Chapter 16: Talks

RIO

"Nothing." He shook his head and smiled, but I could not be fooled by that. I could tell he had something on his mind but I chose to let it slide rather than push it.

"How do you know me?" I decided to ask the burning question in my heart instead.

"You don't remember?" Jake moved to sit next to me on the bed.

"Remember what?"

"The boy who almost drowned. If you hadn't shown up, I would have died. I owe my life to you."

I blinked at that, not because I could not remember but because I never thought to meet him again. I could remember the event vividly. I had gone with my beta and some of my trusted deltas to hunt.

It was something we did occasionally: we caught hides and sometimes went fishing — all this just to take a break from the administrative duties in the pack and other serious engagements.

It was always a time of fun; it was more like a boy's corner to me and I cherished those moments because those were the times I could truly be myself and not an alpha.

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