Page 15 of Starting Over
River had discovered that along this body of water, about ten houses down, Danny had family that used to live right there. Granted, they’d sold it not too long ago, but if Danny had family here once, that meant he had friends as well… friends that might still be in contact with Danny.
Granted Rain never was seen outside the cabin, not even when Jude would go shopping, but somehow Wyatt knew Jude wasn’t leaving Rain alone, which meant he was going with Jude, but in shifted form.
Damn, he must be a small as fuck shifter, because neither his team mates nor himself had ever seen Rain leaving the cabin.
“What the fuck are you?” Wyatt whispered to himself.
Wyatt’s dragon came on high alert which had Wyatt giving the cabin a closer look, and was surprised to see Rain sneaking out of the cabin and quietly making his way to the river and begin walking.
“Where the fuck are you going?” Wyatt murmured softly, before following the young shifter.
This was not good. Was Rain leaving the safety of the cabin walls? Why? Did Jude kick him out?
From what he and his team had learned about Jude, it wasn’t likely, but then why was River rushing as if he was trying to get away without alerting his new friend and savior?
Wyatt rushed to catch up with Rain, making sure to make little to no sound.
Rain slipped and slid to the side, splashing in the water, scaring the shit out of both Wyatt and his dragon.
“Has he lost his fucking mind? Where the hell is he going?” Wyatt muttered to himself.
Wyatt was shocked when Rain looked across the river, and damn it, Wyatt knew what the man was going to try. It was stupid. Yes, people swam here, but never this time of year when the water temperature was so damn low. “Don’t fucking do it, Rain.”
However, Rain wasn’t hearing him and started to make his way further into the river, trying to cross the damn thing on foot.
“You fool, there’s a drop damn it! You’re going to fucking drown,” Wyatt hissed, and just as those words left his mouth, Rain went under. “Fuck!”
Rain popped back to the surface flailing his arms, and Wyatt immediately realized the idiot didn’t know how to swim.
Without even thinking about it, Wyatt shifted and flew as fast as he could, and just before making it to the guy, Rain went under the surface once more.
His dragon wasn’t going to be deterred. He had a mission to complete, and that mission was to save Rain. He would not fail.
Wyatt’s dragon was about to dive down when Rain popped back to the surface. Changing direction, his dragon used his talons and scooped Rain out of the water and lifted to the sky.
“Holy shit!” Rain screamed.
Wyatt ignored the screaming man. Right now, he and his dragon were pissed that Rain would risk his life for any reason. He’d been in a safe location that was warm, dry, had food and even someone else to help if problems arose, and yet, he’d snuck away like a thief in the night. What the actual fuck?
It didn’t matter if he had a good reason or not, it was irresponsible as well as stupid, and Rain would be lucky if Wyatt didn’t shift and put the shit over his knee and spank the shit out of him… and not in the sexy way.
“Rain! Rain! What the hell? Where are you?” Jude shouted, as if he was scared to death something had happened, and he’d been whisked away… well, he had, but not in the way Jude thought.
Rain continued his futile struggles but there was no way Wyatt was letting him go. First of all, they were at least twenty feet in the air, and a fall like that would kill him, even if he did hit the water. Second, he wasn’t in a safe location to let him down just yet.
Rain’s continuous screams had Jude looking up, shouting, “Rain! What the fuck? Put him down! I swear by all that’s holy in this world if you don’t put him down, I will have my maharishi hunt you down and fry your ass! Put him down!”
Wyatt lowered until Rain was less than a foot from the ground, and gently placed him on the ground, landed and shifted.
Jude was already to Rain when Wyatt got there, snapping, “What the fuck were you thinking? Who the hell crosses a river when they don’t know how to fucking swim?”
“What the hell?” Jude gasped, checking Rain over for injuries, “Why would you leave the cabin? Why the hell would you try and cross the river? Rain, what the fuck is going on?”
Rain’s teeth were chattering, not allowing him to speak. Jude stood him up, saying, “Let’s get you in the house, clean, dry and warmed up.” He then turned to Wyatt, “I’m guessing you’re one of the Thunder Bounty Hunter Plus guys?”
Wyatt gave a sharp nod, not surprised that Jude would know of them. “I am.”
“Come in, then. We need to get Rain dried and warm. There’s firewood next to the fireplace. Can you make a fire while I take care of him?” Jude asked.