Dani was sitting on one of the stools at his kitchen counter, eating her third piece of bacon pizza and swinging her legs slightly as Luca poured her her second glass of wine. "So do you feel comfortable talking about her?" Luca asked the question as he set the glass down next to her. "She seems so different today, from yesterday. And I just want to be able to help you with her, because it seems like you have had so much responsibility in your life and as Alpha here I can delegate a lot of that so that she can have the professional help that she needs to get better." He watched Dani carefully, hoping that he hadn't overstepped, but she shrugged, and ran her finger over the rim of her wine glass as she began to chew on her bottom lip, signalling to her mate that she was nervous again. "If she doesn't drink and if she takes her meds it's not that bad. Who knows what she'd actually be like if she could do it for more than two weeks straight. She promises too but she's never been able

"A pour over coffee maker. Is it a maker? Carafe? I'm not even really sure what it's called. But yeah, this is how Alpha West makes his coffee. When he drinks coffee. Which I cantell you isn't really all that often.""I don't even know how we're mates." Dani shook her head and pulled one of the stools from the counter over next to the sink. She turned the water on as hot as it would go at the sink while Teo retreated to the other bar stool at the counter."Aren't you supposed to boil that or something first?" He asked, his eyebrows raised.Dani made a noise that sounded suspiciously like a snort."Supposed to. Whatever. Desperate times call for desperate measures. I need coffee. We're going to buy a coffee maker today. This town better sell one because I don't have time for Amazon to ship one out here.""I can't wait that long and who knows how long Prime takes to get things over these mountains to the middle of freaking nowhere." She held her hand up when he looked like he was

"I was," he said after a moment. "It's been a very busy morning, with some upsetting news that I definitely don't want to think about now that my day has gotten significantly better." Picking her up easily he respositioned her so that she was straddling him, her chest now directly in his line of sight. Her breasts strained against the thin blue cotton of her shirt as his hands wrapped around her waist, pressing her down so that she was grinding against the hardness of his cock.Goddess, he wasn't going to be able to resist her for much longer. And it didn't seem that she wanted him to. Dani bent forward grabbed the bottom edge of her shirt, lifting it up over her head, so that she was only wearing a white lace bra, that left absolutely nothing to the imagination, dropping it on the floor before crashing her lips against his, her arms wrapped around his neck. She pressed her body hard against him, the sweet intoxicating scent of her desire impossible to ignore.Her lips parted, and s

"Alpha West?" There was a knock on the meeting room door and Luca sat back in his chair, pushing his hand roughly through his hair as he stared down at the map."Who the Hell is that?" He muttered the words to himself.One of the younger pack warriors had taken over watching Lyra's door and now Lars was back by his side. "Can you find out how long until the jet arrives back here with Alpha Vos and his contingent. I want to be there to meet them at the air strip.""They're still a few hours out." Lars replied immediately."How many are they bringing?." Luca asked, turning towards the window, and staring off into the forest again."Ten. And before you ask, yes his third in command is with the group. He's her childhood friend and Vos said he wasn't going to leave him behind. If you want Vos' help Kent is part of the package.""Ridiculous." Luca growled the words."Sir?" The door had opened and Teo had been standing frozen in the doorway, waiting for a chance to speak. As Luca's

"Hi Baby, I didn't know you were coming down to Fairbanks today. Do you want to have dinner with us? We would have waited if we knew that you were coming?" Dani smiled brightly at her mate as if she hadn't run off and ditched her guard halfway through the day and then driven for hours on the back of his little sister's motorcycle to buy a coffee pot. "Andraste Hayes." He growled her name in a low voice and she narrowed her eyes at his use of her full name. "We have a lot to talk about." He was next to her now and he gripped her upper arm tightly as she rose gracefully from her seat, unwilling to make a scene."Teo." She turned her head quickly, before he pulled her outside. "Please pack up our meals. And could you order extra quesadillas and burgers for everyone please. This place is really good." Next she turned to the woman working behind the counter who was watching the scene unfold with a worried expression. "Thank you so much. We'll definitely have to stop by when the boys are