Free A Wolf's Oath by Jennifer T. Alli Page A

her momentary sense of
possessiveness. Now she knows how I
feel. Looking over his shoulder, he assured
himself that both Wyatt and Dylan were far enough away that they
wouldn’t be able to witness his next action before he moved closer
to his mate and placed a light kiss against her cheek. “I’ll do it
right away sweetheart. Have a nice talk with Anna but remember you
and I need to talk soon as well.”
    “ I know,” she breathed, her heart was fluttering wildly in her
chest while her stomach felt as though it were tied up in knots and
she was shocked at how much a small kiss could affect
her.
    He stepped away from her and moved towards where Dylan and
Wyatt were still trying and failing to climb a tree, grabbing his
previously discarded shirt and pulling it on as he moved.
Struggling not to get drawn in once more to watching how he moved,
she turned her attention back to Anna who had now reached her
side.
    “ You needed to talk to me?” Anna questioned, her eyes watching
the playful interaction between Sebastian and Erica's
siblings.
    “ Yeah, I most definitely need to talk to you Anna but I haven’t
got long so come in.” She quickly led her friend inside the cabin,
sitting her down on one of the chairs.
    “ Let me guess,” Anna began. “What you want has something to do
with him.” She jerked her head in the direction of the open window
where Sebastian could be seen playing with Dylan and
Wyatt.
    Ignoring the clear hostility in her friend’s voice when she
spoke about Sebastian, Erica nodded her agreement. “You know me too
well.”
    “ It doesn’t take a genius to figure it out Eric. He’s a male
wolf who thinks he’s found his mate and the moon is full tonight.
You’d be crazy to bring me up here to talk about anything
else.”
    “ When you put it like that I guess it is pretty easy to work it
out. You haven’t told anyone else have you Anna?”
    “ Of course I haven’t Eric. What would be the point in me
telling anyone else when nothing is going to change for
you.”
    “ What do you mean?”
    “ You’re not going to let him claim you’re you Eric?”
    She hesitated a moment before replying. “I don’t know Anna,
he seems like a genuinely nice guy. I’m beginning to care for him
and I know he clearly feels the same way about me.”
    “ Eric, how could you forget what happened to your parents? I
thought you were completely against the idea of taking a
mate.”
    “ I know Anna. It’s not as though I’ve forgotten but Sebastian
promised –”
    “ You told him?” Anna interrupted shocked at this latest
revelation.
    “ No. Someone else did. But the fact is that he knows, he knows
what happened to mom and dad and he knows why I didn’t want to take
a mate.”
    “ Didn’t?” Anna asked, confused by her friend’s choice of words.
“You act as though it’s a foregone conclusion that you’re going to
let him claim you tonight.”
    “ He’s a really nice guy Anna. I’ve been horrible to him, but
he’s never even uttered a word of complaint, he’s different to
other men.”
    “ Eric, you’ve only known him for a few days. This is the rest
of your life we’re talking about here. Anyone can pretend to be
nice for a few days. If you allow him to claim you and then he
turns out to be exactly like your father and every other male wolf
alive what are you going to do then? It’ll be too late to do
anything about it. You will be stuck with him for the rest of your
life.”
    “ Anna he seems so genuine, I don’t think he’s pretending to be
anything other than what he is.”
    “ That’s what you think. You’re forgetting the ease with which
he lied to me at that party so I would give him information about
you.”
    Erica sighed, finally understanding Anna’s clear animosity
towards Sebastian. “Are you still mad about that?” Anna remained
silent, choosing not to answer the question. “You are aren’t you?
Anna I’ve never known you to hold on to a grudge for so long