Wolf Desire: 5 Delicious Alpha Wolf Shifter Tales (3 page)

Immediately, I felt the aura burn between them. It was a primal energy that radiated in circles towards each other, with me standing where they coalesced. This dark aura swept through my core. These two did not like each other and that was putting it mildly.

“Should we be going Claire?” growled Angelo. The brown paper bag crinkled in his hand.

The stranger laughed. Then crossed his arms around his chest shifting his weight as though trying to measure Angelo.

“Nothing’s wrong. Just small talking with this man. You took forever!” I exclaimed trying to change the topic.

“The names Oliver. Nice to meet you?” He said with a wide grin on his face. He stepped forward towards Angelo extending his arm. I could feel as though lightning crackled through the air between the two.

Angelo nodded in disdain. Oliver withdrew his hand. Oh shit. What the hell was this about?

Oliver stepped back besides me and put his arm around me. “We’re just talking. You see?”

I swear I could heard an intense growl stemming from Angelo’s stomach. A blue flash of light streaked in his eye. I stepped out his embrace and headed towards Angelo.

“C’mon Angelo. Let’s go. I need to be studying remember?” I said.

“So it’s Angelo” scoffed Oliver. “Like an Angel.”

“That would be right. Is there a problem?” grimaced Angelo. His facial muscles tightened.

“Do you have a pack?” Oliver asked, rotating his shoulder cuffs, as if showing off his bulk.

What pack? Like a wolf pack? What the hell..

Angelo clenched his fist. And did the exact same shoulder rotation as the other big guy.

“I don’t need a pack. This is my territory. It had been mine for years. Unless you want to challenge that.”

“Heh” Oliver smirked crunching his fists so that the bones crackled. “No pack? It just won’t be a challenge.”

“Maybe.” Said Angelo. “But I’ll still meet that challenge.”

“You mean you would challenge a whole pack?” the big guy said stunned.

“If I have to.” Angelo said with his nostrils flaring. I felt the dark aura intensifying as though electric arcs emanated from their muscular bodies. I shivered.

“We really need to go Angelo.” I said to diffuse the situation.

“Going? Is she your mate?” Oliver growled.

“She’s mine.” Angelo stepped in closer to me and crossed his arms around me. I stepped out of it.

“It doesn’t seem like it.” The bigger of the two threateningly said.

“She’s been claimed. Claire. Get in the car.”

I looked at Oliver’s eyes for a second, there was something like a malignant rage that shone through his eyes. His jet black hair Mohawk seemed to elongate. Getting in the car, I couldn’t help but peer at the two of them. They exchanged some words but I couldn’t hear much. It almost felt like they were speaking in a different language, almost a different tongue.

When it was over Angelo got in the driver seat. He seemed very worked out. Sweat rolled down his foreheads. His seemed to stiffen. The tires peeled off the parking lot as soon as he stepped on the gas pedal. We didn’t say an entire word until we pulled in front of our house.

“I don’t understand what happened Angelo.” I said after the engine turned silent.

“There’s nothing to understand. You need to stay away from that guy Claire.” His eyes still transfixed still to the steering wheel as though his mind was still running.

“But I don’t understand?” I asked.

“Damn it Claire!” he snapped. “Just do what I say!”

“No! Was it because he liked me? Was it because he was flirting with me?”

He slammed his hands on the steering wheel. “It’s because he’s a damn creep. That’s why. So just do what I said and stay the hell away from him.”

I crossed my arms. Then collected my things, grabbing my stuff. “Fine!” I said before slamming the door on him.
 

I hurried up to my room. I was mad. Who was he to tell me who I can’t see? Does he think I belong to him? There was a man who was flirting me. That doesn’t happen very often. I mean it hasn’t even happen at all. Was it a joke? I can’t shake the feeling that maybe it wasn’t. It’s not like I was very experienced in this, and I thought I would have learned a thing or two from Oliver.

The bathroom door slammed when I entered it. The hot water slithered down my curvaceous body. The shower soothed my nerves bringing me to a state of calm. I dried my hair in front of the mirror. Looking at myself I smiled. A tingling sensation knotted my tummy. There were two guys that fought over me today.

I wrapped the towel around me and went to bed. Thinking back about Oliver and Angelo. I wondered if I was even worth fighting for.

Knock knock
     

“Damn it. I’m sleeping already, come back tomorrow.” My cry for privacy was ignored. Angelo entered the room and I could feel that something was wrong with him.

“What’s wrong” I asked.

He didn’t say a word. Instead he crawled into my bed. And snuck under the covers. The warmth of his body radiated through the comforter and to my body.

