Page 16 of Big Bad Wolf: B.B.W

My baby put her hand on my chest. “Baby, calm down. Dr. Mato, please give my father his discharge papers so my family can get home. Thank you.”

His stare on her was ice cold. I wonder if he’s an Alpha. I learned about black Greek letter organizations from my mother, who was a member of one. Dr. Mato said nothing before he back tracked and stepped into her father’s room.

“I don’t like him. He seems like the kind to poke the fucking horse and get his ass stomped, Ellie. I don’t want smoke with the pack up here,” I expressed.

There was no way that I wanted to come across the country just to get into it with who I would assume was the leader of his pack. Now if the smoke came, I would surely fan it, but I’d rather be cool.

Elodie cupped my cheeks with her hands. “You have nothing to worry about. If I remember Dyami correctly, he’s more bark than bite. His braggadocio attitude has always been a problem for most. The only thing it was good for was getting simple hos to open their legs.”

I heard what she said, but I had a premonition that I would have to get in his ass. I hoped it could be done in our human form. That was wishful thinking. Men like him don’t take defeat easily.

Dinner was amazing. It felt like Mrs. Summerville could do everything.

We had barbeque for lunch and soul food for dinner.

I loved soul food far more than I did Greek food.

Pops, as he told me during dinner it was fine to call him, and I left the women to catch up while we went in their relaxing backyard.

The gazebo that they had out there was heated, cooled, and provided a cool mist if you wanted that.

The days in Arizona tended to be dry as hell.

“I’m definitely not happy that I fell sick, but I am happy it brought my baby girl home.

That girl has one of the strongest spirits that I’ve ever seen.

” He said the last part more to himself than me.

“Did she tell you that her mother and I were almost fifty when we had her? I don’t know what we were thinking.

Well, we weren’t, but the gods surely were. ”

I chuckled. “Yeah, she did tell me. I thank the gods for letting you have her so that one day I could meet her and make her my mate. Oh, you’re right about that strong spirit.”

I wasn’t sure if he’d closed his gift, so I wanted to ask my question before he was able to pull out from my mind.

“I wanted to get your blessings for a couple things before we left.”

He stared at me for a moment then nodded.

“Just to let you know, my gift is closed. I have no idea what you are about to ask me. I only opened it when we first met to gauge your true intention for my little girl. No matter how old she gets, she will always be my little girl. Hopefully, you get that experience one day.”

The thought of Elodie’s and my future children brought a smile to my face, and a warm feeling roamed throughout my body.

I’d have to start therapy before our daughter was born to deter me from the thought that murder would be acceptable in any instance if someone hurt her.

If someone’s child tripped my baby, I would cut their foot off.

That might be too drastic, so yeah, I would start therapy early.

“I pray that we do have the opportunity. I wanted to first get your blessing to truly ask Elodie to be my mate and wife. Yes, in heart, mind, and spirit, she is my mate, but I want it to be official.” This was something that I had always planned to do.

Our visit here was an unfortunate situation, but I wanted to make the best of it.

He smiled. “Do you already have a ring, or were you waiting to ask me to get one?”

I reached into my pocket and pulled out a ring box. I opened it and stared at it for a moment before I handed it to him.

“On our first date, I took her to my hometown in Greece to meet my father. I wanted some kind of confirmation from him that she was for me, if that makes sense. Well, he gave me the best confirmation when he gave me the engagement ring that belonged to my late mother. She passed three years ago.”

When my father gave me her ring, I cried in his arms like a child.

When I was younger, my mother showed me the ring and said that one day she would pass it down to me for my future wife.

I never thought when the time came that she would no longer be with us to pass it on to me herself.

My father told me that I had chosen an honorable and outstanding mate.

“This ring is beautiful and holds so much meaning to you and your family. Elodie will be honored, and so will I. I know that you are a perfect mate for her because you put her first,” he said before he stared off.

“That was the problem with Dyami when they were together, but I didn’t see it then.

I think I was so consumed with wanting to make sure she mated someone who could at least financially take care of her that I forgot about her heart.

He was no good for her heart, but you are perfect. ”

I took a sip from the beer bottle in my hand. This particular brand wasn’t sold in North Carolina, so I would make sure I ordered some to have shipped to me.

“Yes, her heart is safe with me. I am also the man that will take care of her financially. Not sure if you know, but my pockets are a little heavy, Pops.”

He chortled. “Oh, you don’t have to tell me.

Wealth whispers, it doesn’t roar. I didn’t miss you saying that you took her to Greece on the first date.

My wife also told me that you chartered a jet and hired a car service to get our baby girl here in a hurry.

Plus, when Elodie started working for your firm, I did some research on it to make sure she would be working for a reputable company. ”

That pulled out a full laugh because he wasn’t too far off from what my father always told me.

When I was younger, I went through a flossing stage where I wanted everyone to know that I had money.

It was horrible when I was in Florida. That was when I started my locs because I wanted to be a true Florida boy.

The only thing my father said was that I would learn, and he hoped the lesson didn’t cost me my life.

Fast-forward to not even six months later, I was robbed and beaten.

This event happened prior to my first shift.

That was when I learned that it was best to keep wealth quiet.

There was no need to advertise wealth in the conventional ways that people were used to seeing it with flashy shit.

I learned to show my wealth by way of the properties I acquired, the investments that I made, the business deals I fostered, and the relationships that I nurtured.

As far as the niggas that robbed me, yeah, after I got my shifting together, they died a gruesome death.

Play with the horse, you get the hooves.

