Page 16 of Big Bad Wolf: B.B.W
“Orion, why didn’t you tell us that Elodie had a beast?”
My head jerked back hard. I almost fell out of my damn seat.
“The fuck do you mean she has a beast? Elodie doesn’t have a beast.” When they asked me whether I could sense other beasts, my face tightened. “I can sense other centaurs and centaurides. Y’all are the first wolves that I’ve really been around for a long period of time. Nah, there is no way she’s a wolf.”
There was no damn way that my woman had a fucking beast. Just as the thought hit me, I caught the sight of her coming toward me. Beasts, regardless of what kind they were, held a certain confidence about themselves. Those with beasts were of an elite people. One of the things that attracted me to her was her confidence. From the moment she stepped into the conference room, it exuded from her pores.
Could that confidence be the added confidence of her beast? This shit had my head hurting.There’s no way.
“Trust me, Orion. Elodie is a wolf. Not sure from what tribe, but she is most definitely a wolf. That may be why you were drawn to her.” Sebastian pointed out.
He made his statement just in time for the girls to approach.
“Here, baby.” Elodie handed me my plate.
“Thank you, baby.”
With my free hand, I gripped her chin and pulled her down to my lips. Our kiss was short but deep. It was like I wanted to feel something. Was it our beasts that had unknowingly connected? I felt like if that was the case, I would have felt that.
When we broke our kiss, my eyes stayed on her until she sat down. We all started to eat in silence. Jorie broke the silence.
“Elodie is from Sedona, baby,” she said in the direction of her husband, Farad.
“Oh, wow! Jorie’s cousin is from around those parts. There are some reservations there. We were there last year for her wedding,” Farad added.
Elodie smiled. “Oh, that’s amazing. Yeah, I grew up not too far from a reservation myself.” She cleared her throat. “Um, both of my parents have Native American lineage.” She pointed at her face then giggled. “Much like y’all, clearly some melanin got in there.”
My head leaned to the side. My brows furrowed at this information that she never divulged until now. We have had conversations about her parents many times.
“Oh, I didn’t know that, baby.”
“Yeah, I don’t really talk about it much because I wasn’t raised under tribal laws like my parents were.” She shrugged off her words. “My parents had me in their late forties, so I was not the cool kid to say the least. Plus, I was always a big girl, so thatwasn’t a crowd favorite at times too. Took a lot of self-reflection and fuck yous to be happy with myself.”
I knew that her parents had her when they were older. She told me stories about some of the things that the mean girls and bitch boys inflicted on her when she was younger. It made me want to fly out there and fuck some people up.
“Yeah, I can kind of understand that. I dealt with some of that here. People really didn’t start trying to deal with me until Farad chose me as his mate. I guess then I was worthy, but it was too late for them . . . fuck them.”
There was a hint of disappointment in Jorie’s words. I didn’t know her story, but from what Farad alluded to in past conversation, I knew she had one. We all did, but hers may not have been one she was happy about.
Elodie tittered lowly. “That is a feeling that I understand all too well. Those fuck yous have a lot of power when used properly.”
I wrapped my arm around her neck, then gently pulled her to me. My lips blessed her temple with a kiss. “You don’t have to worry about that now. I got you.”
Farad smiled. “If Orion has you, then so do we.”
The head of the pack has spoken.
For the rest of the evening, we talked about different things. As the night went on, everyone loosened up with Elodie and her with them. I was both surprised and pleased when I overheard the girls as they made brunch plans. The hope was that I would find out whether she truly had a beast tonight and be able to reveal mine to hers. I couldn’t be upset if she did and hadn’t told me because just like she protected hers, I protected mine.
“I love your house! Oh my gosh, Orion! Why do you need this much house though?” Elodie asked me after she finished her self-led tour of my house.
We got to my house a little over half an hour ago. From the moment we pulled into the driveway, her bottom lip was on the ground. When I unlocked the door to let us in, her ass was gone. She roamed the house without me as a guide. I simply followed behind her. Once we got to my bedroom, I put her stuff in there.
“Well, this house is actually my Aunt Alexi’s. When I moved to the states, she allowed me to stay here until I made the decision to build my own house. I tried to pay her rent, but her ass almost cursed me out. What did you think about my people?”
We settled in the lounge area of my bedroom. I wanted to have this conversation with her before we did anything else. I’d have to find a smooth way to broach the conversation.
“At first, I thought I was going to have to curse some of them out. I’ll attribute their behavior in the beginning to being protective of you. The girls are cool though. We have plans to go to brunch next weekend.” The excitement in her voice made me smile. “Are you close with all of them?”
