The Transfer novel Chapter 20

I sat myself down at the dinner table and my belly rumbled as I stared at the large bowl of cheesy pasta sitting in front of me. I practically drooled as I picked up my fork and began eating. I was starved despite having eaten all afternoon back at Lila's cabin.

Nothing beat Jenny's cooking. She was better than Ezra and I combined.

"Good, sweetheart?" Jenny asked me as she began eating too. I nodded my head eagerly at her as continued shovelling food into my mouth like an absolute animal.

I was part wolf after all.

I ate quickly with Jenny. Ezra wasn't here. He apparently had some patrolling business to do with other wolves, which left Jenny and I together whilst he was gone.

"Who's Veronica?" I asked through a mouthful of mouth. I was curious to find out who this female was. All I found out today from Lila and Liam was that they were potential bond mates before I came along.

I wanted to know more about her. I wanted to know if I could kick her ass. I wanted her to stay the hell away from my male.

As much as I hated to admit it, I was starting to feel incredibly pulled towards Liam already.

Jenny looked up at me and smirked. She put down her fork and stared at me intensely before sighing. "I'm assuming you've heard about her then."

I nodded at her and she sighed yet again. Clearly she didn't like this girl either. Good. I didn't want anyone liking her.

"She's Henry's daughter. Absolute snob. Not many like her. But, before you came along, she was Liam's potential bond mate," Jenny explained to me. She paused as I clenched my fists in jealousy. I hated the already.

A potential bond mate was always like a plan B for those wolves that never found their true mates. Some wolves would spend most their lives looking for their mates and never find anything. So they'd settle down with a potential bond mate instead.

Potential bond mates always had a pull just like true mates did. But it wasn't nearly as strong. My brother had one a while ago, and he told me about how real it felt. It was almost as if you had met your true mate.

"She's been quite obsessed with Liam for years now. But he's always remained loyal to the mate that he hadn't met yet. Now, he's got you and I'm sure that Veronica is absolutely pissed," Jenny said as she began to eat again. I curled my toes underneath the table and breathed in deeply.

My wolf growled at the thought of this female being obsessed with our male. We barely knew him but we were already jealous of any girl that spoke to him. He was ours. We didn't want to share.

I felt shocked by the way I was thinking.

I was acting as if there were something huge between Liam and I. Like there was an honest need for me to put up a defensive wall in order to keep people away from Liam. Why? Why did I feel like that?

"It's okay to be jealous, sweetheart. But Liam is good. He'll always be loyal to you and only you," Jenny told me gently. She seemed to sense my confusion.

I was damn right out of my mind. Why in the hell was I obsessing over my own male like I wasn't scared shitless of the relationship in itself? I was so scared of the bond. It was so strong already and I made me feel so powerful yet so weak at the same time.

I felt a pushing in my mind and I looked down at my food as I cautiously let it in.

"Are you okay, sugar?" It was Liam. Hearing his voice in my head sent a relieving sensation over me. I wanted to sigh in relief.

"Just jolly. Why do you ask?" I replied quickly. It was one of the less awkward conversations that him and I had had with each other, for sure.

I ate slowly. Jenny and I continued in silence. I had a feeling that she knew I was linking with someone.

"I can feel your worry and panic. It's a bond thing," Liam told me. I raised my eyebrows at this and then frowned. That was oddly cool.

I couldn't feel anything from him right now. But maybe his emotions weren't all over the place like mine were.

"Right. Well I'm fine," I told him softly. I heard his chuckles in my mind.

"You can't lie to me. Just tell me what's bothering you, sugar," Liam told me. The nickname sent shivers up my spine and made me anxious about what we were.

We weren't anything offical. We were mates. We were working things out slowly.

Liam seemed so patient. He looked like the type to get frustrated too quickly with things that weren't working out. He seemed like the type that got angry too fast and too overwhelmed much too quickly. Honestly, he seemed like a hot head.

"I'm eating dinner now... do you maybe want to go for a walk after?" I suggested to him. I felt my beast yip. She was over the moon that I had said something to him and was glad that I was taking the step to see him.

Plus, she craved his touch and she wanted to see him so badly. He looked so good all the damn time and I missed his face.

Damnit, Alison. Dammit.

"Sounds great, sugar. I'll meet you outside in ten," Liam told me softly. We closed the link and smiled warmly to myself.

"What you smiling about?" Jenny asked me. I giggled lightly and ate some more of my pasta. I'm sure she already knew that I must've been smiling about Liam. What else could I be smiling about?

"I'm going to go for a walk with Liam afterwards. Is that okay?" I asked her softly. Her eyes lit up as she grinned at me and nodded.

"Of course it's okay! Do I have to give you the safe sex talk? Because I really don't feel—"

"No! No! You don't have to give me the damn safe sex talk!" I hissed before she could finish speaking. A goofy grin appeared on her face as my cheeks flushed red and I continued eating my food.

She knew exactly how to make me feel embarrassed.