Page 39 of Return to the Pack

This whole situation is kind of fucked. With all the dominant energy in the house, it’s a good thing we have Luna’s calming presence or we’d have ripped each other to shreds by now. Clearly, we need some space. We’re living on top of one another. And so, I hold out my hand to Warrick to shake.

He pumps my hand. “We good?” he asks, slapping me on the back with his free hand.

“Yeah, we’re good. As long as you understand you can’t undermine me to the pack like that.”

“Yeah,” he grunts, and I know he’ll never apologize, but that’s all right. “Won’t happen again.”

I wouldn’t expect it from a dominant wolf like him. He’ll learn his place and get used to it, and allowing for that is part of my job as Alpha, just as I’d allow any submissive to make mistakes. That’s part of pack life, and part of family life, too.

Chapter Fifteen

Luna

Living with four men has its challenges—just as we get one conflict squared away between Axel and Warrick when Axel asked me to marry him, the next one flares up like a forest fire. Last night it sounded like two ogres bellowing in the garage when in fact it was only Warrick and Axel at each other’s throats again. But now, Axel and Warrick are playing horseshoes in the front yard while I lounge nearby in the warm sun.

Where, oh, where are we going to find our next home?

“Luna!” Callan’s voice comes from inside the house.

“Out here,” I shout. I want to slip deep into the woods for some peace and quiet, but with rogue wolves on the loose, I’m not allowed to be alone.

The screen door slaps open, and Callan bounces from the house, grinning broadly. He makes his way over to me and settles next to me in an old metal chair left out here to rust. “I’ve got all the food planned for our wedding. It’s going to be a feast. Venison over the fire-pit, potato salad, apple pie, the works…”

“Oh?” I say, not knowing why all this fuss has to be made for a wedding. I’ve been so busy trying to keep peace in the house it slipped my mind to ask what a wedding entails. “So, there’s a ceremony and a dinner? Seems like a lot of work.”

“No, silly pup,” he says, rising from the rusty chair and sinking onto the ground beside me and kneading them into my shoulders.

The feel of the warm air against my face, coupled with his warm hands, eases me out of my sour mood.

“I’m one of the grooms. I called Adolpha, and she and some of the other women are seeing to the food. She and I planned the feast.” His hands move down my body, and tingles of pleasure coil between my thighs. Still, I’m unsure how I feel that he’s called Adolpha and chatted with her extensively to plan this event.

“Luna,” he says with a scoff.

“What?” I say.

“Don’t be jealous.” He flips over on top of me, holding himself a few inches off my body.

“Who says I’m jealous?”

He lowers himself and kisses me. “We’re all connected telepathically, remember?”

“Do I have anything to worry about?” I say, scrunching up my face.

He places his hands on my cheeks and pulls me into a kiss. It’s tender and slow as he moves his head in slow circles, moaning into my mouth and making wetness seep into my underwear.

He withdraws and looks at me with lowered eyelids. “Does that feel like the kind of kiss a guy you should be worried about would give you?”

“No, but…” I stare up at him.

“But nothing. I’m in love with you, girl.” He taps the end of my nose. “Only you.”

Reassured, I relax, running my bare feet gently up his thighs before linking them behind his ass and pulling him against me.

“That’s better,” he says, moving his hips against mine to let me feel the impressive size of his hard cock against my center.

“I guess I need to know more about this wedding business,” I breathe. “All I know is it’s a ceremony that Elder Amexaryl will conduct and then we’ll all be married. What will be different, though? We all love each other already.”

“We all love you, Luna. My brothers are still my brothers, and we’re learning to all get along with Axel and work together as a team. This wedding shindig is making our commitment to you formally acknowledged and witnessed by the pack and everyone outside it. And we’re all committing to you as our only lover.”