Chapter 11


    Chapter Eleven: Wants and Needs


    Travis’ hands moved to my waist and I was d that I had taken my shirt off earlier. The way his fingers


    dug into the muscles of my torso, touching my bare skin like he was desperate for me, made me ache for


    him.


    I needed him, not having Tillie around was like torture. If I gave in to what my wolf wanted, she wouldn’t


    be getting the space that she needed to sort through her feelings. I was d that I had Travis. That he


    would let me pour these feelings into him, this need.


    Our mate needed time to deal with everything that she was feeling, they were real things. She had just


    learned about shifters. That her ex-boyfriend was a shifter. That her best friend was a shifter and that


    had to be hard to hear. I could only imagine how I would feel if my entire world had been flipped upside


    down in less than twenty-four hours.


    Those were both people that she trusted and hoped that with time she would be able to forgive Charity. I


    didn’t know how I felt about Jake and her being friendly with each other. The thought didn’t give me the


    warm and fuzzy feelings. If she wanted to be friends with him, I would learn to deal with my feelings


    towards him. He wasn’t her mate and I very much doubted that he would hurt his own mate by trying


    something with Tillie.


    It just filled me with a dark feeling, thinking about him touching her the way that we touched her. I knew


    that I needed to get over these feelings. They weren’t healthy and my jealousy would only drive her


    further away. I couldn’t add to her stress with that.


    We had already put so much on to her that she had not been prepared for. She didn’t need to deal with


    how territorial wolves could be over their mates. My poor mate was already overwhelmed and she didn’t


    need more to worry about.


    Later, I would call her. I was going to let her know that I was there for her, no matter what. That when she


    was ready to talk about everything, I would be here for her.


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    If she didn’t want to be mated to us, there was really nothing that I could do to change that, even if I


    wanted to. Which I didn’t, but I would try to give her the space that she needed. I would try to get the


    others to give her space the best that I could. But they were alphas and I didn’t know if either Jason or


    Travis would listen to me. It felt like it might be a losing battle trying to keep Travis from her.


    After Jason and I had talked, I knew that he now had a better understanding of what Tillie must be going


    through. Where her mind must be for her to want to run from us like this.


    Travis turned his head away from me and I nibbled my way down his jaw. His hands fumbled with the


    drawstrings of my shorts and I let out a low growl that made him go still.


    “What do you think you are doing, brat?” I asked, tightening my fingers in the dark strands of his hair and


    giving them a tug so that his neck was drawn tense beneath my lips.


    “Ryan. I need you.” He panted, his fingers shaking.


    “What do you need?” I asked, rocking my hips against his thigh so that he could feel my erection. “Is this


    what you need, brat?”


    “Yes.” Travis hissed through clenched teeth and I grabbed one of his hands, pinning it to the wall above


    his head.


    “Is it because you need to hunt? Is that why you’re all worked up?” I asked, pressing open mouthed


    kisses to his skin between each word. I had felt something through the bond that I had formed with him


    that I wasn’t used to seeing or feeling from him.


    Yes, the jealousy was new. But it was expected we were newly mated and he had seen Aaron touching


    me. There was something else that had been eating at my mate for the past few hours. A worry that he


    couldn’t seem to shake. An anxiety that was almost as bad as what I was getting from Tillie.


    I wasn’t sure what had happened with him but I was going to figure it out. There was only so much I


    could take and right now! couldn’tfort Tillie. But I could give Travis what he needed.


    “Tell me what you need?” I ordered and Travis looked up at the ceiling. His adam’s apple bobbing as he


    swallowed hard, I pulled my fingers from his hair. Trailing them over his skin until I reached his chin. I


    pinched his chin with my thumb and forefinger. Leaning back slightly. I forced him to look at me. “Tell me,


    brat.”


    His green eyes met mine and in that moment, Travis looked so young. So vulnerable. He wasn’t the


    alpha he had grown into. He wasn’t Jason’s beta, the one who handled everything for the pack when


    Jason was busy.


    Chapter Eleven: Wants and Needs


    He was just Travis.


    It was the way he had looked after he hade to the pack house. Alone and afraid that he was going


    to say or do the wrong thing. That the pack would reject him.


    “She won’t answer her phone and I, I hurt her.” He whispered, his hand moving away from the front of my


    shorts to rest on my hip. “What if she doesn’t want me now?”


    “Travis,” I breathed out, loosening my hold on his chin. “Just give her time. Soon we’ll all be together


    again and we can make things right.”


    “But what if we can’t?”