they were having by telling Adam that he loved him.
That stupid, idiotic prick.
Adam’s response had been to start crying like a little bitch and run away. He still was trying to figure out why he’d done that.
Nick had told him that he loved him. That had been something Adam had wanted to hear more than anything else in the entire world. Christ, he would have given the world just to hear it.
But Nick had been the one to leave him, not the other way around. It wasn’t fair for him to come back and say something like that when they both knew he was going to be leaving for his pack again once these ridiculous lessons ended.
Adam’s response had been to pretend he’d never heard the declaration at all. Lessons continued as normal. The alphas practiced improving their sense of smell and hearing, touch and taste, without their eyes to aid them.
Sometimes Nick would take away their blindfolds and have them practice without them, and in a strange way, that made the lessons harder.
And after each lesson, Adam and Nick still met up, either in his small cottage or somewhere private in the woods to fight, fuck, and then return to the pack as though nothing were going on between them.
It was driving Adam insane, and he was still reeling from what
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Nick had told him, and Adam was still debating on whether or not he should do anything about it.
* * * *
“Is there anything going on between you and Adam?”
Not many people could sneak up on Nick or startle him. The question had definitely startled him.
He had to tread carefully here. James was Adam’s pack leader. If he decided he didn’t want a blind wolf in any sort of relationship with one of his alphas, whether it be romantic or just casual, he could force Nick to leave the property and go back to Phillip.
“Why do you ask, sir?”
“I’m not an idiot. I notice when one of my alphas starts acting differently. Mostly right before he follows you into the woods five minutes after you’ve gone, or goes into the cabin I offered you, stays there for several minutes, and then leaves in a pretty big hurry. And you have been teaching us to use our noses and ears more than we have.”
Nick stopped. “Sir, I can explain.”
“No explanations necessary.”
And here it came. The talk of how James was grateful for Nick’s help, but he was still a blind wolf, and he couldn’t have that in his pack, and thank you for coming, give my best to Phillip.
James slapped his shoulder. “Just take good care of him, y’hear? He was never very social before, and really isn’t much better now, but if you’re good for him, then you have my blessing.”
Nick could hardly believe his ears, and they’ve been his most trusted companions since his eyes decided to abandon him. “R–really?”
“Of course.” James’s voice gave off confusion, as if he couldn’t understand why Nick would be so shocked at his easy acceptance to Nick’s almost relationship with Adam.
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“I don’t know what you’ve had to deal with, or what you’ve heard, but I like to think I’m a little different from other pack leaders,” James said. “I’m mated to a male, for one thing, and I don’t plan on having any pups for that.”
“Sir?” Nick asked, trying to see where this was going.
“I’m just saying that, I know a lot of alphas wouldn’t want to see a blind wolf in their pack because they would be worried about … ” He trailed off.
Nick took some pity and finished for him. “Contaminated blood?”
James cleared his throat. “Yes, well, something like that.”
Not just something like that. Nick was lucky to have Phillip for a pack leader. Any other pack would have tossed Nick out to fend for himself the second his eyesight had left him completely. Nor would they want him mating with