“I’m happy that you know Elodie will be in good hands in every aspect of the concept.

” I placed the closed ring box back into my pocket.

“Now that that’s out the way, this is probably a bigger ask than the other.

Although my beast is a centaur, I am a member of a wolf pack with the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina.

My aunt Alexi married into that tribe, so when I moved to the states permanently, they accepted me.

To forge my loyalty, I officially joined the pack. ”

Surprise washed over his features. “That says a lot about your honor and integrity. I bet that was a sight for them to see when you shifted for them.”

“It was,” I said with a titter at the memory. “I know that you, Elodie, and your wife are a pack of three. I wanted your blessing for her to segregate to join my pack.”

There was silence for a second. Damn, is he going to say no? I talked about this option with Farad a while ago, and he thought that it would be a good decision since she was in North Carolina with an active pack that her mate belonged to.

“Can you allow me to speak with my mate about it? We will discuss this further over breakfast,” he said.

That wasn’t the response that I wanted, but it was the one that I would take for now.

I helped Pops from his seat so we could move inside.

He moved slower now that he had his heart issues, but I could tell he was far from weak.

Elodie and Ma Mary didn’t notice us when we came through the back door.

I was thankful because I was able to get a candid picture of Elodie sitting on the floor between Ma Mary’s legs while she braided her hair.

My baby had a peace on her that I had yet to see.

Her parents’ interaction with her since we’d been here further confused me based on how she depicted their relationship with her.

It became more evident that her depiction was a part of a manufactured insecurity.

“My beautiful ladies,” Pops called out after I took the picture. He moved to the couch and sat next to his wife. They kissed once he was comfortable. I sat on the couch that was beside them.

Elodie tried to peek at me inconspicuously but failed miserably. She reminded me of a schoolgirl at recess.

“What’s wrong?” she asked after she was caught for the third time.

“Nothing is wrong. I just love you,” I admitted. I tittered when her eyes widened as if I never told her this before. Maybe she was surprised that I said it in front of her parents, but I wasn’t sure why.

She smiled, lowered her head slightly, then glanced back at me. “I love you too.”

We sat there until her mother finished her hair, which didn’t take much longer. After everything was cleaned up, we all separated to go to bed. The second we crossed the threshold to her bedroom and her door was closed, I was on her ass.

“Orion, wait. We have to shower.” Elodie’s voice was low. She was filled with giggles.

I kissed the top of her bosom. “Why are you whispering? Your parents’ bedroom is downstairs, baby. They can’t hear our ass.” I stopped my kisses to glare at her. “Let’s get into the shower.”

She wrapped her legs around my waist when I picked her ass up. Her ass always laughed and held onto me around my neck like I would drop her. I walked us into her bathroom.

“Baby, did you forget that my father is telepathic?”

I sucked my teeth. I barely lifted my lips from her collarbone to speak. “Well, we better fuck so I don’t have to think about it anymore. If Pops knows what I do, then he’ll keep that mind closed. I damn sure don’t want him to know how bad and often I smut his daughter out.”

She buried her face into my neck as she laughed. “Why are you like this? Put me down so we can get out of these clothes, and I can turn the water on.”

“Marley, don’t turn that fuckin’ water on hell.

” I stared at her while she laughed as if I was joking.

I called her by her middle name when I meant shit.

“You can laugh all you want to, but if I get in that shower and I see flames, I bet that ass and pussy won’t feel this tongue until I feel better. ”

That stopped her laughter abruptly. I would take my tongue off the table but never my dick.

That would be punishment for both of us.

Her ass glared at me with what I assumed she thought was an evil stare while she got undressed.

My clothes didn’t come off until she turned on the water and I tested the temperature.

Once it was to my approval, I was once again .

. . on that ass. Her legs went back around my waist when I lifted her to lower her onto my dick.

That infamous hiss that we both loved to hear from each other when I entered her came out.

The way her pussy ate up this dick now that she had somewhat gotten used to it should be studied.

Now that we had exposed our beasts to each other, our sex took an animalistic turn at times.

I wanted to experience every form of intimacy with this woman that she would give me.

With her arms wrapped around my neck tightly, I repositioned my arms to cup under her legs. Now, her knees were pinned up and hitting the wall while I drilled her. Yeah, I wanted to take my time, but what she said about her dad’s listening ass was in the back of my head.

“Fuck, Orion! Right there! Please don’t stop. I’m about to . . . ahh!”

Her body pushed back on the wall as her essence poured onto my dick. Her nut triggered mine. My body pressed against hers on the wall.

“Damn, Elodie!”

Once I was drained, I had to lift her off of my dick before my beast took over my mind and caused my dick to get hard again. When my beast took over my mind, those were the times that it got really animalistic between us. There was no way that we could have that kind of sex in her parents’ house.

We got ourselves together to shower. A short time later, we were fucked, showered, dried, moisturized, dressed, and in the bed.

When we slept in the same bed, Elodie slept with her legs wrapped around me.

I slept on my back with her head on my chest if it wasn’t trying to take over my pillow.

It didn’t matter where her head was because one of her legs was over mine with the foot tucked under my other leg.

I wasn’t sure how comfortable she was like that, but I dared not move her.

I watched my baby drift off to sleep just as fast as she had gotten into a comfortable position.

I hadn’t told Elodie that I wanted her to join my pack yet because I wanted her parents’ approval before I did.

She would be just as new to pack life as I was when I joined, although she’d been in a pack with her parents since her beast came to be.

Segregating from your pack to join another was not a light decision.

All I could do was wait until breakfast to see what the end would be.