Page 109 of Beneath the Blue Moon

***Ethan***

Home? Does she really think I’ll let her go back there? I’ll

push her again if I have to. I didn’t think it would work because she hasn’t

turned yet and she’s not a member of the pack, but I had to try. It doesn’t

seem to be a hundred percent effective, but let’s see how long it lasts.

“You can’t just hold me hostage,” she says.

“You can’t go back there. It’s going to be too much for you.”

“Is that the only reason you won’t let me go home?”

“No. I need you here with me.”

“What about all my stuff?”

“I’ll buy you new stuff.”

“I don’t need new stuff, Daddy Warbucks.”

“Well, I’ll have your belongings packaged and brought here.”

“And that’s the end of it?”

“That’s the end of it.”

She remains silent for a while, nuzzling my chest and

inhaling deeply. Her sense of smell has heightened. What she smells is my

unique wolf scent. After her first moon, she’ll be able to pick me out in a

crowded room, just by my scent.

“What about work?”

“No,” I answer.

“I have to.”

“No, you don’t.”

“I want to.”

“Fine,” I give in. “But I’m getting you security.”

“Security? What the hell for? It’s not like those wolves are

going to come looking for me.”

If only you knew. “In case you forgot, a man did try

to attack you.”

“That was an isolated incident.”

“I’m getting you security.”

“And that’s the end of it?”

“That’s the end of it.” I put my foot down.

“You’re so bossy.”

“Like you ever listen to me.”

“So stop trying to boss me around.”

“No. You start doing as I say.”

“Or what?”

“You don’t want to know, little girl.”

She pulls back, staring at me in surprise.

“Oh… so now I’m a little girl? You didn’t seem to think so

earlier when your dick—”

I cut her off quickly, giving her a long, hard kiss. She

moans and relaxes against me.

“Dirty mouth to go along with a dirty mind.”

“In your words, Sheriff, you elicit all kinds of dirty

thoughts.”

“Don’t blame me for your depravity.”

“Oh, but I do. I was quite fine before you came along.”

I tip her face toward mine, lost in her eyes as she gazes up

at me.

“My life was empty before you. You complete me.” Tears

shimmer in her eyes and her bottom lip trembles. “I love you, Casey. Don’t you

ever doubt that.”

“Ethan, I love you, too.”