Page 16 of Healing His Darkness
ROOSTER
As soon as our lips touch, again I know I’m a goner. I don’t know how I was able to push her away before, because right at this moment I never want to let her out of my arms. There’s still a part of me that’s worried I’ll fuck this all up, but I’m willing to take the risk. For her, I’ll take any risk. My cat goes quiet, he’s content just having her in our arms.
Pulling her closer until she’s straddling my lap, makes my cat give a happy purr. Now that I’ve given myself permission to touch her, I can’t keep my hands off of her. Releasing her ponytail, I run my fingers through her hair, grabbing a handful to maneuver her mouth right where I want it. When she gives me a tiny moan and rotates her hips, I’m close to embarrassing myself. My dick is practically sending S.O.S signals against my zipper. She whimpers when I pull our lips apart, testing my resolve.
“Baby, if you keep doing that, we will be giving your dad and everyone in the house a show.” Her mouth makes this pretty little “O” as she quickly glances out the window of the truck toward the house. Her two brothers, my dad, and her dad are all standing on the porch watching us with grins on their faces. Pervs.
“Oh shit!” She starts to scramble off my lap, but I grip her thighs keeping her right where she is. When her cheeks turn a scarlet red and she buries her face against my chest I can’t help but laugh. Damn I’ve laughed more with this woman in the last two days than I have in years.
“It’s not funny.” When she looks back up at me and I grin at her, a smile breaks across her face.
“Okay it’s a little funny. Why are they being such creepers and watching us?” She asks as she flips them twin birds through the window. I watch as her dad ushers everyone back inside the house laughing.
“I’m thinking they were making sure I unfucked things with you. Or maybe they were making sure you didn’t kill me before I could unfuck things.” I try to sound casual, but this could have gone completely differently and that scares the shit out of me. George could have refused to listen to me. She could have had her brothers and dad beat the shit out of me. Or she could have even kicked me out of the truck and ran me over. I was pretty sure that last one wasn’t really an option, but no one would have blamed her if she had.
“Yeah, they’re a little overprotective when it comes to me.” She says sheepishly before sliding off my lap into the seat next to me. I don’t stop her this time, because we still have shit to deal with.
Shit like Rodney and his pack of assholes. Whether she’ll move to Texas with me, like tomorrow, okay maybe next week. When she wants to get married or have me claim her. Just the thought of giving her my mark is making my animal practically dance. I’ve never seen the beast feel so happy in my entire life. Which makes the fact that Summer was definitely not our mate even more clear.
“I was surprised your dad didn’t go ape shit on me.” I burst out laughing and George looked at me puzzled.
“Ape shit, get it? He’s a gorilla not an ape but...” Her eyes become saucers as she finally gets the horrible joke I just made and starts to hold her stomach as she laughs with me.
“That was a horrible joke, and if he heard it, he’d probably kick your ass just for GP.” Now it’s my turn to look puzzled.
“General purposes.” I nod in understanding.
“Yeah, it was pretty horrible, but why didn’t he beat the shit out of me when he found me naked in your room.” If she was my daughter, I’d have killed me first and asked questions after. No man was ever going to be naked in my daughter’s bedroom. Thinking about my future daughter made me think about George round with my child causing me to smile.
“Well after you passed out, he pulled up in the drive. I was holding your head in my lap bawling my eyes out. He jumped out of his truck and asked what happened. Everything came out in this blubbering mess of words and tears.” Her eyes get misty as she continues.
“How Rodney attacked you. How I figured out you were my mate because when I was explaining what Rodney should be feeling for me, I realized was how I felt for you. How I was afraid you were going to die, and I’d never become your mate. I was kind of a mess.” Her tears start to fall, and I pull her back into my lap, wrapping my arms around her in comfort.
“I’m here baby, I’m not going anywhere.” I rub circles on her back. “It takes more than a couple of asshole coyotes to take me out.”
“There was blood everywhere, you weren’t moving, and you didn’t wake for hours. It took my dad, your dad, Brody, and Cole to get you in the house. We realized really quick that most of the blood wasn’t yours, but you still weren’t moving. Your dad figured it was a concussion, we dressed all your wounds and they carried you up to my bed. Then I crawled in bed with you. I kept my hand on your chest so I could feel you breathing. Don’t ever do that shit to me again!” She smacks me against my chest to emphasize how serious she is. A smile breaks out across my face at her fierceness and a vision of her in her leopard form pops in my head. She’d be one badass monster kitty, might even give Angel a run for her money.
“Well next time I go against that asshole and his pecker, I mean pack, I won’t be alone. Next time we meet I’ll have my brothers with me for back up. He got lucky I was alone this time, next time I’ll be ready for him and his pack.” Because next time I was going to end him, my animal nodded his agreement. It isn’t often we are in agreement, but when it comes to Rodney, we both know he needs to be eliminated.
“You can’t Rooster, he has powerful friends backing him up. He talks about his allies in Dallas, they’re jaguar royalty or something. If you go after Rodney, they’ll come after you, I don't want to lose you, I just found you.” I pet her hair to comfort her, but my mind is going a million miles a minute. She couldn’t be talking about the same jaguar royalty we literally just took out, could she? If so, Rodney was full of shit, and I was about to bring his little house of cards falling to the ground.
“These powerful friends that are in Dallas, when you were with him did you ever meet any of them? Did he mention their names by chance?” I can’t be sure until I have more information, but if what I suspect is true Rodney has no back up. He’s a little fish without that big shark to protect him. In which case, it’s time to show Rodney who’s the true apex predator, me.
“I never met any of them, but he talked on the phone to a guy called Titus. Rodney kicked me out of his office right after he answered the call. When I asked who he was Rodney said he was considered the king of the jaguars in the Dallas area. Why?” I kept touching her hair, running my fingers through the silken strands as my mind started coming up with a plan. Rodney didn’t realize it yet, but he’d fucked with the wrong man.
“First I’m going to take care of Rodney, then I’m going to claim you, and then you’re going to come home with me.” I grabbed her ass bringing her closer to me, giving her a fierce kiss, when she looked like she was going to argue with me.
“Trust me, I got this, and I got you.”I promise, kissing her again.
“I trust you. I know it’s crazy to say that when we just met, but I know I can trust you.” Her words melt a little more of my darkness away and I kiss her again, trying to put all of my feelings into it. It feels like she’s breathing life into me, I don’t know how I’ve lived this long without her in my life.
“Good, we need to go talk to your dad and everyone else. There are some things you all need to hear, then I have a phone call to make.” As much as I want to lead her into the house and straight up to her bedroom so I can bury my cock inside her, I need Rodney taken care of first. If last night was any indication, he was going to get more desperate to mate with her before long. He needed to be taken care of before we could move forward.
“Alright, that look in your eyes has me a little concerned. It’s like your animal is right on the surface. You’re not going to go in there and try to beat up my family, are you?” I shake my head as I grab her hand leading her back into the house.
“No, sweetness I’m not going to try to beat up your family. That would just make family gatherings awkward for all of us. I mean how could they show their faces at our home after I whip their asses.” Her smile lights up my whole fucking world as she laughs a little. I want to make her smile like that for the rest of our lives. It’s official I’m pussy whipped, and somehow, I can’t find any fucks to give. Because if what the guys feel for their mates is even half of what I feel for George, I owe them all a fucking apology.
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