Chapter 17. Why Is She Like This?

Hope's POV

'Hope... Are you okay?'

I heard Benny's voice in my head and couldn't even answer. Fucking Bond!

"If you just stand there, you'll end up paying for dinner!" I smiled listening to Benny's voice out loud, but I know my smile wasn't real and that Dylan and Benny noticed.

"Let's go practice. Will I be able to shoot anything alive?" I asked, trying to get my thoughts off Dylan.

"We have a hunting area, but no... You won't be able to kill anything for a while..."

I was a little disappointed by this, but even more so because Dylan didn't even speak to me, even as we passed him. I was expecting him to fight, to yell, to have any other reaction but this contempt. I felt Benny's hand go around my waist and wrap around me, pulling me to him.

'Is he your Mate?'

'Yes, I...'

'I don't know what your motives are, Hope, but no one in the pack is going to force themselves on you. If you want to go back there...'

'NO!'

'Relax