Filed to story: Luna Lovette and Alpha Kodak Story
Fan-fricking-tastic. Just like that, Kodak’s body stiffened and his arms fell to his sides, making her slide down his body.
He stepped away, panting and growling. “My uncle?”
Lovette shot Cam an annoyed glare. Looking nervous, he took Lydia by the arm and led her to Lovette’s Hyundai – a good thing since she didn’t want to mention the informant in front of anyone other than Kodak, Dante and the enforcers. It wasn’t that she suspected Lydia or Cam, but she wasn’t sure she could trust them not to panic or to keep quiet about it. She returned her focus to Kodak. “It was just a pathetic attempt at making you agree to unite the packs.”
“So he set that up. He ordered them to hurt you.”
“I’m surprised you didn’t sense them following you,” said Dante.
Anger flashed across her face and Kodak tensed. “What? Tell me.”
She sighed. “Apparently…someone from our pack told Darryl where I’d be.” She winced as his face turned purple. Then he was then striding purposely toward his Toyota. No prizes for guessing where he was going. She dashed after him and then leapt onto his back, locking her arms around his neck and her legs around his middle. “Kodak, no, listen to me. You can’t go after him, it’s what he wants.” He continued onwards as if she wasn’t even there, completely undeterred by her weight – though it was fair to say she didn’t weigh that much. Deserting her plan to placate him, she took on another approach. She kicked her legs madly and bit his ear. “Kodak, don’t do this! For God’s sake, will you just listen!”
Kodak halted abruptly and shifted her so that she was once again wrapped around his front. He held her gaze as he growled, “Don’t, Lovette. Don’t ask me to ignore this. You’re my mate and he sent two wolves after you. It doesn’t matter that you kicked their asses, he wanted you beaten – maybe even worse. To add to that, he has one of my own wolves betraying me, betraying you.”
“I know, I know it’s bad but -“
“You’ve always known who and what I am. You’ve always known what I’m capable of. Don’t ask me to ignore what he did to you, don’t ask me to be something I’m not.”
“That’s not what I’m doing. I know you want to shred the bastard into tiny pieces – you’re not alone there. All I’m asking you to do is put a pin in it. Just delay it for a while. You have to see that it’s a trap.”
“A trap?” asked Ryan.
“No shifter would dare harm another shifter’s mate unless he was hoping to die a long, painful death. He will have known that Kodak would react ten times worse and most likely go feral. He’s probably getting desperate now – the twelve weeks are almost up. If he could get you to go against council protocol and attack within the next seven days…” She didn’t need to say more, knowing he would see her point.
“Makes sense,” said Tao after a minute. The other males nodded. Other than Kodak.
Lovette dabbed another kiss on Kodak’s lips. “He thinks he’s got you all figured out. But he hasn’t. You might be the wolf shifter version of the Black Mamba snake and have homicidal urges from time to time, but you’re also smart. Smart enough to know that if you go to him now and react like he wants, you’re giving him power over you. Smart enough to know that the important thing now is to figure out who his informant is before they feed him more information.”
Trick stepped forward. “She’s right, Kodak. I say we let Darryl sweat. He’ll know he’s not going to get away with it. Leave him to sit and wonder what you’ll do and when you’re going to do it.”
Kodak snickered. “And what if he goes after her again? Huh? What if I put a fucking pin in it and then he sends more wolves after her in the meantime? He’d most likely send an even larger number the next time just to be sure she got the beating he ordered.”
Growling, Lovette gripped his head and turned it sharply so that she could stare into his eyes. “You listen to me, psycho boy. You might be happy to give your uncle the satisfaction of falling into his trap but I’m not. Here’s what’s going to happen. We’re all going to calm down and drive back to Bedrock and you’re not going to give me any shit about it or so help me God I’ll beat you so bad you’ll have to put toothpaste in your ass to brush your teeth!”
There was a moment of quiet before some of the guys chuckled and others just smiled.
“I think she’s having caffeine withdrawal,” said Dante.
Kodak sighed in frustration. Why did she have to be right? All he wanted was revenge. Was that really that bad? He didn’t think so. Nor did his wolf. But, as Lovette had pointed out, that was what his uncle was counting on. Well, if Kodak was going to do something totally out of character and delay his revenge, then there was going to have to be a few changes round here. He pinned his little mate with a look. “No more telling me to stay behind. If you leave pack territory, I’m right there with you.”
Not liking his tone but recognising how hard it was for him to back down, Lovette nodded. “Got it.”
“And if he comes after you again don’t expect me to play the waiting game any longer.”
“Sure thing, Flinstone. Now let’s go home.” Apparently not willing to part with her just yet, he ordered Tao to drive her car home while he pulled Lovette on his lap in the backseat of the Toyota. He didn’t say a word during the entire journey, not even to contribute to the ‘We hate Darryl’ chat that Dante, Trick and Marcus began. She could tell that the guys were eager to discuss who the informant might be, but they knew their Alpha well enough to know that he needed time to calm the hell down before having any discussion.
Knowing how much he liked it, Lovette snuggled into his arms and melted against his chest, but not even that or her feather-light kisses to his neck or her soft petting to his chest was able to ease the tension from his body. His rigid body barely moved other than to run his hand gently through her hair. When they arrived home he did what he always did when things didn’t go his way – brooded. And Lovette did what she always when did he brooded – left him to get on with it alone.
After stashing Kodak’s gifts in the bedroom and hanging up her new clothes, she took the groceries she’d bought to the kitchen and helped Grace with getting started on dinner – chicken curry. It wasn’t exactly a surprise when Kodak didn’t appear for dinner. When he sulked, he did it good.
Greta was the last to take a seat at the table and her grim expression had Lovette smiling. “I bet you wish Darryl’s wolves had given me a good beating.”
Greta harrumphed. “There’s no such luck.” After swallowing a mouthful, she whispered – loudly and very much for Lovette’s benefit – to Cam, “Does this taste funny to you?” How he managed to keep his expression neutral, Lovette wasn’t sure.
“I’ve got no complaints,” he replied before shovelling a chunk of curried chicken in his mouth.
“Dinner seems to always have a funny taste when she helps.”
“Oh that’s just the poison, Greta,” said Lovette. The old woman made a face but, of course, continued to eat the meal – like she hadn’t eaten in a week.
“How much longer do you think the brooding will go on for?” asked Dominic.
Trick shrugged. “Maybe a day or so.”
“Give the guy a break,” chastised Dante, “he got a scare.”
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