Filed to story: Luna Lovette and Alpha Kodak Story
“Okay?” she asked, combing her fingers through his hair.
He nodded and nipped at her mouth. “Just stay close.” If his wolf felt confident that Lovette was nearby, safe and protected, they might just get through this without him going for Don’s throat.
As Kodak and Lovette approached the patio table, the visitors lifted their heads to reveal nervous expressions. Kodak gave them a nod of greeting and took a seat opposite them, pulling Lovette onto his lap who snuggled into him the way he liked. Dante and Tao took a seat either side of him and Lovette. He knew without looking that both their gazes were on a gulping Don.
Nick broke the silence. “Thank you for granting us permission to visit. You already know Don. This” – he gestured to the stocky wolf on his right who was stroking his goatee – “is my bodyguard, Derren. I asked my Beta and my enforcers to remain in the car.” Well that had been wise of him. If Nick had arrived at the lake surrounded by a large number of strange wolves, Cujo would have pounced on them without a doubt.
Kodak nodded curtly. “On my left is Tao, my Head Enforcer. On my right is Dante, my Beta. Behind us are Trick, Marcus, Dominic, and Ryan. And you’ve met my grandmother, Greta.”
Nick smiled. “Yes. She’s, um, charming. She has good reason to be unhappy to see us.”
Don cleared his throat. “Yes. I realize I was very rude at the mating ceremony. And, well, I made judgements about you based on what I’d heard from others. It’s simply that -“
“No,” interrupted Lovette. “There are no excuses. An apology we can work with. Excuses – hell, no.”
“Fair enough.”
Hearing her again defend him caused another pang in Kodak’s chest. Massaging her nape, he said, “That’s not to say you weren’t right about me. I’m not a good person. If I thought someone deserved it, I’d kill them without blinking and I’d think nothing of it. I am, by my own admission, a hard, selfish, ruthless bastard. There’s only one person in this world who’s guaranteed to come to no harm from me, and that’s Lovette.”
After a moment of silence, Don nodded once.
“Dominic,” drawled Lovette in her sweetest voice. “Is there any chance you could go ask Grace to fix us all some coffees?”
With the offer of hospitality, the visitors seemed to visibly relax and Don exhaled a sigh of relief – probably relieved that he was still alive. “How’ve you been, Lovette?”
“Fine, thanks,” she practically purred. She loved it when Kodak kneaded her nape, even though she knew he was mainly doing it just to take comfort in touching her. Her wolf was just as contented. “How’re the pups?”
“Still little beasts. They wanted to come and see you but well…”
But well he wasn’t sure if things would be amicable or if Nick would be scooping him from the floor with a spoon.
“Next time, make sure you bring them.”
Don smiled a little as he asked, hopefully, “There’ll be a next time?”
“If you’re good.”
“She doesn’t give an inch, does she,” he said to Kodak.
Kodak smiled down at his mate. “I kind of like that about her.”
Greta hmphed, hands on hips. “Dante, shove over son.”
Grinning in amusement, Dante shuffled along to the next chair so that she could take his. Her posture was both regal and confrontational.
Nick folded his arms across his chest, but not in a manner that was confrontational. “Well, I hope – in spite of what happened – you enjoyed the mating ceremony.”
“It was real nice,” said Lovette. “It’s been a while since I went to one.”
“You and Kodak haven’t had one?” asked Don, surprised.
Not liking this subject because she knew full well that Kodak wouldn’t want one, she simply gave her uncle a bored look and a dismissive wave of the hand.
“You’re not one of those girls who dreamed about it all your life? Wow, my Ana already has hers planned and she hasn’t even found her mate yet. Not to mention she’s only seven.”
“What about you, Kodak?” said Don. “Don’t you want a mating ceremony?”
Being the least romantic person alive, Kodak hadn’t even thought about it before now. He’d never even wondered if Lovette would want something like that – which she did. And she didn’t. He couldn’t sense any more than that so he wasn’t sure what was behind her indecision, but it was something they would definitely be discussing in private. He just shrugged. “If Lovette wants one, we’ll have one. If she doesn’t, we won’t.”
Nick tutted. “You don’t want to be giving your mate her own way all the time.”
“Yes he does,” stated Lovette.
Greta huffed at Lovette. “In my day mates weren’t allowed to live together until after the mating ceremony.”
“In your day a guy named Noah was building an Ark.”
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