Page 54 of New Blood (Werewolf Alliance #1)
Two Weeks Later
“Danielle?”
Jude entered the master bedroom, eager to share the news he’d received moments earlier. It was early evening, and the sun had already set. The ceiling lights illuminated the bedroom, but it was empty.
“Danielle?”
“In the bathroom. Just a minute.”
“I’ve got news,” he called out to her.
While waiting for Danielle, he shut the bedroom door. It took a few more seconds before Danielle appeared. She was dressed in a white bathrobe.
“You okay?” he asked, surprised that she looked as if she was ready for bed, even though it wasn’t late yet.
She smiled at him. “Of course. So, what’s the news?”
“The DNA results are back.”
A private lab run by a werewolf loyal to the Werewolf Alliance had performed the test so that the results would never be shared with law enforcement, keeping Danielle’s secret.
“It’s confirmed. You’re William’s daughter, not that I ever doubted it. The Werewolf Alliance has officially accepted the result and confirmed that I’ll remain as the alpha of this pack.”
“I’m so happy to hear it’s all settled.”
He pulled her into his arms. “So am I.”
“I have news too.”
He drew his head back a little to look at her.
“What news?”
Instead of answering, she put her hand into the pocket of her bathrobe and pulled out a plastic stick. For a moment, he couldn’t tell what it was, but then it hit him.
“You’re pregnant! We’re having a baby?”
He could barely contain his happiness. Danielle was giving him a child.
They were starting their family, and while he knew that this meant that he’d have to share her love with a child, he had no regrets, because the love they shared was abundant.
There would be plenty of love for an entire litter of pups.
She looked at him, her ice-blue eyes shining like stars.
“It would be a miracle if I hadn’t gotten pregnant. I was in heat when we mated. And not a night went by that we didn’t make love.”
He grinned and lifted her into his arms.
“You know as well as I that no werewolf can keep his hands off his mate while she’s in heat—or anytime really.”
“I’m not complaining.”
“Good.”
He carried her to the bed and laid her on it. As quickly as he could, he took off his clothes and tossed them on the ground. He didn’t care that dinner was ready and they were expected in the dining room. The pack could wait. He couldn’t. Besides, he wasn’t hungry right now, not for food anyway.
Danielle undid the belt of her robe and opened it. Beneath it, she wore nothing. Her skin seemed to glisten. He bent over her and caressed her flat belly. Soon, he would be able to feel their child there.
Danielle lowered her gaze to his groin. “I love how fast you get hard.”
“It’s all your doing.” He inhaled deeply and picked up the scent of her arousal. “And I love how fast you get wet.”
She pulled her lower lip between her teeth.
“Then you shouldn’t let me wait any longer. A pregnant woman can get very annoyed when she doesn’t get what she wants.”
He slid onto the bed, bracing himself above her.
“Well, I wouldn’t want to endure the wrath of a pregnant woman. So I guess I’d better comply with her demands.”
He guided his cock to her pussy and thrust inside with one long stroke.
Danielle gasped, and her eyelids fluttered.
“Is that what you wanted?” he teased.
“You have to ask?” she murmured and pressed her head into the pillow, arching her back.
He recognized an invitation when he saw one and dipped his head to her breasts. He licked over one hard nipple, then the other one, eliciting a moan from their owner, while she crossed her ankles behind his butt to imprison him.
Before he realized what she was trying to do, he found himself on his back with Danielle straddling him. He hummed his approval. He loved being in this position because it meant his hands were free, and he could touch and caress her to his heart’s delight.
He’d struck gold with Danielle. She was right for him in every way.
Her warmth and compassion for everybody were the glue that this pack needed.
And the passion and love she shared with him made him stronger and able to fight the daily challenges of ruling this pack.
He knew that many of his troubles with the Gallagher family weren’t over yet, but merely swept under the carpet from which they could reemerge anytime.
He still had to watch his back, and he was far from earning every pack member’s trust. However, with Danielle by his side, he had a chance of shaping this pack into one that every werewolf would be proud to be a member of.
“I love you more every day,” he professed, looking into Danielle’s eyes.
“You’re everything I ever wanted,” she replied and bent forward, her breasts touching his chest, her lips less than an inch from his. “Mine.”
From deep within him, his wolf responded with a growl, and the man repeated it.
“Mine forever.”