“What are you doing?” I asked. Again, he didn’t say a word.

“OK... “ so I snuggled protected by his warmth. He faced towards my back. I could feel the steely warmth of the hardness of his chest delighting my back, like the roaring of a great fire. I smiled. In the warmth of his back, spooning me, I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

***

Right after class, a full moon washed over an empty parking lot. I was standing alone holding a big paper bag containing my snacks. The crunching of the bag reflected my growing worry. From the distance, I saw a figure approach me. The outline of its shadow descended towards me.

“Who is it?” but the figure didn’t reply. It was wearing a hoodie to cover his face. The brown bag crinkled more with my growing anticipation.

When it neared me I trailed the face of the man. But his face was hidden by his hoodie. Once he removed it, a sprightly Mohawk appeared. It was Oliver. He grinned, showing those sharp teeth of his. Approaching me he put his around me and kissed me on the lips. Wait, what was going on?

I pushed him away, wiping my mouth, when I heard the peeling of tires. From the edge of the parking lot there was the bright beam of a car. The humming of the engine roared, propelling the car to dart across the parking lot. It shot through the lot nearing our side then it down shifted and drifted completing a full one hundred and eighty turn before it stopped -- headlights blaring at me.

A figure stepped out the car. I couldn’t see much. The light blinded me. But when it neared I saw the outline of Angelo. But he wasn’t alone. With him were three other girls. The girls on my study session. They looked at me with judging eyes.

“Angelo?” I called out. Surely he was here to save me like he always had. But he didn’t move. A girl twirled her hair as he hung on Angelo’s chest. Oliver saw them. He grinned and ran towards them. Another girl embraced him.

Then in an instant they turned their back towards me. “Wait where are you guys going? Don’t leave me here.”

But the black of the outline disappeared to the bright light. I clutched my bag tightly. A tear rolled down my cheek as I peered into the light.

***

The sun hit my eye as I realized I was just dreaming. Psychology states that dreams are a reflection of our subconscious – both our desires and the fears we have bottled deep inside of us. What could my dream mean?

But I got more things to worry about. It was the weekend before finals week and I had a lot of studying left to do. Good thing the
parentals
were still away on vacation.

I got up and stretched. Angelo had already left, most probably to the gym or running across the block. The weekend was rather uneventful, except that Angelo was acting a little bit distant. I mean while I cracked a book after book he seemed to be doing an exorbitant amount of pushups, sit-ups, coupled with shadow boxing. It felt like he was preparing for war.

He was edgier than usual. And the beef! And the milk! It seemed he had an urge to consume as much beef and milk as he could get his hand on. We literally had to make several visit to the grocery loading basketful of meat to satisfy him. I asked him about it and he only responded that he had a strong ‘craving’ right now. Funny thing was that he kept looking over our shoulders, like he was trying catch someone. He had the overall effect of being protective, which was saying a lot to how he normally is.

When we got to that parking lot, he looked to the distance as if trying to stalk an unknown entity. He was sort of forceful the way he grabbed me close to him when we were out in public. I suspected he was still disturbed by his encounter with Angelo. We really didn’t talk about it, so I dropped it.

My finals were getting dangerously close and I had been blasting away for studying for my finals. Angelo was already done with his thanks to the schools policy of waiving finals for athletes. Cramming late at night in the downstairs kitchen while Angelo napped, I felt my eye-lids getting heavy. Instinctively, I reached out to get some of the rocktarts. Their sugary goodness is what I depended on to stay away. But my wandering fingers only reached the crumbs at the bottom of the box.

Damn it. I was out. And I really need to get this chapter done. Instead of waking up Angelo, I decided to drive myself to the nearest convenience store.

The roads felt so desolate when I realized that it was already close to midnight. I gave the change to the cashier and clutched a brown bag full of dockyards. When I walked to the car I saw somebody that I didn’t expect.

Oliver smile and beamed a warming smile.

“Well hello there. I didn’t think I’d find someone as cute as you this late at night.” He said as he inched close to me.

“Yeah. Hello to you too Oliver.” I responded.

“How’s your mate brother doing?” He chuckled.

“He’s not my mate. I mean who uses that anyway? Neither is he my brother.” I said as the car beeped with press of the unlock button.

“Oh” he said. “That’s not what I heard. Not brother. And not mate either.”

I nodded. Opening the door and placing the brown bag down on the seat.

“Well I’m sure he’s got someone else. And that leaves you where exactly?”

“Excuse me?” I said raising an eyebrow.

“Hey all I’m saying is that I would like to give you a chance to go out with me.” He said with a grin on his face.