Filed to story: Luna Lovette and Alpha Kodak Story
He nipped her finger, making her snatch it back and scowl. “This isn’t just any Alpha. This is the asshole who was a complete and utter bastard to you throughout your entire life.”
“I’m not sure why you’d want to be in the same room with him ever again after the way he just tossed you aside because of the latency,” said Ryan, clearly in protective mode.
Taking in the sympathetic faces, Lovette sighed. “I take it this means you all know about my relationship – or lack thereof – with my dad.”
Rhett pointed at Marcus. “It was him who told us all.”
“Only because you were all talking about her like she was Warner’s golden girl. His treatment was far from golden.”
“Which is why I don’t want you near him,” Kodak said to Lovette. His wolf was in full agreement.
She smiled sweetly and scraped her nails lightly down the column of his throat. “As cute as that is, it doesn’t make an ounce of difference.”
Again he wanted to argue with her, wanted to protect her from harm just as his wolf did, but now that Kodak had come to know more about Lovette, he understood that how he handled this now would be very important. Throughout her entire life, people had seen it as their right to undermine her and disrespect her. If the male she had mated did that, it would hurt her deeply. Even his wolf understood that part of his job as protector was to protect her emotionally – something he hadn’t been doing very well so far. So, groaning, he nodded and didn’t let it show that her beaming smile had any effect on him.
“It’s good to see you’re starting to understand that I have a will of iron.” Seeing Dominic’s face scrunched up in agony, indicating that it was obviously killing him to hold back, she sighed tiredly. “Whatever the dirty line is, get it out of your system now.”
Dominic shrugged innocently. “It was just that you said you liked watermelon. It got me wondering…If
I was a watermelon, would you spit or swallow my seed?” Some chuckled, some groaned, and Kodak scowled at him.
“Okay, okay, I got a better one. If your left leg is Thanksgiving, and your right leg is Christmas, can I visit you between the holidays?” More people chuckled than groaned at him this time. Kodak, of course, growled.
“Where do you hear these lines?”
“Some I’ve heard from other guys. Some I’ve read on the internet or heard on T.V.”
Kodak glared at him. “Well you can stop using them on my mate.”
Dominic gave him an apologetic look that couldn’t have been more false. “I can’t help it, she’s like a dictionary – she brings meaning into my life.” This time everyone groaned. “Oh come on, that wasn’t that bad.”
The next few hours went as usual for the pack of an evening – they ate together in the kitchen, they watched T.V. together, Lovette and Greta exchanged more insults. But there were two major differences. One, Kodak stayed with Lovette as opposed to closing himself in his office. Two, for some unknown reason, Tao didn’t appear to be talking to her.
It wasn’t until just before she was ready to head to her room that she managed to catch a moment alone with Tao in the living area. “Would you like to tell me why you won’t even look at me?”
As if she hadn’t spoken, he rose from his seat on the sofa and started to leave the room.
She jumped up and placed herself in front of him. “Oh no, there’ll be no walking away. You tell me what it is I’ve done.”
Sighing, he ran his hand through his hair. She didn’t think he was going to answer but then he abruptly snapped, “You shut me out, Lovette.” Gentling his tone, he continued. “I thought we were close. Close friends, I mean. And you totally shut me out. What’s worse is that the person you opened up to is the one person who didn’t deserve to have you confide in him like that.”
She could understand why he might feel a little hurt. They had become good friends. Her wolf wasn’t so understanding about his tone and was growling inside Lovette’s head. “Today is my deceased mom’s birthday.” His mouth dropped open. “I actually hadn’t told Kodak. He found my box of memories and realized for himself.”
“But he was still the person who brought you out of that daze.
Him. Or do you just like being eaten out so much?”
Hands on her hips she invaded his personal space. “Who do you think you are speaking to me that way?
He stepped back and raised his hands. “I’m sorry. I just don’t understand why you’d let him use you. All he’s done since the beginning is brush you off and now that he’s decided he’ll treat you like a mate you’re just going to give in to him just like that? You deserve better than that.”
“You’re making him sound cruel, Tao. He was trying to avoid imprinting -“
“Yeah I know but I still think you deserve better.
I’d never have hurt you like that, Lovette. Never.”
As the meaning of his words registered it was her mouth that dropped open as her hands slipped down from her hips.
“Yeah, that’s right. Don’t worry, I’d never poach – that’s not who I am. Maybe once the battle’s over and you’re leaving” – he paused, shrugging – “maybe you’ll think more about me then.”
This time she didn’t try to stop him from leaving the room. She didn’t do anything, just stood there frozen with shock. Should she have known this was how Tao felt? Sure she’d noticed he was always around her a lot but he was her bodyguard, he was supposed to be. And yeah, okay, he touched her a lot, but Marcus gave her shoulders a massage every single day and there was nothing going on there.
Why did it have to mean something if a guy was friendly? Couldn’t platonic friendships between a male and a female exist anymore? This was so shit.
The sound of soft footsteps had her turning to see Dante entering the room. His expression was sympathetic. “You heard that.” He nodded. There was no surprise on his face. “You already knew.” He nodded again. “Everybody knows.” Another nod. “Even Kodak?”
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?