Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 15

“I have to pee,” I stated. I was firm with my voice so there was no room for question.

“Fine,” Grayson nodded to Brian in the front seat.

We pulled over to some random truck stop about five miles later and I’m finally able to pee and stretch my legs.

Grayson apparently never drank or ate or peed like a normal wolf but I did. I know he’s desperate to get back to his land so the scent will be on me. The scent of my lands was fading from me quickly and anyb*dy would see me as a rogue and could try and take me. Unmarked and unscented I was vulnerable and his worry was sweet. Still his pace was relentless.

I walked out of the car and started heading for the building to relive myself.

“Wait,” Grayson grabbed me by hand this time.

“What now!” I huffed I was about to burst.

He gave me a stern look I swore only parents could give. “Ella is going with you since Brian can’t, you have to wait for her,”

“I think I’ll be alright going to the bathroom, Grayson. I know I’m vulnerable but let me pee!” I begged. I could not wait for Matt and Ella.

“Annette please,”

“Grayson I would wait if I could but I have to go I’m not gonna be able to hold it,”

“Fine,” he let go.

And that was when I realized how wonderful it was to hold his hand. He could walk to the restroom if he was so worried. He could protect me.

“Let’s go,” he handed his phone to Brian.

I gladly gave him a bright beaming face. He was coming. I mean yes he was coming to the bathroom. But he was coming himself. He wasn’t pushing me onto someone else.

We started walking and his hand found my back again. I stepped more into his arm feeling his warmth spread through my b*dy.

My back was tingling by the time I got out and went to get something from the vending machine. I grabbed a bunch of snacks for everyone humming to myself ecstatic at his attention.

I walked back out and he put his hand back where it belonged.

he

this for

surprised I had

he question me that much? Was he so worried about me that the small act of getting snacks shocked him? Why didn’t he

two bags of chips and

the Doritos and Twix instantly getting

offered a choice to him and he took only one granola bar.

on me. I savored this tiny bit of progress. We turned to get in the car and he opened the door for me. Then

the number of lakes we saw.

we

“North Dakota,”

could read right now. The Hawthorne legacy had just come out and I’ve been desperate for it so I

I looked up again it

“Were stopping soon,”

I went back down to finish

everything I could to make it seem like I hadn’t noticed. I tried to breathe evenly and

be bothered when your soulmate says nothing to you but stares at you for an hour straight

to see we were in another city. I put my book into my bag and sighed looking out the window again. This one

eating out

restaurant close enough to this hotel,” Brian

that Grayson wasn’t the one to answer.

and beige and

bed with a knit beige blanket at the bottom of a fluffy white

growl at the couch in our room’s den. No doubt the sleeping place of my

in the bed with

his chest. Feeling his breathing and listening to his heartbeat. Gathering his scent in every

room service and Ella and I selected a movie to put

the terminator. With Grayson’s demeanor, that

The best part of ordering a

for a second I felt sleep tugging at me.. but this was a good movie. I resisted

up in bed. The light streaming

I get in bed? *

Part of me wanted to crawl back in

my bag heading for the bathroom.