should have out Olive
" Olive
pulled out of the grounds of the house. "
I need to pee, so you guys can argue about travelling arrangements while I'm doing that. " I lean over to turn on the radio before they can start to
has pulled over to a gas station so I can use the restroom, Phoenix's truck, that had been following behind us, pulls in next to
Oh maybe some snacks too? " I answer, sending him a smile as