The Wolf God's Unwanted Luna

Chapter 124: The Unspoken Truth

I stomped back over to him and grabbed his hand. He didn’t say anything, just stared down at me with that same unreadable expression before leading us out to the car.

Once inside, he asked me to put the cake in the backseat, but I gave him a look like he’d lost his mind.

"What?" he asked, holding the back door open.

"Hell no. That cake would go tumbling the second we hit a curve. I’ll hold it on my lap, thank you very much."

He shrugged and walked over to the passenger side, opening the door for me. I smiled my thanks and slid into the seat, carefully securing the box on my lap. Outside, the sky was beginning to melt into twilight—warm swirls of orange, lavender, and rose fading gracefully into a dusky purple.

"So... where are we going next?" I asked eagerly. Baking with him had been surprisingly fun—chaotic, messy fun, but still fun. He’d managed to stay focused on his cake while also somehow stopping me from setting the kitchen on fire or wiping out on a pile of spilled flour.

"You’ll find out soon," he said cryptically, eyes fixed on the road ahead.

The drive wasn’t silent in that awkward way where you wait for someone to speak first. It was peaceful. Comfortable. Like we were both okay just being in each other’s presence.

Eventually, he pulled over to the side of the road, and I blinked at the stretch of dense forest and jagged hills stretching out in front of us.

"Please tell me we’re not going in there," I said slowly.

"We’re not," he replied calmly.

I sighed in immense relief. "Good."

"We’re hiking," he added with a completely straight face, taking the cake box from my lap and marching off toward the trail like he hadn’t just ruined my life.

"Yipeee," I deadpanned, twirling an imaginary party streamer in the air.

Before I could follow, he stopped and turned to face me.

"Oh, wait. Before we go... can I call my parents?" I asked. "Your PIN’s the only way I can use your phone."

He reached into his back pocket and tossed me his phone, which I caught easily with a grin. I quickly dialed my parents’ home number and waited as it rang.