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Chapter 15

Eoghan

F uck. I messed up by showing up at her place, but I could barely control my wolf.

He wanted to be near his mate, and the need to protect her meant leaving the safety of Logan's land. So we watched her house.

The only downside, the other werewolves in the area might know where we were both at since we planted ourselves down outside of her place.

Watching her was pure joy.

When she first ran past, I wanted to chase after her so badly, but I knew I couldn't. Staying at a safe distance was the only thing me and my wolf agreed upon.

When she panicked, there wasn't anything I could do, plus I felt like shit that we scared her. I wish I could tell her I was a werewolf, but there was no way I could do that.

Not until we were fully committed to each other for the long haul. It would mean a death sentence for me if she would even believe me . I had a feeling that she would think I was crazy.

As dawn finally broke, I shifted back to my human form. I dug my phone out of my pocket to see the message from her.

Now, I really felt like shit. She probably thought I went on a bender.

At least, alcohol wasn't on my radar last night. The only thing on my mind was trying to get close to my mate and keep her protected from the other werewolves in the area.

It was irrational since we were trying to hide all things paranormal away from the human world and attacks didn’t just happen. Yet almost all mated werewolves would do the same thing especially if they had a human mate.

I had to reassure her that I wasn't ruining things. But I didn't want to lie to her.

Sorry, I spent the night in the woods and I didn't have my phone with me. I'm good. Can I take you out to dinner to make up for my lack of response?

I thumbed the message quickly so I didn't chicken out with taking her on a date.

Sure. Would you be okay if it's a late dinner? I'm leading a couple of support groups. I'm busy from 4pm-7pm.

I probably should do one of those meetings. But it would depend on how late things went at the rink. I was still trying to regain the trust of my teammates.

No problem. I'll pick you up at 7pm.

Looking forward to it. The group from 6-7 is an AA so think about coming to that too.

You and me both but I also told the guys that I would work with them on some shooting drills and the PK.

Makes sense. See you when you get there.

Just knowing that we had a date set up, and she was okay with my job coming first just as much as her work felt good.