Page 19 of Howl For Me
He laid his arm across the back of the couch and leaned over to browse through the book.
“Wow.” He couldn’t help but laugh at a few of the pictures. The scent of Damara reached his nostrils, and he had to control himself.
Her parents were having a conversation. He didn’t think they would appreciate him grabbing their daughter and tossing her over his shoulder to take her to her room.
They were mature, grown adults.
He could ask her out on a date.
He knew a special place he could take her that they always used to go to. There was a little part of town they had deemed just for them.
The sound of her laughter filled the air as she continued to flip through the pages. He pretended as if he was looking at the pictures but he was paying close attention to Damara. The way her eyes brightened with every discovery of her past, the way her lips curved up in the corner first, and that mole that used to drive him crazy was still perched in the same spot as he remembered.
“Hey,” he murmured, elbowing her slightly.
Her eyes shifted to his, and a smirk appeared on her lips.
“Yes, Alpha?” she replied with her eyebrow cocked.
If he didn’t know better, he would think she had her memory back fully. Her playful demeanor was showing. It was one of her characteristics he loved. She could always make him smile.
“Gavin. You don’t have to call me Alpha,” he murmured. She didn’t. She was to be his mate, his equal. She would be the alpha’s mate.
“Okay, Gavin. What’s up?”
“Can you leave here for a few hours?” he asked.
She shifted to face him fully. Her eyes searched his, and she nodded.
“Where do you want to go?” she asked.
The wind gently blew, carrying strands of hair across her face. He automatically reached up and pushed them behind her ear. His fingertips tingled with the familiar sensations of need.
Need to feel his hands on her skin. Her quick intake of breath let him know she felt the connection between them.
It was still there.
“Our favorite place.”
Curiosity filled her eyes. She glanced over at her parents and back to him.
“I was going to make a call, but it can wait until later,” she murmured with a nod. “Let me put these books up.”
She gathered the other albums from the table and went back into the house.
“Are you all coming out for the pack run tonight?” he asked her parents.
“We won’t miss it for anything. It will be good to be able to have Damara there tonight. There will be a lot of people who will be excited to see her,” Irvin said, pulling Elizabeth to his side.
“I haven’t stretched my legs out in a few days. It would be good to go for a run.” Elizabeth glanced at the patio door before turning back to him. “Now that Damara is home, I’m sure her memory will return. We just need to do all we can to stimulate her brain and get her to come back to us.”
He turned his head at the soft sound of the door sliding open. His eyes met those of Damara, and he knew he was up for his part of the mission to help restore her memory.
