In Bed with the Alpha Boss: A CEO Werewolf Romance Chapter 13

Chapter 13- The Wolf
Gabrielle.
I’m feeling groggy and confused. My brain is clouded with chants and monsters, and for a moment, I find it hard to tell dream from reality.
It’s just a dream, for sure. Because how can monsters with blazing eyes and fangs be real?
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I close my eyes for a moment. That monster gave a warning. He said…
What did he say?
D*mn it! Why can’t we remember a huge chunk of our dreams? I can still feel the fear and panic, but I can’t remember a lot of it.
Then I remember something else in my dream. A creature. Beautiful. Magnificent. Its fur is white as snow. Its eyes, bright green, a shade similar to mine.
It’s the first time this creature appears in my dreams, and yet somehow, I feel like I’ve known it all my life.
Willow.
Even the thought of its name brings my heart to a stuttering halt.
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The creature’s name is Willow. And suddenly, the confusion and fear 1 earlier felt start to melt away and are replaced by a fierce longing to see the creature again.
She looks like a formidable wolf. But I know in my heart that she’s a protector, a guardian.
Suddenly, there’s a knock on the door. I sit up in my bed,
realizing that I am back in my room, and in my bed. I distinctly remember going to work this morning. I even remember Soraya Parks’s power slap. That wasn’t a dream for sure.
How did I get here?
I hear a knock again, this time it’s louder and more persistent.
“Wait a minute!” I say, sta**ering to my feet.
When I open the door, my best friend, Maya Monroe, walks into my apartment, without waiting for me to invite her in.
“Why aren’t you answering my calls?” she demands. She takes a look at my pristine white clothes and her expression turns from irritation to panic. “Ohmigod! What happened to you?”
I look down on myself, seeing my dusty clothing, the same clothing I wore when I went to the office this morning.
“I… stumbled and fell, I guess,” I lie. “I… was just about to change my clothes when you knocked on the door. Anyway, what are you doing here at this hour?”
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“I called your office, and they told me you left early,” she says almost frantically. “You shouldn’t even be at work, you should be in the hospital. Getting treatments!”
Maya was with me when I first found out that I have cancer. She had been pestering me to quit my job and get aggressive treatments ever since.
“Well, if I don’t have a job, I will not be able to afford
treatments.”
“I thought Golden Crescent, a.k.a. the biggest group of companies in the country, has a great health insurance package!” she says sternly. Then she narrows her eyes, looking at me suspiciously. “Or are you trying to hide your sickness because of that b***ard?”
It’s no secret that Maya hates Sebastian. Why wouldn’t she? For two years, she had witnessed me work my a*s off for a man who had no plans of ever loving me back.
And she is right. After Sebastian took Soraya’s side this morning, in spite of the fact that she was obviously lying, I knew that he is a hopeless case. I had to let him go.
“Are you going back to the office?” she asks.
You can take the day off.
I remember Sebastian’s ruthless words and his stoic face as he said them. I guess that was my wake-up call.
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Except in bed, Sebastian will never feel anything for me.
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I force a smile on my face as face Maya. “Why don’t I just go to your clinic with you?”
She blinks back at me. “When did you ever have any interest in my practice?”
Maya is a vet, and she’s one of the best in the city. Her clientele ranges from cats and dogs to even exotic animals like snakes and birds. I had always admired her for her passion for animals.
“Well, today seems like a good day to start taking an interest,” I say. “Besides, fate tells me that I have to be there.”
A few minutes later, we walk into Maya’s clinic located in an upscale neighborhood in the city.
“Anything I can do to help?” I ask as I settle my bag in a luxurious couch in her reception.
“I only have one pick-up today. My top client brought in his… er… hybrid… dog.” She suddenly sounds uneasy.
“Is something wrong?” I ask.
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She pastes a smile on her face. “Nothing, really. It’s just that… my job can be as fascinating as it is challenging. But really, it’s nothing I can’t handle.”
“Don’t tell me you accepted a python again!” Maya’s clients can
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be cu**oos sometimes.
“No, no. Not a python,” she laughs nervously.
“Something dangerous then?”
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“No, it’s just a… dog. Just a bit aggressive, though. But nothing a tranquilizer can’t handle.”
Suddenly, we hear an alarm.
“Da*n it!” Maya curses under her breath. “Stay here.”
Something does not feel right. As she hurriedly runs towards the restricted area where she keeps the animals she is treating, I have a feeling that I shouldn’t leave her alone. So, I run and follow her.
I hear a growl and a loud bark that reverberates across the room. Maya hurriedly puts on a jumpsuit and anti-dog bite gloves.
“You shouldn’t be here!” She glares at me as soon as she sees me.
“Neither should you!” I argue back.
I hear another loud growl.
“What the f*ck is in that room?” I ask her in a panic.
“I told you, it’s just a dog.”
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“That dog sure has a scary bark!”
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She slowly opens the room. I can tell that she’s being cautious. I’ve never seen Maya this scared of an animal before.
When she opens the door, I see a big cage. Inside it is a huge, fury animal with bright golden eyes trying to gnaw itself free from its chains.
I gasp, finally understanding why she is suddenly uneasy.
“Da*n it, Maya! That is not a dog!” I exclaimed. “That’s a wolf!”
“No, no,” Maya insists. “It’s a hybrid wolf dog. I checked the papers my client gave me before I accepted it here.”
The animal looks at us as if it understands what we are saying. Then it continues to bite at its chains. It is only now that I notice it has a bandage wrapped around its torso.
“What’s wrong with it?”
“I operated on it. Hunting accident. It got hit. I successfully removed the bullet two days ago. It’s been unconscious ever since. But now, I think the tranquilizers’ effects wore off.”
“You think?” I ask sarcastically.
The closer we get the more aggressive the animal gets.
I glance at Maya, who is getting ready to administer another tranquilizer. But as she approaches the cage, the wolf suddenly
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lunges forward, snapping its powerful jaws at her. Maya jumps back, barely avoiding being bitten.
“What are we going to do?” I ask, feeling helpless.
Maya frowns. “I don’t know. I’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s like it’s not just a normal animal.”
“It isn’t normal!” I scold her. “What was going through your mind when you accepted it here?
“It was shot, it was dying!” I can tell that Maya is getting desperate now.
Suddenly, the wolf breaks free of its chains, snarling and baring its teeth. Maya and I back away, fear gripping us both.
I look at the wolf again, and this time, it meets my
gaze. Our eyes lock, and I feel a strange connection that I can’t explain.
Without thinking, I take a step forward, my hand outstretched towards the wolf. It doesn’t move, just stares at me with those bright golden eyes.
And then, to my amazement, the wolf walks towards me, its head lowered in submission.
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