Chapter 13

This chapter is dedicated to lil_sushiroll who made my day with the nicest comment ever!❤ Thank you! I even found the perfect picture to honor you, yup it's a tiger sushi roll 😉

Leila's pov

I feel tingles, what is that? It feels soooo good, it feels safe and warm, like I'm home. I never want to leave. I think I'm pressed against someone's chest but right now I feel too content to open my eyes and see who's chest it is. I can feel a nice steady heartbeat and someone's breath fans my face. The sounds and sensations are so pleasant I feel the darkness seep in and I welcome it.

When I wake up I'm lying in a bed, the room is a sterile white and the smell tells me it's the pack hospital, and as I open my eyes I'm greeted with Kyles face.

"Hey, siss, how are you feeling?" Wow, he's actually worried about me, I feel touched.

"I'm fine, you know me, a few wolves can't keep me down."

He smiles at that, "Yeah, I guess you're right about that, and you sure have cemented your reputation as a solid fighter in the pack."

Just as Kyle finishes his sentence Doctor Gordon walks into the room, "She sure has, not many fighters can take out 6 rogues all on their own and live to tell the tale. When Axel came in here with you in his arms I was sure you would be in rougher shape but...."

"Wait, who? Axel?" I fell more than a little confused, "Axel carried me here? Why the hell would that guy help me? He hates me."

"Well, then it would seem he doesn't hate you enough to let you die at least, he seemed pretty worried about you." Worried about me? Yeah right. "He even stayed until I finished my exam and he knew you would be fine."

That's just surreal, I can faintly remember someone helping me out, but I was too high on adrenaline to actually remember much of the night. I guess that was him then. And what about that nice dream I had, about safe arms and a warm body next to me, could that have been real? No way, that must have been a figment of my imagination, probably because of the lack of physical contact lately. And there's no way Axel would be that loving in his treatment of me.

I scoff, "He was probably worried about the Luna getting angry if his sister died on his watch."

"No matter what his objective was you do owe him a thank you at least." Of course my annoying brother had to be the voice of reason.

"Fine, I'll find him and thank him when I get out. When will that be anyway?"

"All your wounds are as good as healed so your good to go right now," now that's what I like to hear.

"Thanks for plastering me up doc, I won't be back here anytime soon," I tell him as I rip the sheets off and get out of bed.

"Now let's get something to eat," I grab Kyles elbow and drag him with me out of the hospital and towards the pack house, "Well, as soon as I have changed my clothes at least." I'm wearing a stupid hospital gown, and I'm happy to say it is not open in the back. I have a nice ass, but this is not the best time to be showing it off.

After a quick change of clothes we head to the Alphas apartment and I make us something to eat, Kyle is a scary kind of disaster in the kitchen so I know better than to let him cook.

"So have anything else happened between you guys since yesterday," I ask Kyle as we sit down with a plate of pasta with meat sauce.

"No not really, I mean we had a great time at the lake yesterday, but when the message came that you had been injured we both headed to the hospital and after he found out you were okay he went to the office with Carl and Axel, and he's been there since."

The way his eyes light up when he talks about the man tells me he's more into him than he seems willing to admit to.

"I have to admit I want something to happen though, I've been thinking about making him dinner and try to get a little taste of what he has to offer."

"Nice, I like the slutty side of you Kyle, it needs to come out to play more often. But the cooking seems like a really bad idea, there won't be any fun to be had if he has food poisoning."

"I am not that bad at cooking," I just raise my brows and give him my best yeah right look at that statement, "Really? You have that little confidence in me? How nice."

"It's not that I don't have confidence in you, it's just that I have tried your cooking, and if I wasn't a shifter that might have killed me. But if that's what you want to do, then you do it. Good luck sampling your hunk. And good luck to him sampling your food." I have finished my food, so I get up and head to the door. "Now I have to go find a certain mean wolf and say thank you, so I'm off. Oh, and I cooked, so you get to clean." With that I head out of the apartment looking for my confusing helper.

