Page 82 of Ruthless Alpha Beast
I respect Jade because she speaks her mind. I appreciate it. At the same time, I don’t like the way she’s looking at or speaking about Tara.
I remind myself that I was once as ignorant as her to calm myself down.
“I get it,” I say. “But I won’t tolerate any disrespect toward Tara, got it?”
She nods.
“Yes?” I ask them all.
“Understood, Alpha.”
“Understood.”
“Sure, Alpha, understood.”
“You’re all dismissed.”
One by one, they shift into their wolf forms and head back into the pack.
There’s still a silent tension between me and Tara, but my protective instincts take over.
“Are you okay?” I ask her, settling my arms around her shoulders. She’s so small, so human, and all those shifters want to gang up on her and make her feel scared? Makes me sick.
“I’m fine,” she says, her eyes darting to my hands, which I quickly remove.
“I’m sorry about them. Some of my shifters let their emotions get the best of them sometimes. It’s going to take some time, but they’ll get there; they’re not bad people.”
Hell, somehow, I got here.
But I understand not all of us are so lucky to have Tara as a fake, but not-so-fake, wife. Some of us just have to listen to what our Alphas say.
“I get it,” Tara mumbles. “I just lost my patience a little. But I appreciate you stepping in, you didn’t have to do that, so. Yeah. That was pretty cool.”
I love it when she gets awkward.
I don’t know why, it’s fucking weird, but it makes my dick hard.
Shemakes my dick hard.
But I’m not trying to think with my dick.
“It’s cool,” I say. “I’ve learned a lot, too.”
There’s a pause.
“Anyway, let me take you home? It would be good to chat.”
She inhales slowly, it’s as though she’s about to go underwater, taking a huge breath. I have a feeling she’s going to say no.
“I was actually about to see Lacey, that’s why I’m at the border.”
“Oh, okay.”
“But I’ll be back later. Not sure when, maybe dinner time. But you don’t have to cook or anything like that. Not that you were going to, but yes, later.”
I’m starting to enjoy the awkward energy between us. Mainly because I don’t find things awkward, but I love that she does.
The human part of her is becoming increasingly endearing—so different, yet the differences feel good.
