Chapter 17: Shower

The cold water cascaded down my body as I leaned my head against the shower wall. My mind was racing through the nightmarish memories of my past and then jumping to my current reality. In one day my whole world was shaken up, flipped, and thrown into what might be an alternate universe. These men had treated me better then anyone had ever done, even Eric, who I am pretty sure hates me. I was in this ridiculously nice house with my own room and my own space. I even had a name now. I was just so unsure of what to do from here on. I wandered the land just existing as a free wolf but now what? These men deserved so much more then me, this broken puppet...

I hit my head against the wall at that last thought then pushed away. I turned the knobs, stopping the flow of water and walked out of the shower. It's been one day since I came here and I did not need to decide whether I would stay or go yet. My inner wolf growled at the same time my mind went to leaving and I pushed her down again. I would have to run tonight. She was restless and getting angry. Her presence was bristling at the surface.

I dried off with the towel and patted the water out of my hair. I put it up on the hanger attached to the door to air out and dry. A thought jumped into my head. That was it! I would ask the other shifters if they wanted to join me in a run later. I had not ran with a pack in so long. The thought of running and hunting with these men excited me. James' shifter form was an eye catching white, but I wondered what the others looked like. My wolf loved the thoughts racing through my head of all of us together hunting as one unit. She willingly calmed down and retreated with my promises of tonight. I couldn't lie to her about this or there would be no getting her under control in the future. I couldn't wait until tonight when I had the chance to ask all of them to go out!