After asking around I find out that Axel is still in a meeting with the Alpha and the Beta, so I decide to go for a run and to stretch my legs. And as I get out of my room after a post-run shower I walk right into Julie who is nice enough to ask me if I want to go shopping with her since me and Kyle need some clothes of our own. And of course I can't say no to that, I've been borrowing clothes since I got here, and the owners might not get to impressed by the fact that I have torn some of them during some impromptu shifts.

"Great, I'll tell Carl and knowing him I know he'll want to come with to keep an eye on me. Should we ask Kyle to come?" Julie seems giddy at the thought of shopping. I hope she has a high credit limit, seems like she needs it, but after seeing the way Carl is with her I bet he just hands her his card.

"I'll ask, but I already know the answer, he hates shopping," and hate is not an exaggeration, I have always bought clothes and what else he might need. He doesn't care and he trusts my taste.

I decide to mindlink him instead of trudging back upstairs. "Kyle, me and Julie is going clothes shopping, want to come?"

"There is no way in hell I want to come!! Buy me something nice." Is the short and sweet reply I get from him, so that settles that. "By the way, you shouldn't use water on a kitchen fire" Then the link is closed by him, so I guess he's busy with his....let's call it cooking.

"He said no," I tell Julie as she seems to be talking with someone too.

"Carl said the meeting is over soon, so he can take us. God, I love that man!" She's always glowing whenever she talks about her man, I almost want to experience it for my self. For like a week or so that is, forever seems a little excessive.

"Great, then I can talk to Axel first and thank him for helping me with the rogues yesterday." Just then Axel comes walking around the corner, soon followed by Carl and the Alpha who just nods at me and head straight for the stairs, taking it three steps at a time. Someones eager to see Kyle. I can't help but snicker, and pity the poor Alpha who's about to be served what might be his last meal.

Carl stops when he gets to us and pulls Julie into a tight embrace, "I missed you beautiful, I hate to leave you in bed alone. I'll make it up to you tonight." Julie just smiles and burrow into his chest, so she seems to like the idea.

I have to run to catch up with Axel since he took one look at me and headed in another direction. When I find him he's sitting on a couch talking to some guys, "Eh, can I talk to you for a sec?" His head snaps up at the sound of my voice, but he shows no effort to get up from the couch.

"Sure, talk," he just looks at me with a blank stare, I wish I could read his mind, this man is impossible to read.

I was hoping to talk to him in private, but I guess this is all I get, "I just wanted to say thank you for helping me out yesterday, I don't really remember much, but it's clear that you came to help and I appreciate that."

"You don't remember much huh?" He seems to relax a little at that, it makes me wonder if something happened.

"No, not really, between the blood loss and the adrenaline I don't remember much past the first 5 or 6 wolves. Why? Should I be remembering something?"

"Of course not, by the time I got there you had pretty much torn everyone apart. I didn't really do much." I wasn't expecting him to give me any credit, so this is a pleasant surprise.

His eyes suddenly soften, "You are one hell of a fighter, I wouldn't hate to have you on my side in a fight." Now I'm shocked.

The other guys there seems a little surprised at his words to, but they get over it fast. "I wouldn't mind having you beside me on a date, maybe we could hang out sometime?" One of the guys says. I smile at him and am about to say yes but Axel tenses and a strangled growl sounds from him, the guy who asked me out suddenly shoots up from his seat like his ass is on fire and storms out. The men in this pack are weird as hell.

"Julie and Carl are waiting for me, I just wanted to say thanks first."

"Great, you said thanks, bye." This man must have multiple personality disorder, cause his eyes are certainly not soft anymore. I just walk out and join Julie and Carl who's already waiting in the car. A little retail therapy should help me forget about the confusing, hot, intriguing, delic... Shut up Leila!!!

"Hey guys, can we get something to eat? I've been craving sushi rolls all day!" Luckily they seem to agree. Clothes and food? This will be a good day.

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Soft eyes and kind words, maybe we are getting somewhere?

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

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I would Imagine Kyles cooking style is similar to the Swedish Chefs...