Wolf or Love

“Did it ever occur to you that I’m not too small and you’re just ridiculously big?”

Zipping his fly he shrugged. “You like how big I am.” Of course, as usual, he was referring to the bulge in his jeans. She snorted. “It’s a wonder that thing even fits inside me.”

“Thing?” He pulled her to him and kissed her forehead. “Of course it fits. It belongs there.” Swatting her ass, he added, “Now come on.”

Strolling through the tunnels toward the living area they passed Lindy. As she took in Danica’s appearance she huffed. “Hussy.”

“Prude,” Danica shot back without breaking stride as she and Gio walked hand in hand into the living area. Richard, Jeremy, Michey, Lucy, Andrew, Donny and Duda all looked up, saw their clothes or lack thereof and grinned.

“So you’ve kissed, bitten, and made up?” asked Duda. “Get the entire pack together,” ordered Gio. “We’ll be back in a few minutes.”

Exactly ten minutes later both Danica and Gio were back in the living area, washed and dressed in fresh clothes. Danica was surprised at how nervous she was about the pack’s reaction. She knew that most of them liked her and respected her and even viewed her as their Alpha female to an extent.

However, this would no longer be a temporary thing, they would now have to accept her as their true Alpha female, latency and all. She hadn’t had to care before about what they thought of her, but now it mattered. She was certain that Max, Theresa, Hope and Lindy wouldn’t be pleased

about it and she suspected that Chris might not be so happy either. Even though he was reasonably friendly, he didn’t spend time with her the way he

used to and envy wafted from him whenever she and Gio were together around him. He could very well decide that he wasn’t going to stick around

and watch she and Gio be mated.

Danica was quite sure that the others would be okay with her staying. Gary she couldn’t be too sure about because he didn’t talk much, but she

suspected that if Chris threatened to leave and some of the others got upset then Gary would want her gone which wasn’t going to happen no matter what any of them thought. God, this was nerve-wracking.

Sensing no feeling – Danica’s anxiety, Gio took her hand and tugged her closer to his side. “You should all know that Danica is now officially your

Alpha female.”

“You’re staying?” asked Donny, leaning forward in his seat, wide eyed. Jeremy frowned at Danica’s nod. “What about imprinting?”Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

Gio smiled crookedly. “We haven’t imprinted. We’ve bonded.” As he’d expected, Duda smiled smugly.

“Are you saying you’re true mates?” asked Andrew. Surprisingly, he didn’t look all that shocked. “Well that explains a lot.”

“Oh that’s all we need,” griped Lindy. “A midget with a sharp sarcastic tongue for an Alpha.”

Chris puffed, shaking his head in disbelief. “Well that was the last thing I’d have expected. After what Gio said last night, I thought you’d have

headed for the hills.” He flinched when Duda jammed his elbow into his ribs.

“We all knew he hadn’t really meant what he said,” Duda growled at Chris.

“Tell me this is a joke!” demanded Theresa.

“For God’s sake, Gio, she’s latent,” said Max, red in the face. “And a Hart.”

“Your point being what exactly?” asked Ray.

“I’m not bowing down to a Hart!”

“I’m not bowing down to a latent!” Theresa practically screeched.

“Well I’m happy for you guys,” said Donny, grinning.

“Me too,” said Hudson.

Ray winked. “And me.”

Michey did a little jump. “Oh my God, this is great!” Most of the others nodded their agreement, smiling.

“How can you all accept her as your Alpha?” demanded Max, his gaze drilling into everyone.

Danica sighed. “Max, if you’re going to act like an asshole then go do it somewhere else.”

“I have the right to have an opinion!”

“Yeah, but I still have the right to think you’re a stupid prick.”

Panting like a raging bull, Max shook his head. “I can’t support this.”

He stalked out of the room and was followed closely by Theresa and Hope , although Hope seemed to be leaving just because Theresa was.

Duda sank back into the chair with his hands clasped behind his head, looking kind of smug. “I said at the start that you two would imprint. When I

saw you covered in bites I made the others a bet that you’d end up staying here. Unfortunately no one bet against me so then we just made bets on how soon imprinting would start. I was closest.”

“I was furthest,” admitted Andrew. “I thought you would need to leave before Gio snapped out of his state of denial.”

“But it didn’t take long for me to see there was more to it than that. I’ve been wondering how long it’d take for you to realize that you’re true mates.”

Gio searched all their faces. “I take it this means none of you are opposed to this. Not that it’ll make any difference, but I’d prefer it if you were all good with it.”

Duda stood and then dropped to one knee, head bowed. Donny copied the move. Then Hudson, Andrew, Ray, Michey, Lucy, Richard, Jeremy, Chris, and finally Gary.

“No, guys, please don’t,” said Danica. But they remained where they were like white knights and it freaked her out. “Come on, get up.” She nudged Gio. “Tell them to get up.”

“They’re acknowledging us as their Alpha pair, offering us their loyalty.”

“Well they can be loyal standing up.”

Gio turned to his grandmother who looked like a sulking child.

“Lindy?”

“This sort of thing wouldn’t have happened in my day,” said Lindy.

“When I met your grandfather we were both virgins. You can’t tell me she was one.”

Danica smiled. “Well of course you were. It was expected back in 1480.”

“And it’s not natural how much…um…intimate relations you have. We might be shifters but we’re not animals. It’s disgusting.”

Gio groaned. “How about we skip the insults and just get to the point.”

“I’m not getting down on one knee,” she spat.

“But you accept this, we have your loyalty as your Alpha pair?” he pressed.

She gave him a tiny nod then hissed at Danica. “But she’s still a hussy.

And just you remember, hussy, he’s my grandson.” With that, she marched out of the room mumbling about latent wolves, sarcastic females and men

who were led around by their penises.

“Right,” began Gio as he picked Danica up, wrapping her legs around his waist, “then we’ll see you guys later because we have some celebratory

sex to do.”

“We’ve just done the deed twice outside!” she reminded him.

“You know I’m always good to go again when it comes to you, baby.”

“It’ll only ever be me from now on, got that?”

“Same goes for you. I told you, there’ll be no other cocks inside you but mine.”

“Glad we understand each other.”

Finally in the bedroom he literally dumped her on the bed and then tackled his fly. “I have a feeling the sex will be even better now that we’re partially bonded. Let’s find out.”

It turned out that it was even better. Gio had felt her pleasure, sensed as it rose, which had then intensified and amplified his own until he came so

hard he almost passed out. What made it even better was that he not only knew but could feel that it was more than sex for her, could feel how much she cared for him.

He’d never thought of himself as a lovable person, and yet this amazing female actually loved him. She didn’t say it aloud for the same reason that

she never begged, she feared being completely vulnerable to him. Similarly, he feared being completely vulnerable to her. He suspected that for as long as that fear existed for both of them, the bond wouldn’t be complete. At one time he would have thought that wouldn’t be such a bad thing if their relationship fucked up and they separated it would be easier for both of them if they weren’t completely tied to one another. But he had no plans to ever let this female leave him, and he wanted all of her even as he feared giving her the same. Yeah that was bad and if he’d had a fully developed conscience then maybe he would have felt crap about it. Or maybe he would always be unapologetically selfish where Danica was concerned. As he looked at her then lying beside him shuddering, panting and totally naked, he figured that yeah he would. Later that evening, they all decided to go for a run as a pack. Well, all

except for Lindy, Max, Theresa and Hope who were still sulking. Danica smiled at the feeling of the cool night air on her face as she accompanied the wolves as they loped through the woods, enjoying the sense of belonging and closeness that could only come from running with the pack.