LOGINIt took a few seconds for everyone to unfreeze themselves, but they did, and Davina nodded. “I’ll go… get him down.” She gestured to the enforcers to follow her out of the room. Casting her sympathetic smiles, they reluctantly did so. “Baby, what’re you doing?” Dominic asked as he watched her snatch clothes out of the wardrobe in a rush. She didn’t answer. Just began pulling on her blue cashmere sweater and tight-fitting jeans. “Natalie—” “Someone did that to hurt me. They went to the trouble of hunting him down, catching him, killing him, and creeping around outside our cave to hang him upside down like that where I’d find him. I want to know who the sicko is, and I want to kick his ass.” Having now slipped on her knee-high boots, she headed for the door. Understanding her need to retaliate but not liking how badly she was hurting, Dominic dashed after her and wrapped both arms around her front, bringing her to a halt. Nuzzling her neck, he rocked her from side to side. “Let me
Dominic contemplated telling Natalie the truth about why he didn’t want her to go to the ceremony. He could, but now wasn’t the time or the place. Alright, that was an excuse—but it was an excuse he was sticking to. Rather than piss her off any further, he went to her and tugged her to him. “I didn’t think of it that way. If you want us to go, we’ll go.” “Really?” she drawled, suspicion dripping from the word. “Really.” A nod. “Okay.” She squealed as he suddenly scooped her up and began strolling out of the room. “What the hell are you doing?” “No more talking. Really need to fuck.” And he did need it. He needed to be buried deep inside her body, needed to be swimming in her scent, and he needed the taste of her in his mouth. Only then would he be able to calm himself and his wolf. The thought of being separated from his mate had sent Drak pacing and growling, fighting for supremacy. It had nettled Drak’s mating instincts, playing on his protectiveness and possessiveness until
As if Grace knew she wasn’t going to win with Natalie, she turned to Dominic. “Dominic, you’re going to be the laughingstock of all the other packs having a Kage as a Luna. Can’t you see that? I’ll bet she can, but she’s got it good here so she’ll drag this out as long as she can. Won’t you?”Natalie simply smiled. “I’d tell you to stop having a hissy fit and act your age, but then you’d die, so… maybe I should just—”“Oh yes, make your smart remarks now, but it won’t be long until it’s time for you to go, and then Dominic will mate with a real Alpha female. One who’s not common and sarcastic, or disrespectful and slutty.”“Come on, you have to admit I keep life interesting.” Natalie thought she had hidden pretty well just how Grace’s last statement had stung. It was only the truth, though. Natalie would leave. Dominic probably would mate again, and the female he mated with for real would most likely be better suited to be a Luna. And what would she be doing? Trying her hardest to fin
Natalie smiled when Dominic replied with, “Sure, baby.” They all rose, and then Dominic took the hand that Lance extended and shook it once. “Until we next meet…”“Oh, wait.” Lance gave Pascal a subtle signal, and the enforcer then dug a bulging sports bag from under the table and handed it to Natalie. She didn’t take it, just raised a brow at Lance, hoping for an explanation. “You know what your mother was like for saving money. She began a fund for you to be given to you when you mated, to give you a kick start. There would have been more in it had she not died.”Tentatively, she took the bag. “There’s money in here?”“Twenty-five thousand dollars.”“Twenty-five thousand dollars,” she echoed quietly, more than a little stunned. It struck her that he could have just kept the money for himself, knowing she’d be none the wiser. “Why are you giving me this?” It sure wasn’t because he cared for her.“I’d never ignore the wishes of my mate.”“Come on, baby.” Giving a slight nod to Lance,
Natalie glanced around at all the onlookers and sighed. “So you’ve decided to schedule some time to make a spectacle of yourself.”“Honey, the person who should be embarrassed here is you. You’re nothing but vapor to people like us. It’s laughable that you even walked through the door.”“You know, Brandy, you’re like an STD: no one wants you, everybody hates you, and you’re a reminder of the devastating consequences of not using protection during sex.”Brandy’s over-tanned face flushed. “Very funny, aren’t you, little freak.”“As it happens, I have my moments.”“Want to know what’s even funnier?”“Not really.”“The idea of you as a Luna of a pack. I honestly don’t think I’ve heard anything as ridiculous as a Kage running a pack. Except maybe for this rumor of you calming a wild wolf. We all know that was a nice little story you spread just to make others think your strength matched that of your mate—if he even is your mate, which I’m not buying at all.”A growl escaped Natalie, which
Dominic watched Lance, whose gaze was focused solely on Natalie, and he seemed to be looking at her through new eyes. Almost done with her meal, she was eating what was left of her toast. Damn, she ate fast, and it always brought a smile to his face. Not right now, though, because she was being ogled by her father’s enforcer, who didn’t think he would notice.Yeah, he knew she was a very sensual creature, and sometimes it kicked him to know that others wanted what was his, but not when those males were daydreaming about that fantasy mouth of hers.“If you keep staring at my mate, I’ll rip your fucking throat out.”Oslo double-blinked, then quickly lowered his eyes. That didn’t placate Dominic or his wolf. As if Natalie sensed that, she rubbed her jaw against his shoulder and briefly patted his thigh. He calmed slightly at the bodily contact and, needing more, resumed massaging her nape.Lance frowned, watching them closely.“It was wise that you didn’t come along with Mark. I’ll tear







