Page 13 of Escaping Wildfire
‘No, let’s give him some time, we can ask tonight.’
He nodded, and we continued to eat, as we listened to the ranked members talk about their morning.
After we all ate, Beta Gabriel walked us to the tech building. When they gave us a tour of the pack last night, he told us this was his favorite part of the pack. He said he was a bit of a computer nerd, but tech was always more of Cristian’s thing than mine, so he was hanging on Beta Gabriel’s every word. I was always more into tracking and combat, but that makes sense seeing as I’m the Gamma of our group.
Jordan was nowhere in sight, which was unusual because he was big on punctuality. I tried reaching him through mind link, but he had me blocked out. He’d never blocked me before, so I knew something wasn’t right. Just as I pulled my phone out to call him, he rushed in looking agitated as shit. “You good, man?”
“Yeah.” He swallowed hard and nodded stiffly. “We’ll talk later.”
It was after dinner on what felt like the longest day of my life, and the three of us were in Jordan’s room. Alpha Kedrick let us cut out early today as it was our first day, and we didn’t have a lot to go over. He said things would get more intense as time went on, though.
Cristian had kicked off his shoes and was on Jordan’s bed with his back on the headrest while Jordan was pacing the room, and I was sitting in one of the armchairs.
“So, are you gonna tell us what’s goin’ on, or are you waiting for us to ask?” Cristian cut right to the chase.
“I think Alpha Kedrick’s sister is my mate.” Jordan spit out the words in a huff. “Well, maybe more than think.” Jordan stopped pacing and sat on the edge of the bed with his elbows on his knees as he rubbed his hands together. “Oren brought that little wolf thing to lunch, and that scent…it was my mate’s. Neo went crazy in my head, so I had to get out of there.”
“Damn…you were right.” Cristian threw a pillow my way.
“Seems like I was…” I tossed the pillow back on the bed, turning towards Jordan. “You okay with it?”
“I want to say yes, but I should probably be honest with myself and say I’m a little freaked out about it. It’s crazy knowing she’s out there.”
“She’s always been out there. All of our mates are out there.” I chuckled at Jordan’s words.
“I know, but it’s different knowing I have a mate out there somewhere and knowing she is out there and will be here in three weeks.”
“Fair enough.” Cristian stood and made a move for his shoes. “Let’s go find a picture of her.” Jordan has always been the lighthearted jokester of our group, but Cristian has always been the schemer, always coming up with plans and getting us in trouble when we were kids. “Come on,” he patted Jordan on the back as he made his way to the door.
“Fuck.” Jordan stood up and ran a hand through his short hair.
“You good with this?” I asked.
“Yeah, let’s go.”
We caught up to Cristian and headed downstairs. “So, what exactly is the plan here?”
“I saw some pictures down in the entertainment room during our tour. I bet there’s one of her there…if not we’ll ask Oren.”
“No!” Jordan said firmly, “We’re not asking Oren, he’ll tell everyone, and then they’ll start asking us questions.”
“Okay, so let’s each take a wall so we don’t have to ask Oren.” The room was full of pictures on each of the walls, it looked like they had pictures of the entire pack. I looked on my side for a few minutes not seeming to find anything. I looked over at the guys, and Jordan was frozen to his spot. “Hey guys, I think I found her.”
We joined him and saw a picture of Alpha Kedrick and Gamma Isaiah both with their arms around a younger-looking girl in the middle. She had the same dark skin tone and brown eyes as her brothers. She was tall and slender with curly hair and plump lips. “That’s her.” Jordan brought down the picture to get a better look.
“She’s cute,” Cristian said looking over his shoulder.
“Cute? She’s fucking gorgeous.” Jordan shot back.
Before we could say anything more, a group of pack members around our age walked into the room. Jordan quickly put the picture back before anyone saw it in his hand.
I noticed Evie was with the group that walked in, and I rolled my eyes as I started to make my way out of the room. She was faster, though, and cornered me by one of the pool tables. “Hey, it’s nice seeing you again.” She fluffed her hair and tilted her head, as she tried to smile sexily.
“Yeah, I was actually just on my way out...promised my girl I’d call her tonight.” I looked to Cristian for help, but Cristian was already chatting with some of the other girls. Luckily, Jordan had my back. “Hey bro, let’s go.” He pulled at my arm, and Evie seemed to take the hint as she stepped back and let me through. “Whatever, I’ll be around if you feel lonely after your little phone call.” She winked.
“I’m sure I won’t be,” I mumbled as Jordan and I made our way back to our rooms.
“So, she’s a bit–"