Ma Mary escorted Pops back to his seat on the porch and sat next to him. I sat on the step, although there was another lounging sofa on the porch. I felt Elodie move behind me on the steps before she pulled my shoulder back so that I could lean against her. She put her hands in my locs and massaged my scalp. She knew that I loved that shit.
“What did Thaddeus and Farad say?” she asked quietly as we all watched the two men that came with the chief gather the body of their pack member. If she continued to massage my scalp, I would fall asleep right on this damn step. It was the most relaxing thing ever. I leaned my head back to see her beautiful face.
“They want to meet them like I knew they would, so they will travel back with us. I don’t think it will be a problem. We even figured out a living arrangement.” I shifted my body to look at her chin. “That bitch bruised your chin.”
She touched her chin. “I know.” Her eyes rolled. “I’m so excited. I never wanted to be around my parents ever in my life as much as I do now.”
“I know, baby. How about we all rest today and talk about this tomorrow?”
After she nodded with approval, I requested a kiss. She never denied me.
“Elodie, let’s get the food warmed up. I know we are all famished. Your father and I haven’t shifted in years, so we need rest,” Ma Mary said after she tapped her shoulder.
My baby glanced up at her mother. “Yes, Mommy. I’m coming right now.”
After she leaned down to kiss my lips, I said, “I can’t wait to hear our children call you mommy.” Her blushing cheeks brought a smile to my face. “I’ll stay out here with Pops until he’s ready to come inside.”
The women went inside. I got up to sit next to Pops.
“Well, that was eventful.”
His neck snapped in my direction before he laughed.
“Son, I haven’t shifted in almost four years. I’m too old for this fighting shit.” We both laughed. “Yeah, I think it’s best we make our plans to move to North Carolina. Chief Ahiga was forgiving, but Dyami not so much.”
“You think he’s going to come back with some bullshit? I would really hate to kill him.”
It would be a travesty if that had to happen. I gave him grace today by not turning him into compost.
Pops sat quietly. “I’m not sure if seeing Elodie triggered something in him. He suddenly has the compulsion to show her that he’s worth mating. When they were together, I couldn’t see past his potential to see who he really was. Ego is a dangerous thing as you can see. There’s a lot of anger in him. What was your chief’s decision about us potentially joining the pack?”
“He wants to meet you, but based on our conversation, I don’t think it will be an issue. If it was going to be an issue, I don’t think he would have suggested a living arrangement already,” I told him.
Pops smiled with a sigh. “That’s good to hear. I don’t think we need to wait until the end of the week to head back. If it’s alright with you and Elodie, we can leave as soon as tomorrow afternoon or evening.”
“That sounds like a plan. When you move, I can hire a company to pack you up and move your things,” I offered. “Whatever you’d like to do.”
He told me that we could make those decisions when we got to them. I wasn’t sure what Dyami had on his mind, but I could tell whatever it was, Pops didn’t want to deal with it. If dude knew what I knew, he would drop the Elodie infatuation and learn to love his newest child’s mother. There was nothing over here for him but death.
A Very Little While Later . . .
Lumberton, North Carolina
“I love you so fucking much,” I professed as I slow stroked Elodie’s pleasure core. “You’re mine and I’m yours. My person, my love, my mate.”
We’d been back from Sedona for a few days. I couldn’t keep my hands off her. It didn’t matter where we were. We went in the office yesterday, and it was a waste of damn time, because in between the meetings on her calendar and focus periods, I scheduled meetings with her so that I could get in that pussy. I remembered that she actually was an exceptional asset to my firm, and I needed to let her do her job. My baby got mad at me the last time that we were in my office and only sucked my dick. I didn’t like that shit.
Elodie’s sensual moans drove me completely crazy. What drove me completely insane was when I was in that pussy good and her fangs grew. I almost lost my mind the first time that I saw it. That was a new pleasure unlocked.
“Orion, I love you so much. Right there! I’m about to cum again.”
Seconds later, my pelvis got soaked. We had just changed these sheets earlier today. I loved when we fucked, but there was something transcending about when we made love. Every time we did, it was another lock on the soul tie that we were making. Sex wasn’t the only form of intimacy that we use to add locks.It was in our talks, patience, grace, and understanding of each other. One of the strongest soul ties that she made with me was in her intimate act of her protection of me.
My woman was everything that I looked for in a wife, mother, love, and best friend. More importantly, she was everything that I wanted in a beast. I never thought that I would fall in love with a woman who possessed a beast because I decided years ago that I didn’t want to be with a centauride. I settled in my mind that my wife would be a human.
The gods saw it differently. They knew that I needed a woman that matched my flow.
A woman whose personality was as big and confident as mine. A woman that knew how to behave when it called for it but also knew how to show her ass when it was needed. In her words, she was a bad bitch. Lastly, the gods knew I needed my own beast, a beast that possessed an elegance that surpassed understanding, a level of perfection that only Elodie’s wolf could give me. I appreciated the gods, because at the end of the day, they knew that I needed a big bad wolf.