Page 25 of Storm's Mistake

“I’m the Alpha, and I’m not having coffee. Besides, you cannot drink it and you cannot even be near it without feeling woozy.”

Lisa frowned. She had a conversation with Adele just last night, where she admitted the truth. Working at the coffee shop, although she loved it, was starting to cause her too many troubles. There had been a few times the coffee shop had made her feel sick to her stomach, and she had to keep taking breaks to recover.

“You listened to my conversation!” She put the last of the cakes into the oven. This was a chocolate-and-vanilla-swirl cake.

“It’s not hard to hear your conversations, and you’re welcome.”

“I didn’t say thank you. We’re going to have to start laying down some ground rules, which include you not listening in on my conversations!”

“I can’t do that. The whole wolf-hearing thing.”

“It’s a shame you didn’t hear me walk into that bar, huh?” she asked.

“It would have made my life easier,” Shadow said.

She put her hands on her hips. “How?”

“I wouldn’t have said that shit, because you would have been there.”

Lisa stared at him. “I’m not really sure if that is a good thing or not.”

“It’s a good thing, because it would have stopped me fucking this up. I didn’t want to hurt you, Lisa. Not at all.”

She pursed her lips together. “Look, I just … can we not? I don’t want to talk about it.”

She never wanted to talk about it, because that oneconversation messed everything up, and now it confused her even more than before.

“I’m sorry,” he said.

It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him she forgave him, but she didn’t think she was ready to do that.

****

The pack freaking loved Lisa. Not that it surprised Shadow. Well, it might have a little. He didn’t know if it was because she carried his child, her sweet smile, or the fact she always had a baked good to offer. Either way, the pack adored her, and they were all so excited for the upcoming baby.

The last full moon had already come and gone, and Shadow stood out on the back porch. A wave of snow had fallen in the last twenty-four hours. His senses were on high alert as he knew more was due. This was no trouble for him, but he also knew it worried Lisa. He didn’t want her stressing out.

His wolf was currently at peace. For the first time since his transition when he was a teenage boy, he hadn’t opted to go running. His wolf hadn’t wanted to leave Lisa. She had told him to go and enjoy the full moon and the pack. He didn’t.

Lisa didn’t know it, but he stayed close to home, not turning. The scent of her and her closeness helped to calm him. There was no point in trying to fight it.

Lisa’s pregnancy had begun to show. There was a slight bump on her stomach. He hadn’t been allowed to touch her yet, or to feel his child. One day, he would. He was allowing Lisa to grow comfortable with him again.

He was doing everything he could to make it up to her. She no longer worked, but he made sure she kept busy by asking the pack to randomly drop in to see her. The pack adored her, so he didn’t have to bribe them. Pam was more than happy to come and see her, as was Adele, who tried to keep her updated withall that was going on in No Wolves Road. As far as he could tell, there was no gossip. The only news was the fact he and Lisa were having a baby.

He made sure she had everything her heart desired. He didn’t want her to go without. But, no matter what he did, it didn’t seem to make up for the shit he said. That night was such a blur. He didn’t even know why he said what he did. None of it made any freaking sense to him.

“Shadow?” Lisa asked.

He spun around and saw her coming toward him. The door to the house was closed as he didn’t want to zap any of the warmth out of the place. It was below freezing right now. With his wolf blood, it felt a little cool, but not overly so.

Stepping inside, he closed and locked the door. “Are you all right?”

“Uh, yeah, I just … I thought I heard a noise and then I was going to come and check it out, and well, I saw you. Is everything okay?” Lisa asked.

He noticed her flushed cheeks. She had not tied the robe she wore, and it was open enough to show off her erect nipples. Shadow felt an answering in his dick.

She was fully dressed, and he knew the body the clothes were hiding. A body he spent many hours learning. He knew what aroused her, what made her tick, and right in that moment, he wanted to touch her again, to feel her against him.