“Keep your head down against my chest. I don’t want you to get sick from the fast motions,” I ordered, pulling her tiny form in closer to my chest. I loved the way she fit to me be so perfectly. Fate really did give me the best mate ever.
“What do you mean? Aren’t we going to walk?” Her voice was muffled against my chest but I still heard her.
“Of course not baby, not when I can get us there in a second. And it’d take us thirty minutes at least to get up to the house walking. Walking is for humans.” I grinned, before moving at lightning speed. I didn’t even let my temptress get a chance to respond and just like I said…. we arrived at the main house in seconds.
I held Olivia in my arms for a few extra seconds so she could get her bearings before I placed on her feet in front of me. She gazed up at me with so much love it quickened my heart rate, and made me feel warm all over.
“I hope they love me as much as you do,” she whispered.
I didn’t tell her that they could most likely hear her. I didn’t want to scare her away from them too soon. Wolves had high and acute senses such as hearing, speed and healing. She’d only been around me for the most part for the last month and had learned only a small amount of our lore.
Romeo my brother raced out to greet us. Of course, he was shirtless…
I bared my teeth as I spoke, “Can’t you put some clothes on?”
Romeo grinned at me like the devil would an angel before he kicked the shit out of it.
“That would be my choice bro, but since you kicked my ass earlier over this little thing…” He gestured towards Olivia.
This only made me more territorial. I moved her so she was behind me. I know he thought it was funny, and a shock that I’d found someone but I wouldn’t let him push me over the edge.
“Romeo!” our mother called from the front porch and just like that, the fight was over before it even started.
“Fine, I’ll put a damn shirt on but not because you want me to…” He snarled at me. “Oh, by the way, it’s nice to finally meet you, officially that is,” Romeo spoke to Olivia who was peeking from behind my arm. I caught a small smile pulling at her plump lips. At least she wasn’t annoyed by my family like I was.
“Bring the girl up here so we could finally meet her,” my mother ordered, a tinge of excitement in her voice. “You’ve had her cooped up in that cabin of yours for long enough. She probably wants some human interaction.”
Olivia’s small hand slid into mine and she gave me a nod of approval as if to say, I’m ready.
As we walked up to the house, all my siblings made their way out onto the porch to greet us.
“Olivia, this is my mother Vanessa. Mother, this is Olivia, my mate.”
My mother’s dark eyes brightened at the word and she wrapped Olivia up in a tight hug bringing her to her chest. “Thank goodness he’s finally found someone,” she announced as if it had been a burden for me to be mate less.
“Actually I found him…” Olivia cringed looking at me over her shoulder. “That’s a story for another day though.” From there she met my father, the Alpha.
Dad didn’t do much talking and therefore, merely stared at her while raking his eyes over her form.
Olivia seemed to shudder in his presence and I understood why, as the Alpha he held the authority over the entire pack.
Then I introduced her to my brothers, all six of them. “This is Romeo, which you’ve already met. Then Jackson…Gannon, Blaine, Nico, and Savage.”
Her eyes rounded, and went real wide. To be in the presence of so many male wolves and all strong and almost as large as I was…. It must be a little stunning.
I almost chuckled. She didn’t have the first clue what she was in for but she would discover soon enough. I would help her through it and she would find out more about our world through this meeting.
They each waved to her, all except Savage who could care less for humans. He was even worse than me on this subject.
“It’s nice to meet you all. I’m so glad to have a family again.”
Olivia’s smile was all that mattered to me in this moment. I loved my family and I was loyal to a fault to them, but my mate was now my world.
“Come here sweetheart, we have an array of food for dinner tonight.” My mother gestured towards Olivia who looked to me for acceptance. I nodded my head, and she was whisked off into the kitchen.