Chapter 3:

As we entered into the mess hall I began to feel nervous again being around these wolves, especially being around Colton since he is the Alpha of the Pack. When I finally sat down I was still nervous until I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder. It felt like a shock went through my entire body after the touch. I turned around to see who the hand belonged to and met by Jed's emerald-green eyes looking into my Arctic-blue and could feel a sense of peace wash over me. 'What was that all about?' I thought to myself.

After my nervousness finally went away, Colton and Parker sat down with me at the table where we talked about my travels across the states and meeting other Packs and me being a tiger shifter. As I continued to tell Colton and Parker everything I could tell that they were really starting to like me. We had ended our conversation when Colton got up and told me that he was gonna talk with his Beta and Enforcer about the decision on letting me stay with them and being a part of the Pack. Parker Then approached me and had asked if I had anywhere to stay for the time being. I simply shook my head no and told him that I was going to go find a motel back in town and crash there.

Jed must have over heard me say that cause he came over and spoke up and it looked like he was shy. "Elijah can stay with me if he wants to in my cabin." Jed had said with a little blush which made me giggle a little. "Sounds good to me then." I said which made Jed put on a big smile. "It's settled then you'll stay here with us till Colton comes to a final decision but in the mean time you must be hungry." Parker said at which my stomach gave growled at them mention of food. I couldn't remember the last time I had a good home cooked meal.

While Parker and Shell were busy cooking up dinner in the kitchen, I was seated at the main dinning table waiting for dinner. Jed then came over and sat beside me. "Hey" he said with a little blush again. "Hey there Jed." I said back giving him a smile. "I never did get a chance to say thank you for earlier so thanks for helping me out from earlier when I got jumped." Jed said with a smile. "It was no problem at all Jed. I'm just glad i was there to stop those assholes from hurting you too bad. I just really hate it when they gang up on someone for being gay the most." I said to Jed while reliving everything that had happened earlier in the day. I must hae looked pretty serious cause next thing I knew I felt another shock go through my whole body and seen Jed's hand on my leg. "Hey, don't let it get to you. Those assholes got what they deserve and I doubt they will be coming back anytime soon." Jed said to me and I relaxed as soon as he said that and was staring deep into his eyes.

Jed then finally soke up and asked the question I knew he had wanted to ask me. "So Elijah, I was wondering are you gay?" Jed said shyly which was actually cute seeing him like this. "Heh, does a tiger howl when you catch him by the toe?" I said to Jed who had a puzzled look on his face, which made me laugh. "Yes Jed, I am definitely gay. I was just messing with you." I said to Jed with a bit of a laugh "Damn, was about to grab your foot to see if you actually did howl too." Jed said which made both of us bust out laughing.

As we both started to calm down, Parker called out to us saying that dinner was ready and it smelled really great. Parker had cooked up a big pot of venison stew after they had brought back a deer from one of their recent "runs" but it smelled like heaven to me. Everyone had taken a seat around the table and was happily chatting about everything that had happened throughout the day and while I was eating I couldn't help but think of the last time I had a meal this great. My eyes had betrayed me as a tear rolled down my cheek where Jed had seen and spoke up. "Hey Elijah are you okay?" he said with a little worry. "It's nothing it's just been a very longtime since I had anything this good." I said to everyone at the table. "When I stayed with any of the other Packs when I was on my journey they treated me like an outsider not giving me anything or just giving me the leftovers of what they didn't want." I said and let a few more tears fall.

Colton looked pissed off at what I had said about how the other Packs had treated me but Jed looked furious that this had happened to me in the first place. What happened next surprised everyone at the table including Colton. Jed had gotten up from the table and came over to me and picked me up from my chair and pulled me into his chest. This had surprised me but at the same time it felt so right being in his arms. "It's alright now Elijah. Let it all out now your safe here with us." Jed cooed to me. Hearing Jed say that to me did something cause next thing I knew I started to full on cry now into Jed's shoulder while he had his arm wrapped around my lower back and his hand on the back of my neck.

As I continued to sob into Jed's shoulder, Colton had gotten up front his seat at the table along with Parker following his mate over to where Jed and I stood together. I collected myself and got my emotions back in check so I could look Colton and Parker in the eyes. I dipped my head down and barred my neck to Colton as a way of showing respect to him. I've made my decision on letting you join the Pack." Colton had said to me which caused me to look up into his eyes. "I want you to meet us all by the main fire-pit in an hour till then you can go relax and unwind." Colton said to me in which I nodded my head in understatement of what he had just said. After we had all cleaned up dinner I decided to head to Jed's cabin to do what Colton had said. Relax and unwind.

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