Page 28 of Big Bad Wolf: B.B.W
“Mrs. Leventis?”
His cheeks rose to complement his beautiful smile.
“Well, yeah. At least I hope.”
His head tilted ever so slightly in my father’s direction, who nodded in return.What the hell is going on?Orion’s focus came back to me.
“When I thought about doing this at first, I thought it was too soon, but then I remembered that we are different. Beasts are on different times than regular people.”
My head snapped toward my mother whose eyelids were stretched open and her mouth open.Is he about to do what I think he is? No, I’m overthinking this.
“I thought about who I wanted to be included. After a discussion with Pops last night, it dawned on me that I was in the perfect place.”
He pushed his seat back and kneeled on one knee. I didn’t see the ring box in his hand until he opened it.
“I love you, and my father always told me time is not a factor when it comes to soulmates. I know you are my person, the beast for my beast. Elodie Summerville, will you marry me?”
My mind caught up with what just happened when the wetness hit my hand. My head lowered to look at the ring. My hand covered my mouth at the sight of it.
“Th-that’s your mother’s ring.”
When Orion and I were in Greece, Mr. Leventis treated me to lunch, just me and him. We had an amazing time. While we were at lunch, he showed me some pictures of his late wife, Eleanor. He also showed me the engagement ring that he gave her. He wore it around his neck. It was a gorgeous diamond set, azurite stone ring. When we talked about the ring, he admitted that it wasn’t an expensive ring when he bought it because it originally had cubic zirconia, but he replaced them with diamonds after the marketing firm took off.
“It is. My father wanted you to have it. Hopefully, when we have a son, we will be able to pass it to him for his forever,” Orion revealed. “So, will you be my person forever?”
I leaned forward so that our faces were close. “Yes, I will be your forever person.”
My mother jumped up from her seat. “My baby’s getting married. Yes, yes, yes!”
Orion slipped the ring on my finger before I kissed his lips. Our kiss deepened until my father reminded us of where we were. That got us right together. My mother grabbed my hand after our lips disconnected.
“Oh, Chogan, it’s so beautiful!”
There were tears in her eyes. My father came over to admire the ring, but something told me that this wasn’t the first time he’d seen it.
After we all calmed down, we finally started breakfast. One thing that I noticed about my man was that his ass could eat. I remember I thought one time after I watched him eat, that if he ate that much in his human form, I would hate to see him eat after his beast exerted a lot of energy. This man had every protein on his plate with a heaping of eggs, casserole, and two cinnamon rolls on a side plate. If I knew him like I knew I did, he would eat fruit later.
We ate and talked about trivial topics for about ten minutes before I noticed my father put his fork down.
“Orion, last night we discussed something very important. I told you that I wanted to speak with my mate about it before I gave you an answer.”
I looked around the table before I stopped at Orion. I couldn’t think of anything that was more important than asking for my hand in marriage.
“What did y’all talk about?”
Orion repositioned himself in his seat to better face me. “I asked your father if he would bless you segregating from his pack to join the pack that I belong to. Considering that you are my mate, I think it’s important that we be in the same pack.”
When I asked my father what he said, he smiled.
“I told him that I needed to talk to your mother about it. We talked last night, and I think that would be the best thing. You are there in North Carolina with an active pack that your mate belongs to. They can protect you better than we can here in Arizona.”
I had so many mixed feelings. All of these years that I had been in a pack with my parents, it never meant much to me. Nowthat my mother and I had our conversation last night, I wanted to be in the pack.
“Um, I don’t know, Daddy. I . . . I know that I’ve been in the pack with you and Mommy forever, but I never really appreciated it until now. I don’t want to lose that communication with you. I understand what you all are saying.”
My body turned toward Orion. I placed my hand over his. “Baby, I don’t want to diminish being in a pack with you. Um, can’t you join our pack? Is that an option?”
Yes, I wanted to be in a pack with my mate, but I also wasn’t ready to not be in a pack with my parents. It felt like I just got here. Like I was a new wolf who just joined a pack.
