Filed to story: Luna Lovette and Alpha Kodak Story
Clearly too infuriated to remember to keep up her sweet, friendly-friendly act, Amber curled her upper lip at Shaya…and it was apparent exactly what Amber intended to do. Before the dominant female had the chance to charge at her, Shaya quickly grabbed the knife block beside her and whipped out a knife, hurling it in Amber’s direction. Just as quickly, she threw another, and another, and another, and another…and smiled at the end result.
As Nick walked into the kitchen in search of Shaya, he came to an abrupt halt at the sight he found. There was Amber, plastered against the wall with five knives stabbing into the wall and framing her body. And Shaya…well, she was smiling cheerily and somewhat sweetly. “What’s going on?” he asked dubiously. His mate shrugged, still the image of innocence.
“I was just showing Amber my knife trick,” Shaya told him, pulling the knives from the wall. “Cool, huh?”
Pretty certain there was a lot more to this, Nick narrowed his eyes at Amber. But then Shaya was in front of him, kissing and holding him…and he decided that if she didn’t care, fuck it. Having shot Amber a cautioning look-which received a gulp and made her quickly depart-he locked his arms tight around Shaya. “Are you sure everything’s okay?” Her smile wobbled slightly. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. Or, at least, nothing I want to talk about right now.”
Pleased that she wasn’t trying to blow him off, Nick planted a firm kiss on her mouth. “Then we’ll talk about it later.”
As Lovette then entered the room with Roni close behind, she smiled awkwardly at Shaya. “We might have a problem. A problem other than that Greta’s still alive and kicking, that is.”
Shaya rolled her eyes. “What?”
“When I spoke to Caleb on the phone yesterday, I told him about how Nick tracked you down-he was harassing me and making me feel guilty, saying we were leaving him out of everything.”
“I don’t mind you telling Caleb.” When Lovette’s awkward expression remained, Shaya narrowed her eyes. “That’s not the ‘problem’ you mentioned, is it?
“No. He called me just now and, well…Remember I said he complained we were leaving him out of everything? Well, he thought it was only him who we hadn’t bothered to tell about Nick finding you. So he sort of might have mentioned it to your parents, thinking they already knew.”
“What?”
“And they sort of might have demanded to know if he’s claimed you yet and when the mating ceremony is.”
“Lovette!”
“It’s not my fault. Blame Caleb.”
Running a hand over Shaya’s curls, Nick asked, “You didn’t want your parents to know you’re mated?”
“Not until after the ceremony, because then my mother couldn’t insist on going.” She grimaced.
Roni cocked her head. “Why wouldn’t you want her to go?”
“My mom isn’t like yours.”
Confused, Roni frowned. “In what way?”
“She’s evil,” supplied Lovette. “Her dad’s okay, though…albeit a little unbalanced.” Shaya couldn’t deny that.
Nick tightened his hold on his mate, rubbing her back. “She’s not coming to the mating ceremony.”
“I doubt she wants to,” said Shaya, “but she’ll go for the sake of appearances. In any case, my dad will want to be there, and he’ll force her to do her motherly duty and attend.”
“I don’t care what they want.” Nick leaned his forehead against hers. “If you don’t want them there, they don’t go-that’s it.”
“It’s not that I don’t want my dad there. It’s just that I know he won’t leave my mom behind.”
“Then they both stay behind.”
“I agree.” Lovette nodded. “Now I’m going to save my son from Yoda-he’s due to have a nap soon. If you guys are going to go upstairs again, try not to make too much noise, okay?”
“We’re not that loud,” maintained Shaya, blushing.
Lovette’s expression said, “Sure you’re not.” Aloud she said, “By the way, Nick, I have to say you’re good at the dirty talk-you could give Kodak a run for his money. You know who else is good at it? Cam.”
Shaya gasped, shocked. Cam was a reasonably quiet mated Phoenix wolf with the cutest baby face. “Really?”
“Really.” Lovette shook her head in disbelief. “To look at him, I wouldn’t have thought he had it in him. I think Derren would be good at it too. What do you think?”
Before Shaya could answer that, Nick slapped a hand over her mouth. “Just in case you say something that could get Derren killed,” he explained to Shaya. He threw a warning look at a departing, laughing Lovette, who had clearly been baiting him. He looked into his mate’s amused eyes. “You have a very strange friend. I shouldn’t like her, but I find that I do.” When amusement fled from Shaya’s eyes and they became more like lasers, he dropped his hand and kissed her hard on the mouth. “Not the way I like you, baby. I told you, you never have to feel insecure about us.”
“Maybe you should reassure me a little. In the bedroom. Naked.”
A grin spread across Nick’s face. “I’ll reassure you anytime you want.”
New Book: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Dayson was the alpha of the largest pack in North America. Powerful figures from other packs sought to offer gorgeous girls as potential mates for Dayson. He steadfastly rejected these advances, he was not a pawn to be manipulated. But eventually there came a mysterious girl he could hardly say No. Who was she?