Chapter 10

"Y-you are?" I ask him with a stutter.

"Yeah, and I know that sounds crazy but it's true!" He says hoping I believe him.

"Wow! Well I can honestly say I wasn't expecting that." I admit.

"You believe me?" He asks a little taken aback.

I'm sure he thought he would have to do a lot more of explaining and convincing.

"Yeah I do actually. Because I am too, but I never thought I would meet another of our kind in a human college." I admit.

"Wait, what?" He asks stunned.

"I am a werewolf too." I repeat slowly.

His eyes widen and realization sinks in.

"Oh my goddess! You are like me!" He says loudly, too loudly.

"Shhhhh! I am kind of in hiding here!" I say covering his mouth with my hand.

His eyes are still wide but he nods and tightens his lips into a thin line.

"How come I couldn't sense you?" He whispers.

"My wolf has been hiding herself since my parents death. She said it was to protect me. She said that the person after me would find me faster if he could sense her. She has completely cut me off except for some occasionally cryptic messages here and there. Actually she mostly spoke when it came to you." I say thinking over the moments she had broken through.

"I have never heard of a wolf doing that! She really thinks the man after you would sense you even from far away?" He asks.

"The man after me is a powerful alpha. I guess we originally came form his pack. We left when I was young but my parents never told me why." I explain.

"Wow....I am so sorry Maya. So your family were rogues?" He asks carefully.

"I guess in a way, but seeing what the Alpha did to my parents I figure it's for a good reason." I guess.

"We can bring you into my pack, and you would be linked to us and protected. You would have a whole army to protect you against that man." He offers.

I felt happy suddenly, I had never really considered joining another pack and feeling part of a family again. But wouldn't I only bring them danger? Wouldn't it be wrong of me to put all those lives in danger for my own safety?

"I don't know Tommy, I have a target on my back and that could hurt your pack." I say sadly.

To be honest I wanted to belong somewhere again, to feel a part of something. To not feel so alone all the time. I just couldn't bring more people into this mess of a life I was living.

"How about I take you there to meet the Alpha and see what he says?" Tommy asks.

I think about it for a moment. I guess it wouldn't hurt to just meet the Alpha and see what he thinks of my situation. Nathaniel had told me to stay low and blend in but this could be my second chance and I don't think I can let it pass.

"Ok." I say softly.

"Would you be up to going tonight? You can join us for dinner at the pack house!" He offers.

I nod and he smiles happily.

"I knew there was a reason I was drawn to you. Maybe my wolf sense slightly that you were different." He says proudly.

I still found such comments strange because I had thought Leah said other wolves wouldn't be able to sense me. And if Tommy sensed me, could the bad Alpha sense me too?

"What class do you have next? I can walk you!" He says standing and offering me a hand.

I accept and he helps me to my feet again.

"Art history! In the J building." I tell him.

"Great my next class isn't far from there, let's go!" He says leading the way.

I catch up with him and fall into a steady stride beside him. We walk in a comfortable silence for a little while, but I can't help the slight smile forming. I wasn't the only werewolf here! If Tommy was here, did that mean there were others?

"Tommy are there others of our kind here?" I ask him.

"Hm, as far as I know there isn't. No one from my pack, which is the closest one here, attend. Just me!" He says.

"Why only you?" I ask.

"My dad really wanted me to take some business classes so I can eventually take over this job." He answers vaguely.

I decided not to push him to say more since he seemed slightly uncomfortable talking about it.

"Here we are! J building! When does your class end?" He asks.

"Around 4." I tell him showing him the paper of my class times.

He pulls out his phone and takes a picture of the paper.

"Now I can pick you up from your classes!" He says happily handing me back the paper.

"Oh you don't have to! That's too much." I protest.

"No it's not and I want to. Please let me." He says softly and with a pout.

Oh man the pout was hard to say no to!!! Why is he doing this to me?!

"ok...." I answer with an exaggerated sigh.

"Great! See you at 4!" He says and turns swiftly and walks off.

Well, that's just great!

I sat through my next class completely fascinated by all the professor spoke about the eras we would be covering. I had no idea there was so much about art other than basic skills. This class opened a whole other world to art that I couldn't wait to delve into. I had taken a ton of notes on artists I wanted to look up once I was home. When I filed out of class with the other students I looked up and spotted Tommy leaning against a near by wall looking handsome as ever.

