"My name is Winter, W-I-N-T-E-R, not lass." I nearly shout, poking him again.

"Winter, you’re coming back to my pack with us. I don't care if you want to but it's safer for Freddy." He says as he tries to guilt trip me.

“No,” I tell him firmly and cross my arms as I glare up at him.

“Fine, you can have a wolf follow you everywhere you go. It will save me feeding him.” Jaxson smirks and I have a strange urge to hit him.

"Fine but I'm having a shower and then we can go." I say stomping off to my room hearing his chuckle as I go. Freddie's wolf sits outside my room as guard, which makes me smile. I take deep breath in the shower as the reality hits me; I’m going to meet a lot of wolves soon.

Chapter Six

I run my fingers through Freddy’s black fur as I sit in the back of Jaxson large jeep. To say Jaxson isn’t a good driver, would be an understatement, I’m hoping the drive doesn’t last too much longer. At least I can let go of my seat now we are out-of-town and there aren’t that many turns.  Jaxson drives us straight towards the large mountain to the left of the town and into the massive forest that lies before it. We hit the start of the trees and then the roads all look the same for around half an hour. So far it’s taken at least an hour to get to this point.

"Why do I need to come back to your house?" I ask the now silent wolfman, who is driving slowly down the empty road. There are tall trees lining the sides of the road and they hang above us, enough that it could be mistaken for the night instead of early morning. I don’t think he will reply but he does in a gruff voice,

"The alpha can make you a pack member and then Freddy will chill out. Freddy is blood bound to him, so he will feel connected to you then.” He tells me.

"What's an alpha? And blood bound means what?" I ask a little nervous as my palms start sweating, I’m hoping they don’t mean the literal sense of using blood to bind people.

He sighs like I'm wasting his time before answering,

"The alpha is the leader of our pack, lass. He is one of the strongest wolves, so he became alpha when it was needed.” He says.

"Right, so why are you the guardian of Freddy?" I ask wondering because he looks around twenty-five and that's young to be looking after an eight-year-old.