Chapter 11

Tasha

Humphrey turns around and looks at me. I listen to his heartbeat rise rapidly. The scent of nervousness and anxiety were strong on him. The same could be said about me. I waited for him to say something. I added a friendly smile to ease his tension.

"Where's Kate?" He asks.

"Alpha duties" I respond.

He relaxes just a little bit. I decrease the gap between us, and lie down.

"So, what's happening to me?" He asks.

I changed my mind. Now wasn't the time to tell him. It was too soon. I need to develop a closer relationship with him.

"We can talk about that later. Kate said you could show me your den. You know, since i'm sleeping there tonight."

Humphrey hesitates "Yeah. Follow me."

Now that we're going back to his den, I need to get him comfortable with me. I was excited to spend time with Humphrey finally. All this time, I've been spying on him, but now we were going to be sleeping in the same den.

"It's right up here" Humphrey says.

Surely enough, there it was. The den I've been keeping an eye on for weeks. The den I stumbled into this morning. Humphrey allowed me to enter the den first. I hadn't seen the den this morning because the sun had not even come out yet. It was fairly big for an omega. It would be plenty of space for me tonight. I glance back at Humphrey, who was waiting at the entrance of the den.

"I'm pretty tired. Do you mind If I lie down?" I ask.

"Of course not" He replies "Make yourself at home."

I sigh with relief as I roll on my side. It felt good to give my paws a break after how long I've been on them. Humphrey turned around towards the exit.

"Where are you going?" I ask.

"I don't know" He replies.

"Well" I start nervously "Would you keep me company?"

He half turns around and looks at me "Yeah. sure."

I gave myself a mental high-five. Now to start a friendly conversation. I was good at killing guys, but talking to them... not so much.

"Sooo... How's it going?" I ask.

What a stupid question. The chances of the next few minutes not being awkward just vanished.

"Great" He replies "How about you?"

"I'm really happy that I found this pack" I tell him.

"Yeah. I love it here" He says.

I become excited as he lies down next to me.

"So you've never thought about leaving?" I ask.

His heartbeat rises, and he looks away "No."

"You're not very good at lying" I tell him.

He refuses to look at me and remains silent. The past doesn't matter, but I was curious as to why an omega would want to leave such a beautiful place. I nudge him with my nose until he looks at me.

"You can tell me" I insist.

"Kate was going to marry another wolf. I couldn't watch so I was going to leave" He tells me.

"What happened?" I ask.

"I decided that I couldn't spend the rest of my life without her, even if she was just a friend" He says.

I was burning inside with jelousy. Kate was so lucky to have such a sweet, caring, charming, mate.

I force a smile "That's so sweet. Why didn't you want to tell me?"

Humphrey looks away shamefully "She would have died if I hadn't come back."

"So you saved her. That's great!"

"She almost died because of me" He replies.

"It's wasn't your job to look after her. You chose to, and that's why you're such a great wolf" I tell him, sincerely.

He half smiles "Thank you."

I pull him into a tight hug. Humphrey gently wraps his paws around my back. I was making alot of progress in a short amount of time. He pulls away, smiling.

"Feel better?" I ask.

He nods. I wanted to bring him in for another hug, but I didn't want to push it. But just having his paws around me was amazing. I couldn't imagine how great it would feel to do more.

"Well since Kate is gone for the rest of the day, what do you want to do?" I ask.

"I have a great idea" Humphrey smirks.

We stood on top of a mountain. Just me, Humphrey, and huge piece of bark. I still had no idea what we were doing.

"Hop on" Humphrey says.

I glance at the fragile piece of bark in front of me. This didn't look safe at all. I smile and jump in the front. Humphrey got on behind me. Lucky for me, the sled was small so we were very close.

"You ready?" He asks.

"Yes" I reply.

Humphrey pushes us forward two feet, and we slowly start to go down the hill. We gradually pick up speed, and in ten seconds, we're going fifty miles an hour. The adrenaline rush was incredible. I look back at Humphrey smiling, and notice his eyes glowing. I knew mine were too, but Humphrey wouldn't be able to control it. I see the lake to our right and steer towards it.

"What are you doing?" Humphrey asks.

"Going for a swim" I reply slyly.

Humphrey tries to jump off, but I pin him down. I'm standing over the top of him, smiling evily. The sled hits the edge of the water and flips us across the water. I come up to the surface before Humphey does, laughing so much it was hard to swim. Humphrey resurfaces and glares at me.

"I got you good" I exclaim.

His response was to splash water at me and make a break for land. I begin swimming after him.

"You're gonna get it now" I yell playfully.

I was catching up to him fast, and I predicted I would get him before he made it to the trees. By the time he made it to the shore, I could bite his tail if I wanted to. I swipe at his back leg, and he tumbles across the ground. When he comes to a stop, I place both paws on his chest, holding him down.

"I win" I declare.

"Alright. You got me. Can I get up now?" He asks.

I let him up, but I didn't want to. I wanted to have some fun with him. I wanted to put my whole body on top of him. If I was lucky, maybe he'll pin me someday. I knew now that I was in love with Humphrey.

"Thank you" I purr.

"For what?" He asks.

"That's the most fun I ever had" I tell him.

"Really?" He asks surprised "Well get used to it."

I smile at him. He was so perfect.

"I'll... race you back to the den" I challenge.

"You're on" He replies.

"Ready. set..."

Humphrey sprints forward.

"Go" He yells behind his back.

Humphrey disappears in the distance. I charge after him, jumping over logs, and dodging tree's. I still couldn't see him. Humphrey is faster than I thought. A object reaches out from a nearby tree, and trips me. I expected Humphrey, but when I turned around, Koda was there.

"What are you doing playing games with the omega?" Koda growls.

"I'm getting closer to him" I snap back.

"How close?" He asks.

"As close as I possibly can" I say seductively.

I turn around and trot away from him. I knew him and Humphrey weren't going to get along, but Humphrey would have me on his side. Humphrey is waiting for me outside of his den.

"What took you so long?" He smiles.

"I tripped" I tell him.

"Are you alright?" He asks concerned.

"Yeah. I'm fine" I assure.

"Okay. Good. Kate should be back any minute" Humphrey tells me.

Tasha plans seem to be coming together. Winston is still the only wolf that suspects anything. Could this pack possibly have good intentions or are they pure evil? Leave a review and tell me what you think about Tasha.