Page 22 of Storm's Mistake

She shook her head. “I don’t know what I’m doing. What if it is different with a wolf child? What if your pack really can’t stand her or him? What if you want a boy and you get a girl? Does that change anything?”

“Stop,” he said, gently. “All we want for certain is a healthy baby. That is it. One happy, healthy baby.”

Lisa nodded. “Yeah, you’re right.”

“And, I want you to move in here,” Shadow said. “I want you to live with me.”

She began to shake her head.

“Listen to me, Lisa. You didn’t take care of yourself. You ran out of food, and you didn’t eat. I want to take care of you.”

“No, I can take care of myself. I’m not going to stay here.”

She got to her feet, and he stood. If he needed to, he could keep her here.

“Look, this hasn’t changed anything,” she said.

“Lisa, don’t.”

“We’re two different people, and I can’t stop thinking about what you said. I know I am not the mate you wanted.”

He cupped her face and tilted her head back to look at him. “I was an asshole,” he said, finally admitting the truth.

“I didn’t know what the fuck I was saying, or what I was thinking. You cannot listen to that shit. I was wrong.” He hadn’t been anywhere near close to saying what he really felt. He wasn’t going to tell them that when he was around Lisa, the whole world faded away. He wasn’t going to tell them that she was thebest thing that had ever happened to him. That he loved being with her. Shadow hadn’t told them the truth, because at the time it had terrified him. Lisa was human, he was not.

He was an Alpha, and not once while they were together did Lisa ask him about the pack, about being an Alpha, about any of this. They didn’t talk about it. He didn’t think she wanted to know. Maybe she was a little embarrassed to have given her virginity to him, to a wolf. He doubted it, but again, he didn’t know for sure. Instead, he fucking lied, because it had been easier to him than to admit the truth. Lisa owned him.

He was a fucking Alpha, and she owned his heart.

No wolf allowed themselves to be at the mercy of a human. It was unheard of.

“You can hate me all you want, and I know it doesn’t matter what I say, you’re going to think what you damn well like. It doesn’t change the fact that is my child in there. It doesn’t change the fact that I am going to take care of you, whether you like it or not. You’re staying here, and that is final.”

Lisa stared at him, and he waited for her to argue. She folded her arms, continued to look at him, and he waited.

“Fine, if that is the case, I want to … pick up some of my things from home.”

“You’re not going to argue with me?” he asked.

“What’s the point? You’ve already said it’s not going to change, and also, I rather liked your meatballs and spaghetti. It would be nice to have someone cook for me.” She nibbled her bottom lip, and he found that so sexy. He wanted to reach out, touch that lip, and maybe even nibble it between his own teeth. He refrained from doing that, and instead focused on actually doing what he was meant to do—take care of Lisa.

“You’re not working,” Shadow said.

Now this did create a cute growl.

“I don’t give a shit. I’m not always going to be there tocatch you. This is me taking care of you. Adele can come and visit you here anytime she wants. Anything else in between, that is not fucking happening.”

“You’re being unreasonable.”

“No, I’m not. You’re carrying my child, the heir to this pack, and I am going to make sure you are well taken care of.” He stepped toward her, then another, until he reached out, gripped the back of her neck, and stared into her eyes. There was so much more he wanted to say to her, but he couldn’t, not today. She’d hear the words but not believe them. He had to wait until the right opportunity, when she was ready.

However, he couldn’t end this without a kiss. Shadow dropped a kiss to her lips, and he heard the soft subtle moan that escaped her mouth, and he swallowed it down.

One day, he was going to make this woman fall in love with him, and he was going to fix what he had messed up.

Chapter Seven

“I am impressed and shocked,” Pam said.