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Twenty-Six

Author: J.U. Faruck
last update publish date: 2025-11-13 14:18:54

With a dramatic sigh, I slid under the blankets and lowered myself to my back on the mattress.

There was a good foot of space between Jesse and me something I didn't particularly like but did feel was necessary.

I wasn't going to be the kidnapped, mail-ordered, Stockholm-Syndromed bride, after all.

"Close your eyes," Jesse instructed. I opened my mouth to argue.

"Tea, close your mouth and shut your eyes. You know I'm not going to grab your tits or anything." Did I know that? Yeah, I knew th
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  • Embraced By The Pack   ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY TWO

    Lizzy’s [POV]The next few weeks passed so quickly, but so slowly.Elliot continued taking care of Evan. I continued watching him, thanks to the wolf that wouldn’t take her eyes off of him.Evan warmed up to him, and started calling him a word that sounded a lot like “Ehwt”. I was pretty sure it was his version of Elliot, and it was so freaking adorable that it made me wish I was there. He seemed to get just a little grumpier every day that I was in wolf form, but Elliot was actually pretty good at distracting him with snacks and games.They had a pretty good routine going, and after a couple of days had passed, I wondered what the hell my wolf was waiting for. Elliot hadn’t shown any sign of violence, or impatience, even. He grinned more than anyone I’d ever met and laughed more too.I wasn’t looking for a relationship, but if I had been, he was the kind of guy I would’ve gravitated toward. He always had a good attitude, never complained, and was extremely adaptable. He made friends

  • Embraced By The Pack   ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY ONE

    Eliot’s [POV]Dax nodded. “You’ve got a chance to make her life easier, here. To take care of someone who deserves to be taken care of. Two someones, I guess.”“I just hope she lets me.” I continued scratching her head. There were dishes in the sink, but I’d get to them later. A nap really did sound good.“Anything else you want me to do?” Dax checked, standing up.“Nah. You can come over later if you want to help with the playground stuff, but I’ve got it if you’re busy. I think I’ll try to spend most of the afternoon outside with Ev.”“Alright, enjoy your nap.” Dax strode toward the door, calling out, “And the rest of your first day as a stay-at-home dad.”I grew contemplative as I continued to pet Lizzy’s wolf, staring up at the ceiling as I did. Dax was right; I was a stay-at-home dad for the day. Hell, for however long Lizzy’s wolf was hunting me.It was a little strange to be sort of a dad without having ever had sex, or having a conversation with the mother of the kid I was tak

  • Embraced By The Pack   ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY

    Lizzy’s [POV]As much as I hated it, I couldn’t despise Elliot. It had been less than twenty-four hours, but Evan had already put him through the wringer, and Elliot had taken it all in stride.My wolf followed him through the store as he loaded a cart with non-perishable things—a crib, crib sheet, and a fuzzy blanket. He let Evan pick the blanket and ended up with one with a massive, realistic-style dinosaur on it. I would’ve said no to that if I’d been there because it was a little creepy. But Elliot didn’t seem to think it was worth the battle, and Evan was holding it in a death grip.He wasn’t wrong about the battle. The blanket was ugly, but it didn’t really matter.Elliot had to pull Evan out of the shopping cart to figure out what his diaper size was, which pissed Evan off and earned him a hell of a lot of furious toddler screams and pinches, but Elliot only teased him about his temper and buckled him back into the shopping cart’s seat in return. Eventually, Evan chilled out, a

  • Embraced By The Pack   ONE HUNDRED & NINETEEN

    Elliot’s [POV]Carrying Evan up to my room, I shut the door behind us and Lizzy and locked it so he couldn’t escape while I was changing. I’d showered the night before and figured I’d do the same again after Evan went to bed.The little guy went furry almost immediately after I put him down, and seemed to be having the time of his life sniffing around my room. I had to move a couple of things when he noticed them and tried to knock them off the nightstand—which made him absolutely furious but after I scratched his furry head and pointed to the dirty laundry basket, he ran over there to check everything out.Changing didn’t take long. Shaving didn’t cross my mind, but Lizzy’s wolf wouldn’t give a shit about whether or not my stubble was getting out of hand.When I was dressed in clothes that hadn’t been hit with chocolate milk yet, I opened the door and called for Evan to follow me down to the first floor. The little wolf came skidding out of the room, and I watched him closely as he l

  • Embraced By The Pack   ONE HUNDRED & EIGHTEEN

    Lizzy’s [POV]Elliot didn’t get angry when Evan dumped chocolate milk everywhere.I got angry when he dumped chocolate milk everywhere, sometimes. Hell, I even cried about the mess every now and then, after a really long day. Ev practically lived to dump chocolate milk everywhere, after he’d finished chugging an insane amount of the stuff.But Elliot didn’t get mad.He didn’t even sigh, or groan, or get grumpy.He just cleaned the kid up, dumped him in the crib, and cleaned my room.And then went to sleep, as if he wasn’t bothered at all by the situation.Sure, it was only day one, but he’d been thrown a lot of shit in one day. So the fact that he hadn’t lost his temper impressed me.A lot.It didn’t change anything, of course.But it did impress me.Elliot’s [POV]Evan woke up screaming for more “Mick” before 6 AM. Since I knew what it was that time, I had the straw in the damn bottle before he gave me the glare stink-eye that made me feel like an absolute fucker.I watched him like

  • Embraced By The Pack   ONE HUNDRED & SIXTEEN

    Elliot’s [POV] I ate, making sure to put more than half the food on a plate for Lizzy’s wolf, and then took a quick shower with the wolf sitting just outside, watching me. Wrapping my mind around everything was slow-going, but it did get easier as the night went on. The most difficult thing about the whole situation was not being able to talk to Lizzy. Not being able to ask her how she felt about the situation, or what she wanted me to do about it. Especially considering her toddler was involved. If I fucked up with him, there would be no forgiveness. Messing with a wolf’s baby was a sure way to get your throat ripped out—as her ex could attest, had he been there. But he wasn’t. I was. And… she was mine. They were mine. I just had to prove myself worthy of that. Considering I wasn’t sure I was worthy, that would be a challenge. But I’d sure as hell do my damned best. After my shower, I finally gave my wolf the control he’d been wrestling me for. He brushed up against Lizzy’s w

  • Embraced By The Pack   Forty-Five

    We headed up the stairs, our fingers still entwined. Ford had taken my backpack from me before we got out of the car, and I was too glad I wasn’t the one carrying it to protest.Back in my dorm, I grabbed a pair of my lounge clothes. I wasn’t sure what we were going to do about

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  • Embraced By The Pack   Forty-Seven

    There wasn’t a pause.There wasn’t time to grab Ford, or to kiss him, or to throw me between him and Reed.By the time I even thought to do something, Ford’s fist was already breaking Reed’s nose.I knew it was broken; I heard the awful crunch.

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  • Embraced By The Pack   Forty-Six

    The guys came back with my keys and phone half an hour later, and despite Ford’s claim that he wanted me to be friends with them, I claimed tiredness and kept the exchange brief.I studied until I was too tired to focus, and then stared over at my bed for a minute.It was the

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  • Embraced By The Pack   Forty-Two

    I needed to go to class, though.And I knew it was a ridiculous thought, I knew I was being obsessive, but I was just trying to cling to whatever semblance of normalcy still existed.I tried to mentally nudge the wolf to wake up Ford, so he could somehow convince her to shift back a

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-23
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