Page 72 of Pack Kasen: Part 3
I want to make her happy, and I think I’m on the right path to doing that.
“You should have told me.” I lace my fingers with hers and lift her hand to kiss her knuckles.
“Told you what?” She wrinkles her nose, tempting me to tug her closer and kiss the freckle on her nose.
“That it was your first pack run.”
She shrugs, looking away. “It wouldn’t have made a difference.”
I stop. “It would have made all the difference. I’d have hunted a bunny for you.”
We were sitting by the creek when she told me her favorite human food was fried chicken, and her wolf’s favorite food was bunny. I want to give her all her favorite things, and I intend to.
She snorts. “And my wolf would never have forgiven you for it. She would assume you didn’t think she was a good hunter if you had to do it for her.”
I loop my arm around her and urge her closer, wondering when or even if this run I suggested is going to happen. I can’t take my hands off her, and I keep wanting to kiss her. “You could try telling her that I like giving you things, and I have a lot of wrongs to make right, and that’s part of it. Would that save me?”
Hazel flecks melt away, and for a second, her eyes are icy blue. Her wolf eyes. “You’d get a swipe for the offense, but we would not kill you.”
I laugh, dragging her closer and kissing her again. This woman feels so good against me and tastes so fucking sweet. I can’t get enough of her. “Glad I’m finally doing something right. And you still should have told me about the pack run. I’d have made it special.”
Her expression softens. “You did make it special. I got to have my first pack run with my family, and with Leo, who I love like a little brother. We danced beside a creek, and it was so romantic I wasn’t tempted to shove you in it even once.”
My heart squeezes. “I did all that?”
She nods. “You did. I warn you, though, now you’ve set the bar spectacularly high for the next run.”
“I’ll sail over it. Have no worries.” I wink at her.
She rolls her eyes, but she is definitely hiding a smile from me as we resume our walk.
“We have to find Christopher,” she says a few minutes later.
I’d hoped she wouldn’t bring him up, but I should have known she would want to go hunting. “He’s hiding.”
“Planning something,” she softly corrects me. “And the longer we leave him to his planning, the worse the thing he does. We need to hunt him.”
I smile at her. “I knew you liked to hunt as much as I do.”
“It’s necessary,” she says. “Not a want. Aneed.”
“And the reason you charged out of the house when you thought our new prospect was a threat?” I raise my eyebrow.
She rolls her eyes. “Would you have preferred me to leave him to kill you instead?”
“Ah.” I step into her, grasping her hips and drawing her closer. “So, you were trying to protect me? Because I have to tell you, the thought excites me more than it should.”
She pokes her finger into my chest. “Stop that.”
“Stop what?” I feign innocence.
I still can’t believe she’s still here with me, and that I haven’t broken things between us.
I asked her to give me a chance to prove I can be what she needs, and she’s giving me that chance. I don’t deserve it, but I won’t waste it.
“Finan said something happened the last time you went to hunt a feral,” she says.
I wince.
