Page 85 of Savage Beast

“Don’t be sorry, I was too scared to tell you the truth because I was afraid you would leave us, and I couldn’t face that.” I hold him tighter.

“I would never leave you, I love you too much for that to happen.” We pull apart and he smiles down at me as he wipes away my tears with his thumbs.

“You’re on your own path now Belle.” I gasp.

“Cass told you?”

“Yes, now tell me why haven’t you completed the transition. I hear you have three days left to drink, and you haven’t yet.” I won’t lie to him.

“Because I wanted to wait until after today, and I wasn’t sure how you would feel about me, ya know?”

“It hurts my pride that you won’t be a shifter.” We both chuckle. “But being a vampire isn’t bad either.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“Because you becoming a vampire means I get to keep you longer, call me selfish but I’m okay with that.”

I sit up in my room and marvel at it, I used to feel so at home in this space. It was my haven at one point but now it just reminds me of a cage. Since the transition has begun, I haven’t had a vision, Alex assures me that it’s normal, I hope that once its completed, they will become minimal. Alex believes that they will, but he promises to help me manage them, he even agreed that since his home in Romania will need to have parts rebuilt thanks to the bombs that day, that he would prolong his stay in the US. I don’t know where I go from here though, Cairo and I have a lot to work out and I also know that he needs to help his sister and Creed sort the packs as they no longer have a council. The night Sky died; she eradicated all the council members; she did the shifters a favor if you ask me. A knock on the door pulls me from my thoughts.

“Come in.” I turn away from the window to see a nervous looking Cairo standing there with his hands shoved in his pockets. We stand here silently staring at each other for a moment, he looks beautiful as always in a plain white tee, dark wash jeans and black Chucks. His hair is a tousled mess but it’s just the way I like it.

“I’m sorry.” I quirk a brow at him, I’m not letting him off that easy. What he said to me the night Sky died hurt me really bad. “I never should have said any of the things I did, and I sure as fuck didn’t mean what I said about our baby. I want––no, need to be a part of my child’s life Belle. I never got to know my parents, and I don’t want my child to go through that, I’ll do whatever I have to so you can trust me again, but please, I am begging you Gabrielle, don’t cut me out of my kids’ life.”

“I need assurances.”

“Like?” I want to throw my arms in the air, but I know it will hurt like shit.

“When shit gets hard, are you gonna run again? Will you continue to close me out and lash out at me when your upset? I won’t raise our child like that, this baby deserves better.” He closes the distance between us and I’m like a moth to a flame, I can’t move when he looks at me like this. Nothing but love and devotion shines in his ice blue eyes, he reaches up and tentatively cups my cheeks, he makes sure not to touch my injured eye or apply enough pressure to hurt it. If I just drunk the blood like Alex said, then my wounds would heal, but I couldn’t do it without speaking to my father first.

“I’ll run to you, not from you. I’ll work on not closing you out, I won’t lash out at you, but I’ll tell you about things. Our baby deserves the best of us both, and I promise to givebeaneverything Belle, you both are everything to me. If you could just give me another chance I can prove––.” I cut him off by kissing him, I ignore the burn in my arm when I wrap my arms around his neck. His tongue swipes out and I open for him, we both moan in unison at the taste of each other. He grips the backs of my thighs and lifts me; I wrap my legs around him and bask in this moment. “I need to be inside you baby.” He mumbles between kisses; I groan and grind down against his cock, he hisses, and I smile against his mouth.

“Jesus Christ.” I pull back and when I see who’s standing at the door, I quickly scramble to get out of Cairo’s hold, he places me on my feet laughing while I try to straighten my drees before meeting my father’s gaze with rosy cheeks. “Dinner is ready, sort yourselves out and then please join us.”

“Yeap.” I squeak out mentally facepalming myself.

“Cairo?”

“Yes?” I feel the tension in the room amp up the longer each of them holds the others gaze.

“Cassius is strong and loyal, so is Hunter, but compared to me, they are puppy dogs, remember that, the next time you even think about hurting my daughter.” My eyes widen and I nearly choke on my own spit.

“Dually noted, sir.” Dad turns to leave but stops and peers over his shoulder and sternly says.

“Three other shifters live in this house, and the last thing I want to hear unwillingly is what my daughter does at…night.” My jaw hits the floor, Cairo laughs, and I want to crawl into a hole and die from embarrassment.

“Yes sir, none of…that will be happening in your home.” Dad grunts and then finally leaves, Cairo breaks out into fits of laughter while I stand here and glare at him. I am beyond mortified that my father caught us in such a compromising position and then proceed to insinuate that we can’t have sex here!

Kill me now!

“It’s not funny!” I hiss at his hunched over form. He gets himself under control and then stands smiling at me.

“Babe, it’s going to happen. I have fucking blue balls and need to fuck you as soon as possible, but the least I can do is grant your father the small mercy of not hearing his daughter scream my name all night long.”

Fuck, my panties are soaked.

Chapter forty

Two Months Later

---