Page 54 of Broken Wolf

“You want at least one really good orgasm for her so you know you’ve done your job and now you can relax and simply enjoy the rest and let the chips fall where they land,” Eva said for him.

“Yes, yes,” Hagan said firmly. “It’s not hurrying to get her turn done, but I know I got that really great turn for her, so I don’t feel so pressured.” He gave me a hurt look. “But that’s like all you sense. I want you to have other good turns, Sera, but I know I’m not the best sex you have. I’m not thousands of years old or so fast. I just want to not be the worst and make sure you get—”

“I hear you,” I accepted, my face flushing lava hot. “And you’re right that I don’t get it all. That’s completely fair and I accept that. I’ve accepted it when you tell me that. We didn’t need Eva for this.”

“You do, but then you kind of revert to what you sense next time and kind of forget what I explained before, and then I just feel like a baby reminding you each time,” he defended.

I didn’t know if that was exactly fair, but I wouldn’t completely deny it either.

“You are both right on this,” Eva said as she expertly diced up what she wanted for her filling. She pointed between us when we simply stared at us. “Hagan is correct that you miss much from what you get and jump to fill in the blanks and most times you are negative with what you fill in. Sera is also correct that you are a selfish man.”

Whoa.

Like… Whoa. I did not expect that.

“What?” Hagan whispered, looking like he’d been punched in the gut.

She let out a slow breath and gave him a hard but kind look. “You are not a bad man. You are a good man, but on the good man scale, you are on the selfish side. I would say you are the most selfish of Seraphine’s men or those in her orbit.”

I swallowed loudly, not even able to think of what to say or how to step in… Or if I should. Maybe he should hear this.

“You see Seraphine having other men and think you should get to be a bit selfish with her, her spoiling you because of things you allow like that. You are not wrong. She agrees with you and does spoil you. You like this.”

“I do.” He looked at me as he slowly sat down. “I appreciate you spoiling me.”

I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. I didn’t know what to say or how to handle this.

At all.

“It is a matter of perception. You have been through much and you have a bit of an immature and selfish perception,” Eva cut in. “You see your relationship and then you add your assets. Then you see what you have to deal with that you would not have to with a different woman if it wasn’t Seraphine. You would not have to deal with other men.

“That should get you spoiling. You would have more time and so on. But you do not factor in the massive list another woman could never give you that Seraphine does. That is the difference.” She waved off whatever Hagan was going to say. “Seraphine looks at it differently. She sees you as together and then lists all your attributes.

“You are a sexy Marine and she is lucky for that. You help with the pack, and that’s another reason you should be appreciated. You adopted Topher as yours. Another reason to love you and be good to you. You accept she has emotional issues and don’t push her. You make her laugh most. Everything is as a plus towards why she is so giving and spoiling towards you.

“But to be quite honest—and I do not say this to hurt you—she could easily find another like you, Hagan. We both know this. You are a good man, but you are—you know who you are. Seraphine gives you extra bonuses because she loves you, but another man could make her laugh.” She stared him down and he nodded as he swallowed loudly.

“Wait, this is getting—” I whispered.

“It’s the reality check he’s needed as I believe you say here, Granddaughter,” she told me. “But you keep Seraphine and yourself on even footing as you view your relationship. We both know you aren’t. If you left her tomorrow and had a different relationship applying those scales in your mind, she would not be Seraphine.

“She would not be an Alpha and so strong, one who gives you power. She would not be rich and give you this lavish life you love now. Or even a woman who would share with your brother which you always wanted but you knew in your heart that he would not.”

I did a double take at that, but Hagan looked like he wanted to die that someone admitted that.

He gave me a begging look to give him a chance to explain. “I’m not a super sexual wolf like others. Once or twice a week is enough for me. That’s not—my wolf needs more social interaction. It’s not that I don’t enjoy—”

“I know,” I interjected. “I just don’t…” I glanced at Eva.

“It’s a twin bond neither of us will ever understand. They are littermates,” she told me, shrugging. “He didn’t want the mating bond to separate them, and he didn’t think Reagan felt the same. He wanted to be mated to the same woman, and most wolves would not accept that. A siren would. That is the point I’m making.”

She gave me a look that it was fine. It was more than fine.

Okay, as long as she understood it or could sense it and it wasn’t some weird or freaky… I had enough weird and freaky.

Seriously.

“But you need to add all of this to the woman you have and how you see the relationship, Hagan,” Eva said firmly, bringing things back around. “Another woman could give you a son, maybe even all the pups you want and do nothing but be a doting mother. But they could never give you such a gifted son as Topher.

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