I blushed and dropped my face before he could see me and walked over to him. Thankfully my heated cheeks subsided by the time I was standing in front of him.

"Hey!" I say shyly.

"Hey! How did it go?" He asks starting the walk down the path.

"Good, there was so much about art I never knew! I am excited to learn all about it." I say happily.

"That's great! So I can walk you home and you can freshen up and we can head over to the pack after if you would like!" He says.

"Do you have your car with you?" I ask.

"I brought my motorcycle today, do you mind?" He asks.

"I actually have never been on one!" I admit.

"Would you want to give it a try? If not you can follow me there!" He says quickly.

"No I really want to ride on the motorcycle!!" I say excitedly.

He smiles and coos at me which makes me blush uncontrollably!

We reach my apartment and I hesitate for a moment before opening the door and letting a boy in. He steps in and takes a look around the apartment.

"Wow! Really nice place!" He says.

"Thanks! Um, if you want to hang out her for a minute I'll run and get changed!" I tell him pointing to the sofa and the TV.

"Sure take your time! I'll call ahead and let them know I am bringing a guest today!" He says taking out his phone and scrolling through it.

I say a quick 'ok' before rushing into my room and immediately panicking over what to wear! I needed something nice but something that I can easily wear while riding on the back of a motorcycle. This was a little more difficult than I had thought it would be.

I end up choosing my black jeans and a floral button-up top. It was pretty but not too dressy and my flats to tie everything together. I run into the bathroom and brush out my hair into loose waves and braid two strands of hair on each side for a braided half up hair style. I touched up my makeup adding a tinted lip balm to my lips and checked myself over one more time. I hope I looked nice enough to impress Tommy's Alpha.

I step out into the living room to see Tommy still looking at his phone. When he notices me a smile forms on his face.

"Wow! You look amazing Maya!" He says.

I blush again at the compliment and he takes my hand leading us out the door.

We walk a shirt ways down the street to where some students park, and I spot an all black motorcycle with chrome accents. Can a motorcycle be considered beautiful? Because wow!

He slings one leg over and straddles the bike and I stop to watch him a little hesitant to climb on. He hold a helmet out to me and I take it not moving yet.

"Don't worry I won't let anything happen to you ok?" He promises.

"Ok." I say nervously.

I put the helmet carefully not to completely ruin my hair. I didn't want to look disheveled when we arrived. He reached out his hand to help me climb on and I feel my legs shake a little before I imitate his previous actions and along one leg over. I set my hands on my legs and wait as the bike roars to life. It was really loud!

He kicks up the stand and takes the weight of us and the motorcycle with ease and reveal the engine. I was startled when the motorcycle lunged into motion and we pulled out of the parking lot. I wasn't sure where to place my hands so I set them on top of his shoulders lightly.

"You are going to want to hold on tighter if you don't want to fall off!" He yells over the sounds of the motorcycle and other cars driving by.

I bring my hands down to his waist but still hold on lightly not wanting to make anything awkward. When we stop at a red light he grabs both my hands and wrap them around his waist tighter.

"Seriously hold on tight ok?" He warns me.

I hold him by I try to keep back enough so our bodies don't completely touch, but when he takes off again my body falls toward him and I tighten my grip around him.

After the initial terror I felt, it actually was pretty exciting to ride on Tommy's motorcycle! The tight hold I had on him was nice too, he kind of smelt really nice up close like this. I couldn't help but feel embarrassed by my thoughts, but it was hard to not think them being this close to him. We soon turned off the two way street we had been on that was surrounded by trees on both sides, and we're driving down a small dirt path past those trees. There were trees all around us and when we finally passed them there stood a very large house, much like one of those old plantation houses. In fact that's exactly what it look like it was. As we got closer the front door opened and pretty woman stepped out and waved to us. The circular area in front of the house was covered in white stones and they flew around as the motorcycle finally came to a stop.
Tommy turned off the motorcycle and stood the bike up before unmounting and helping me down. I turn my back toward the woman and try my best to dust off any sort on my pants. Why did I pick black pants???!!!

Once I felt like I was presentable again I removed the helmet and handed it to Tommy. I take one more deep breath and fix my hair slightly before turning and giving the woman my best smile. Tommy starts up the stairs ahead of me and I follow him shyly. The woman hugs him and kisses his cheek.

"Hey mom!" He says hugging her back.

MOM? WHAT?