“I didn’t say it bothered me, I just think I deserve a little more respect than that. You know, with me being Alpha Female and all.” His head snapped up in surprise and she grinned at him. “Don’t look so surprised. I’m not stupid. I knew in the hospital, when you wanted me to yell at the girls. Hey!” He’d just slapped her butt.

“You’re a real smart ass. But I’ll let it go because you have such an amazing butt.”

She growled, “You know, I’m not your…” She stopped and they looked at each other. They both knew what the next word out her mouth was going to be. “Okay. So maybe I am your bitch, that doesn’t mean I’m your chew toy.”

Zach raised one eyebrow, and Sara watched him lean down and lick her lower back. Her hands gripped the sheets, “You asshole, you’re trying to distract me again.” But his tongue took its time moving across her hot and hungry flesh and it felt so good, it was really difficult to remember what the hell she’d been complaining about.

“What were you saying, beautiful?” He asked as she felt his fingers slowly enter her sex, his tongue lapping at her accursed damaged thigh. Sheets shredded under her hands. She looked back at him. And there was that smug prick she’d grudgingly fallen in love with. The wounds he had sustained on his face, neck, chest, and back the night before had already begun to heal. He’d gotten every one of those rips and tears because of her and he didn’t care. She knew he didn’t care. Clearly the only thing he cared about at the moment was getting her wet and getting her off.

He caught her staring at him and nipped her ass cheek. “What ya starin’ at?” He asked playfully.

But she was deadly serious when she replied. “You. I love you, Zach.”

He looked at her for several moments then leaned down and kissed her ass. His hands slid under her breasts and, holding them firmly but gently lifted her so that her back was flat against his chest.

He kissed her along her neck and shoulder. Licking wounds new and old. When he reached her ear, he leaned in closer than any one before him ever had. “I love you, baby.” He whispered in her ear. “More than anything.” Then he was inside of her and she forgot about everything else.

Chapter Fourteen

TOC

Miki held up a tennis ball, looked at Sara’s new Pack, and tossed it out into the forest away from the ongoing rave. They all watched it go, then they turned back to Miki.

“Okay. Go…”

Sara and Angelina slapped their hands over their friend’s mouth before the word “fetch” could come out of it.

They pulled her over to one of the food tables.

“Are you out of your ever-loving mind?! Everyone here but us is like Sara.” Angelina snapped. “And afterseeing them in action I’d rather not fuck with them!”

Miki gave that innocent smile. “It was just a little experiment.”

“I don’t want to know.”

How sweet, her friends were having one last fight before she left. Tomorrow she’d be leaving with Zach. Back to her original home with the man she loved. She wasn’t sure, but she thought her father would be happy about that. She was sure that her grandmother wouldn’t be. That thought made her giddy.

The last thing they were doing before they would leave was throw this all-night rave for Marrec and his Pack. Seemed only fair after they helped her tear a whole Pride to pieces.

But just the thought of leaving was sending her into a full-blown panic attack. How was she going to leave her best friends? These crazy bitches that had risked their lives for her. Accepted her for what she was. And was there whenever she needed them. She knew she should tell them that. She knew she should tell them how much she loved them. But instead she turned to Angelina and glanced down at the $400 shoes on her feet. She looked back at her with one raised eyebrow. “Those are nice gold-colored shoes.”

“Actually they’re champagne. My signature color. They look fabulous on me, don’t they? I just found them… lying around.”

Sara smiled warmly at her two friends and tried to think how she was going to do any of this without them. Already the females of the Pack were waiting for her to give them orders. She didn’t know what to tell them, although “Move out of my way” seemed to be quite effective at the moment. And thankfully she knew music and DJs because apparently she was partnering with Zach to take over the club business from Yates and Casey. Considering she had no idea what she was going to do with the rest of her life just the week before, it was kind of startling to suddenly be “in charge” of anything. Especially a thriving business. She didn’t want to disappoint them or Zach. But she especially didn’t want to disappoint herself. Deep down she knew she could do it. But that knowledge didn’t stop the panic from causing her to hyperventilate in the bathroom just 10 minutes before.

But maybe she couldn’t do this. Maybe she shouldn’t leave. Just because she could suddenly shift into a wolf at will didn’t mean she should leave what she knew best. It definitely didn’t mean she should change her whole life for some guy she just met. Hell, they hadn’t even gone on an actual date. Christ, did wolves date? And if they do date where do they go? To dinner at a restaurant or just hunting down some deer? Nope. Nope. She couldn’t do this. She was nobody’s Alpha Female. She’d just have to tell Zach to forget it. He could just take his big cock and go. Yup, that was the plan. Good plan.