Page 40 of Protected Promise
Kaitlyn’s mouth gaped open as she stared at me in surprised.
“What? How is that even possible.”
I groaned. “Smallest Pack in the world, remember? Tobi is literally the only one my age and she’s like a sister to me.”
“You two never?”
“Never. Honestly, I’m afraid you’re pretty much my first everything.”
I was still reeling over what she had shared with me and it was taking a great deal of effort not to drive to Texas and finish that guy off myself. He didn’t deserve to live. I would never tolerate such a thing in my Pack. Banishment wouldn’t be good enough. I was not a violent wolf, though I’d heard horror stories of other Alphas who were, but in this case, I would have no problem extinguishing her uncle’s life.
“So?” she bit her lower lip and then looked up into my eyes. “Was it good for you?”
I gave her a questioning look. That’s what she was worried about?
I chuckled. “Good, is far too shallow of a word for how you made me feel last night.”
I started kissing down the column of her neck and she playfully pushed me back.
“After everything I told you, you still want to touch me?”
I nodded. “More than anything. I want to touch you everywhere, every chance I get until all the bad memories are replaced with new great ones.”
She held back another sob. “I wasn’t sure I ever could,” she confessed.
I grinned, trying to lighten the moment a little now that the heavy stuff was all out in the open. “Then I guess it’s a good thing we both jumped without thinking last night.”
She wiped at her eyes. “I swear I’m usually really good at keeping my emotions in check. No one really knows why the doghouse has protected me, not even them. They do it because Damon asked them and that’s been enough.”
“You love them for it.”
She nodded. “It’s kind of like I finally had a family and a safe space to just be me.”
“You aren’t going to lose that, Kaitlyn. If anything, you’re going to just expand that family and safe space a little more.”
She threw her arms around my neck and kissed me. “Thanks for being so wonderful through all of this. I get we don’t really know each other yet, but I’m actually happy we sealed our bond before I could overthink everything. Now that it’s just done and irreversible, it’s like I can only look forward, not back.”
I smiled in relief. “I like that. So, looking forward to our future, my gorgeous mate, can we talk food? I’m starving.”
She giggled. “Yeah, we can get something on campus or order delivery in.”
“Delivery, definitely.”
Her phone buzzed at that moment and she frowned when she looked down at it.
“What is it?”
“Sawyer wants to meet for lunch.”
“Delivery and staying in sounds much better to me.”
“Me too, but I should find out what he wants.”
“Do I get to tag along?”
“Do I have a choice?” she asked, and I couldn’t tell if she was joking or not.
“Of course you do. You always have a choice.”
