been done .” He sounded surprised and curious.
“ It’s Christmas. It’s when you say all the thank you’s and you’re welcomes that you’ve missed all year. You gotta admit, it’s been a crazy year, lots of stuff happened and we couldn’t have made the progress we did without everyone who works here .”
Silas nodded as if thinking it through the first time. “ That’s what pack does .”
She wanted to smack him for the condescending tone; instead she made an effort to explain. “ True, but the approval and appreciation the kids seek skating does not end when they become adults. Everyone likes hearing they did a good job, or that you see them and know they are working hard. I understand they do it without a thank you, or any acknowledgment, but it doesn’t hurt to allow them to know we appreciate them, does it ?”
His gaze met hers and for a few seconds he simply stared. “ No, it does not. I’ve been blessed with a mate who thinks of the pack in ways I never have. ” He kissed her.
Jasmine melted against him and gave herself to his mastery. When they broke apart, his eyes glowed and his canines had dropped. A curl of lust filled her belly and she rubbed against him. Her hand tightened on his arm as tingles of need zipped through her.
“ I’m close to the edge, sweet bitch, do not tempt me if you don’t want our children to see how they got here .”
His words had the effect of cold water on her sizzling libido. “ Right. Not here, later. Promise me.”
“ Anything for you, my Bitch .” He turned and looked at the crowd. “ How much longer will this go on?”
After glancing at her watch and then listening to the laughter of the children, she knew they’d wait an hour or two longer. “ Until eight, and then a bath and supper .”
He released a sigh.
She hid a smile and thought to remind him of his request for more pups but thought better of it.
“ As you say this happens once a year, thank the Goddess .”
She laughed at the grumpy tone. “ Yes, thank the Goddess .”
Chapter 10
David sat up and looked around. The room was still dark but he made out the shapes of his brother and sisters lying in their beds easily. Still, something bothered him and he didn’t know what. Easing out of the bed, he walked to the corner of the room and looked where nurse and the other nurses lay asleep. Didn’t they know something was wrong?
Think. He closed his eyes, exhaled and waited. Grandfather Wolf would come. He always did. David relaxed and searched the darkness for the Black Alpha. The wolf started showing up in his dreams and then showed up whenever David needed him which had been often.
“ What troubles you ?” The deep voice came from behind, soothing him.
“ Something’s wrong, but I don’t know what .” David turned in the direction of the voice knowing he wouldn’t see more than the normal outline of the huge wolf.
“ She left .”
Those two words surprised him. “ Who left ?” Aunt Renee had been gone for weeks.
“ Sarita.”
David’s mouth opened and then closed. No one could enter or leave the compound without his daddy knowing. “ When? How? ” Was it her lack of knowledge of pack matters that caused her to leave the safety of the gates?
“ She has no pack and believes no one wants her around .”
David snorted. “ She doesn’t like anybody and doesn’t know how to play with us .” He remembered Sarita turning her nose up at them as if they were unworthy to play with her.
“ There may be a reason for her actions, have you talked to her?”
“Milfius said –”
“No. Have you talked to her?”
Other than their brief exchange when she knocked the book out of his hand, he hadn’t said a word to her. “ No, Sir .”
“ Well then, you don’t know all you need to know about her to make those statements, do you? ”
David thought he had her pegged. Spoiled, mean-spirited, selfish, but he hadn’t talked to her. “ No, Sir.”
“Everyone has a
“ It’s Christmas. It’s when you say all the thank you’s and you’re welcomes that you’ve missed all year. You gotta admit, it’s been a crazy year, lots of stuff happened and we couldn’t have made the progress we did without everyone who works here .”
Silas nodded as if thinking it through the first time. “ That’s what pack does .”
She wanted to smack him for the condescending tone; instead she made an effort to explain. “ True, but the approval and appreciation the kids seek skating does not end when they become adults. Everyone likes hearing they did a good job, or that you see them and know they are working hard. I understand they do it without a thank you, or any acknowledgment, but it doesn’t hurt to allow them to know we appreciate them, does it ?”
His gaze met hers and for a few seconds he simply stared. “ No, it does not. I’ve been blessed with a mate who thinks of the pack in ways I never have. ” He kissed her.
Jasmine melted against him and gave herself to his mastery. When they broke apart, his eyes glowed and his canines had dropped. A curl of lust filled her belly and she rubbed against him. Her hand tightened on his arm as tingles of need zipped through her.
“ I’m close to the edge, sweet bitch, do not tempt me if you don’t want our children to see how they got here .”
His words had the effect of cold water on her sizzling libido. “ Right. Not here, later. Promise me.”
“ Anything for you, my Bitch .” He turned and looked at the crowd. “ How much longer will this go on?”
After glancing at her watch and then listening to the laughter of the children, she knew they’d wait an hour or two longer. “ Until eight, and then a bath and supper .”
He released a sigh.
She hid a smile and thought to remind him of his request for more pups but thought better of it.
“ As you say this happens once a year, thank the Goddess .”
She laughed at the grumpy tone. “ Yes, thank the Goddess .”
Chapter 10
David sat up and looked around. The room was still dark but he made out the shapes of his brother and sisters lying in their beds easily. Still, something bothered him and he didn’t know what. Easing out of the bed, he walked to the corner of the room and looked where nurse and the other nurses lay asleep. Didn’t they know something was wrong?
Think. He closed his eyes, exhaled and waited. Grandfather Wolf would come. He always did. David relaxed and searched the darkness for the Black Alpha. The wolf started showing up in his dreams and then showed up whenever David needed him which had been often.
“ What troubles you ?” The deep voice came from behind, soothing him.
“ Something’s wrong, but I don’t know what .” David turned in the direction of the voice knowing he wouldn’t see more than the normal outline of the huge wolf.
“ She left .”
Those two words surprised him. “ Who left ?” Aunt Renee had been gone for weeks.
“ Sarita.”
David’s mouth opened and then closed. No one could enter or leave the compound without his daddy knowing. “ When? How? ” Was it her lack of knowledge of pack matters that caused her to leave the safety of the gates?
“ She has no pack and believes no one wants her around .”
David snorted. “ She doesn’t like anybody and doesn’t know how to play with us .” He remembered Sarita turning her nose up at them as if they were unworthy to play with her.
“ There may be a reason for her actions, have you talked to her?”
“Milfius said –”
“No. Have you talked to her?”
Other than their brief exchange when she knocked the book out of his hand, he hadn’t said a word to her. “ No, Sir .”
“ Well then, you don’t know all you need to know about her to make those statements, do you? ”
David thought he had her pegged. Spoiled, mean-spirited, selfish, but he hadn’t talked to her. “ No, Sir.”
“Everyone has a
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