“If at any point I do not like how the conversation is going, whether it’s the topic or that he’s upsetting you, I will remove you, forcibly if needed!”I can see the anger at that form on her face, but she doesn’t say anything. “One last thing.”She leans back to look at me.“Do you want me to put you down, or carry you? It’s only two flights of stairs but there’s no elevator”The corners of her eyes crinkle, and I can see that she is trying to hold in her laughter.“Well, with that... carry me down Geeves”I start to descend the stairs, with Austin close behind.“Geeves?”I hear behind me.“Yeah, wasn’t he someone's butler or something?”“A butler?! You calling me your butler now?”“I&
Alaina POV“Alright love, give me a second?”I cannot believe him right now! Two facking years! He watched me for two years and said nothing, did nothing, knew I was miserable but still left me there! He made it so that I couldn’t ask for him, at least not in a way that would have made sense to anyone else. How do you tell someone ‘hey I want this Alpha’ but can't tell them why you want them? You end up looking like some crazy stalker! My biggest question right now, one that is going to have to wait, is how did Cal know to bring me here? Beyond me asking for Ash, how did he know? I know if I had asked my dad, it wouldn’t have happened!Ash talks to some of his guards, I’m sticking close to him, just in case that other wolf... Gray? Decides to do anything. I don’t really feel safe here, I feel exposed, like something can go wrong at any second. Trying to take in the area around me and pay attenti
“You were fighting with someone, I presume it was Fin, and he wanted to go get you out of there. It took both me and Cal holding him down to stop him. Then in April you were crying with a girl who had pink and blue hair.”“Why, exactly did you stop him?”“Alaina, I really, REALLY, think you should have this conversation with Ash, not me!”“I will, I promise I will, I am having a hard time trusting him right now though, and I want to make sure that he’s telling me the truth when I ask.”Another puff of air, either I am really frustrating him, or he loves sighing!“He Alpha commanded me to stop him, I don’t know why Cal did, but it was his whole ‘she needs to ask for me’ bullshat! Cal did go out and talk with you two though. I guess that would happen a lot. If he saw you there, and that you were upset, Cal would go talk to you.”“So basically, every
“I would suggest you stop being an arsehole before I can't calm him down anymore. His Lycan likes to play with his food. Now, narrow it down? No, I don’t think I need to do that, because I want to know why you did it all to me! Why did you cheat with Lochlynn, why didn’t you tell me about your mate, what made you shift into the horrible person that you ended up being when I got back?”He starts laughing. I am on the verge of tears, but I can't let him see that, I need to be strong. I need to get this shat over with so I can move on with my life, as facked up as it is.“You want to know why... well... where do I start? I thought you were an annoying little twit growing up.”Seriously? This goes all the way back to when we were kids? How did I not see it? Ash starts rubbing my back, he knows that I am now the one who needs to be calmed, and he knows that will help. That must be the mate bond working.“You wouldn&rsq
“Mmhmm”I hum as I steal a piece of marble cheese right off the block. Ash squeezes my thigh and chuckles.“Oh, I can guarantee it is not going to inconvenience them one bit! Get me the information and I will get them to go before they come back Sunday afternoon.”“You sure they won't mind?”He gives a hearty laugh as he goes back to focus on the eggs and toast.“Trust me, the Beta and Gamma females will be MORE than happy to spend time in a bakery!”“Wait, what’s this about a bakery?”Austin calls out as he, and Grant, walk into the kitchen.“Ooh, are those your famous special eggs?”“Grant! Forget the food on the counter, focus man! Our mates, going into a bakery...”“Oh, SHAT! Why are you sending them into a bloody bakery?!”Ash is laughing so hard he’s crying, I’m completely lost as to what
Ashton POVI grabbed a pair of shorts and some clean clothes, from my closet, and toiletries, from my bathroom, and head across the hall. I can hear the shower turning on, and then singing. Alaina has an amazing voice, maybe she will sing for me one day.I shower, put my shorts on, and head back out to the kitchen to clean up the dishes. As I am putting the last of the utensils into the dishwasher, I feel her arms wrap around my waist. I stand up and turn around to face her, pulling her into a hug. That’s when I noticed...“HEY!”She looks up at me with big doe eyes.“Is that MY sweater?”She laughs and tries to squirm out of my arms.“Maybe”She finally manages to get free, by putting her arms up and just dropping to the ground, then runs around the island, keeping it between us.“Give. Me. Back. My. Sweaterrrr!”“Make me!”HA, I love th
She doesn’t say anything, we just stand there holding each other.“Al? Love? What do you want right now?”“I don’t know...”She was so quiet that I pulled her back to check on her and find that she's crying. I bend over a little, so I am at eye level with her, and wipe the tears from her cheeks.“Alaina, why are you crying?”“Because I don’t know what I want. I want you to ask me what I want, and I want to tell you what I want, but I DONT KNOW WHAT I want.”“With what?”“Everything! I don’t know what I want to wear tomorrow, I don’t know where I want to sleep, or where I want YOU to sleep, I don’t know if I want to go talk to Fin again to try and get more information, I don’t know if I want different furniture in here...”Whoa! Okay, well, that’s a lot to take in, but I have to stop her and get her to focus a
Alaina POVI wake up to Ash gently shaking my shoulder calling my name.“Alaina, dear, I need you to get up, love.”“Noooooo… 5 more minutes.”“No, I’m sorry Al, it needs to be now.’“Whhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyy???”He’s silent for a bit.“Um, well...”I roll over to face him, just as I start to turn, he calls out.“NO! Don't do that! Just slide out of the bed on your side love.”“Ashton... why? Why are you being like this?”I can hear him breathing heavily before a sharp exhale.“I need to change the sheets.”“Huh?”“I, had a dream”“OK?”“A good dream...”“OK?”Ummmm Al, I would stop the questioning, HAHATY!?!?!?! The one and only!I AM SOO