I took a deep breath and reached down, slid my sleep shorts to the floor, and stepped out of them. And I absolutely did not strut toward the tub, even if he had to cover up his laughter with the back of his hand.
I stepped into the tub and pulled the curtain closed. I twisted the lever near the tap, and the showerhead poured water down on me.
I groaned in relief.
“None of that,” Ox muttered through the door. “You’ll have time later.”
I almost fell down.
Kelly stuck his head through the curtain. “All right?”
Of course he couldn’t hear what Ox said—he was human. “I’m fine,” I snapped at him, pushing his head out and closing the curtain again. “Your Alpha is making insinuations.”
“Knock it off, Ox!”
“No!” Ox called back.
“Fucking werewolves,” Kelly muttered before sitting back on the bench. It creaked under his weight, and I just stood under the water. I didn’t remember anything ever feeling so good.
“Ace, huh?”
“Ace,” he agreed.
“That’s… okay.”
“Glad you think so.”
And something settled in my chest that I didn’t even know was askew.
It felt dangerous.
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We walked for a long time.
Ox never left my side.
The sky was cloudless and the sun was warm.
He’d offered me shoes, but I’d shaken my head. I liked the grass be
tween my toes.
He led me through the trees. I didn’t know where we were, but I followed him as if it were the most natural thing in the world. I glanced back over my shoulder. Kelly stayed behind us, trailing his hands along the trunks of trees. He smiled at me when he caught me watching him, but never spoke. I’d insisted that he come with us. Ox agreed.
“Where are we going?” I asked Ox.
“You’ll see.”
“Is it about me?”
“In a way.”
“Oh.”
We didn’t speak much after that.
We came to a large clearing.