Chapter 121

Dylan POV.

It had been three hours since I had woken up, the weight of everything was still reeling in my head as both myself and Lewis made our way to the safe havens entrance. I was wearing Lewis's T-shirt and shorts, which hung off my like a tent due to their largeness and my malnutrition, a beanie hat, which was provided by a different wolf, tucked my hair up and kept it from wafting in the wind, and some plain black pumps adorned my feet, which were a size too big curtesy of V. Every inch of me was covered in scents that weren't my own in order to conceal my identity until we got to the rebellions pack house.

"Are you sure you're ok with this?" Lewis asked me for the billionth time. "We can wait a few days until you are feeling more like yourself." I just nodded my head, and squeezed my hand over his conjoined one.

"I'm feeling more like myself now, than I have in a very long time. If we keep putting this off then things will never start moving. King josh needs to be taken down, and the longer we wait, the more people will suffer, it's the only thing that's keeping me going." I was more than ready to get the ball rolling, to which he understood. He nodded his head and looked ahead of him once more as we got closer to the entrance.

"It'll take about twenty minutes to walk there, so just try and keep your head down, you are very well known, and the last thing we need is someone against us seeing you." Twenty minutes? That was actually much longer than I had expected. I frowned and looked at the previous beta who didn’t at all seem that bothered by sick a long walk.

"It takes all of you twenty minutes each way to get there?" I was of course on about the lycans when they leave to let their wolf forms out. “Does that not become tedious?”

“Well usually we’d run there in our wolf forms, it prevents us from being detected as quickly, we do still have to keep our heads down slightly, especially me because I am recognisable.” Oh that made so much sense. I couldn’t help but allow a smile to form on my lips at the thought of Lewis in his wolf form, he truly was a beautiful creature.

“So you are going to risk detection for me by walking the entire twenty minutes with me instead of doing a five minute run?” He simply nodded like it was the most obvious answer in the world. I don’t know why this man in front of me even liked me at times, but I knew one thing, and that was that he was far too good for this world.

“I suppose, I could carry you…” he looked at me out of the corner of his eyes before smiling trying to play his sentence off as a joke, but I knew he at the very least half meant it, I think he was just testing the waters to see how much he could get away with. Little did he know that I would probably agree to anything he asked of me. “It would be a lot quicker.”

“Like, on your back? Would that not be a bit awkward?” I couldn’t picture it, am I not too big? I doubt I’d be too heavy given how underweight I was, but still, I couldn’t use him as a taxi cab service.

“Yeah, I mean on my back, it’ll actually be much quicker and it will mean you haven’t exerted yourself so much after being unconscious for nearly a week.” I hummed slightly, acknowledging that I heard him but his words didn’t sink in at all, as I thought about how the old taxi cabs used to be painted yellow and how Lewis’s wolf fur was basically a different shade of it, a chuckle left my lips at the immature image that had shot through my mind, of his wolf with a cab sign on his back.

“Penny for your thoughts?” He asked clearly amused by my reaction. I had, for the first time in a while, let my mind wonder to something other than the new world and the shitty position I had found myself in, and it was Lewis that had allowed me to feel so at ease with him that I was able to actually switch my mind off.

“I was just trying to picture it in my head. I’ve only actually ever seen your wolf form once.” I half lied, with a smile on my face as I finally met his eyes once more. “I’m up for trying though if you are. I think it could actually be fun.” I wonder how many people had actually had a ride off of their wolf friends or their mates, I know, now that it had been suggested that it was the only thing I wanted to do.

“You won’t get scared of me will you? I couldn’t bare it if you looked at me with fear in your eyes.” I shook my head, nothing Lewis ever did was scary, not even after he attacked the king and was covered in blood, I don’t think I could ever feel scared around him, and that just made him all the more desirable to me.

“Unfortunately for you, I don’t find you scary in the least.” Again I let out a genuine chuckle as he frowned comically, his eyebrows then raised shortly after and a smug smile formed on his face.

“Is that so.” He took a step forward playfully and I gave an amused yet confused look as I took a single step back. There was no way he was actually about to chase me? How childish was this guy.

“Lewis… don’t you think you’re a little old to be…” he cut me off, not with words but with a lunge as he threw himself at me slightly causing a squeal of excitement to leave me. I had no idea I could still even make that noise, as I quickly bolted away from him. I was definitely no where near fast enough as he very quickly came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. Effortlessly picking me up and spinning us both around in the process, all the while I laughed continuously. It was a sound so foreign to my own ears that it made me laugh even harder.

Eventually he set me down on my feet and remained hugging me from behind. His chin rested on my shoulder before his lips ever so gently kissed the joint, his actions causing a loving smile to creep out of me, and my cheeks heated up. My dad used to hug my mom like this all the time, and to me it was the most magical, intimate embrace that anyone could possibly do, and for him to kiss me on my shoulder, without any prompting, really did cause my stomach to flutter.

“I have never heard you laugh before.” He absentmindedly said as he squeezed me slightly tighter than before. “I love you.” He did, I could no longer deny it, I felt his love for me in his embrace. I didn’t love him, at least not yet, but I was definitely heading in that direction. The man had a good way of making me forget everything.

“I’m starting to believe you.” I hated myself so much for not saying the words back to him, but when I did eventually bring myself to say it, I had to mean them. I quickly spun in his arms not letting them release me, as I wrapped my own around his neck, I smiled when his shocked eyes met mine and leaned up to kiss him.

This kiss wasn’t awkward, it wasn’t given after a yelling match, or a disagreement. It was given and received out of pure affection for the other. I knew in that moment, that I would never get enough of the feeling his lips bought me.

I broke away all too soon, and chuckled at his face, he had lost himself slightly in the kiss and needed to shake his head clear before he could even acknowledge what had happened.

“We should get a move on, Alpha Gilliard will be wondering what’s taking so long.” He smoothed his hair out quickly before taking my hand in his, he knew as well that we had to go sooner rather than later.

It felt very strange when we exited the wolfsbane barrier, it felt like I had broken free all over again, and I basked in the sun. Although the image of me horrendously driving the truck through the hidden opening, shot through my mind like a rocket.

“Right, I’m going to go and shift, once I have you need to jump straight onto my back and we can get going quickly. Don’t worry about hurting me, just righter wrap your arms around my neck, or clutch onto my fur, just make sure you have a tight grip, I don’t want you falling off.” I nodded my head and watched him shift his wolf just as beautiful and regal as it was before. My mouth opened in wonder as he trotted over to me and crouched down low.

This was completely and utterly insane. I was now willingly swinging my leg over and climbing on top of his wolf form, I clung tight to the fur on his back and waited for him to speed away. His sandy fur was much softer than I had previously thought or remembered.

His wolf head gave a small nod of readiness and I matched it, leaning forward closer to his wolf body so that I had a solid foundation.

“Let’s go meet the alpha!” I stated only to have him quickly launch his feet off the floor and begin running at full pelt. The speed he was going at was just insane and another laugh came from my own jaws.

It felt like I was lighter than air, the fun I was having was unmatched as my stomach gained a light butterfly feeling at the excitement.

It felt like we were flying.

**This chapter was just so nice to write. im really looking forward to more chapters about lewis's and dylans progressing relationship. As a writer i feel like Dylan is my baby, shes my creation, abd so whenever shes actually deeling happy and content. It just gives me so many feels. Anyway I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to hearing from you next time. Until then please remember to like and to quote. It means more to me that you will know.**