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Kosta Troika has to betray everything he believes in, if he's going to save his pack. He'll do whatever it takes. He never expected the sweet, sassy girl next door with curves he's had a very naughty crush on for years would fight to save him.
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"Do you think I will, turn into a werewolf?"
"You did get dragged into my world pretty abruptly and I wish I could do this all over again. The truth is, I don't know. Until Maxy and Gal, wolves didn't mate humans. I don't think any one is sure what all the effects and consequences are or will be. There aren't rules or rituals that go with taking a human as a mate. " He seemed to be apologizing, but then a flash went though his eyes and he lit up with a smile.
He bolted off the bed and rooted around the room, looking for something. He grabbed her bag off the lone little desk and dumped it out. "Aha."
He lifted an open bag of really old chocolate covered pretzels she'd completely forgotten were in there. Strange thing to get excited about. "If you need a snack, I can knock on Mariya's door. She probably still has some madeleines left."
Kosta rooted through the plastic bag and pulled a pretzel out that had lost its criss-cross insides and was now a sad lumpy oval. "Perfect."
Not really. Where was he going with this? Chocolate covered pretzels were one of the world's most perfect snack foods, salty and sweet, just like her and Kosta. Aww.
She doubted his mind had come up with the same analogy. Guys brains didn't do stuff like that.
He dragged her up off the bed and then to her complete surprise, went down on one knee. Sunbursts popped into her vision and a butterfly took up residence in her chest where her heart was supposed to be. "What are you doing?"
"Heli, I haven't done things right with you from the beginning. I'm not even doing this right, but I'm trying." He looked at her with that gorgeous smile, the swirl of purple in his eyes, and so much love that the whole room swelled with it. Or maybe that was just her heart.
"I swear to to spend the rest of my life making you happy if you'll let me. I don't know what's going to happen when I mark you and make you mine, and I can't wait to find out. I want you to be my mate and I want you to be my wife. Will you mate and marry me?" He held out the pretzel like the most precious of engagement rings, picked a tiny bit of fuzz off of it and gave her a lopsided grin. "I promise if we live through the next few days, I'll buy you the biggest and most beautiful ring in the world."
Her throat squeezed with all the emotions bubbling up and out of her soul for him. She laughed and nodded and cried to shake them all out. "I don't care if you put a chicken nugget, or a donut hole, or an onion ring on my finger. I just want to spend the rest of my life with you. Yes, I'll marry you and mate you and all the other m-words we can think of that mean being together."
Kosta slid the chocolate pretzel onto her finger and she didn't even wait for it to go all the way on before she pulled him up to kiss him forever and ever. They slid back down onto the bed and wrapped themselves around each other.
"You did get dragged into my world pretty abruptly and I wish I could do this all over again. The truth is, I don't know. Until Maxy and Gal, wolves didn't mate humans. I don't think any one is sure what all the effects and consequences are or will be. There aren't rules or rituals that go with taking a human as a mate. " He seemed to be apologizing, but then a flash went though his eyes and he lit up with a smile.
He bolted off the bed and rooted around the room, looking for something. He grabbed her bag off the lone little desk and dumped it out. "Aha."
He lifted an open bag of really old chocolate covered pretzels she'd completely forgotten were in there. Strange thing to get excited about. "If you need a snack, I can knock on Mariya's door. She probably still has some madeleines left."
Kosta rooted through the plastic bag and pulled a pretzel out that had lost its criss-cross insides and was now a sad lumpy oval. "Perfect."
Not really. Where was he going with this? Chocolate covered pretzels were one of the world's most perfect snack foods, salty and sweet, just like her and Kosta. Aww.
She doubted his mind had come up with the same analogy. Guys brains didn't do stuff like that.
He dragged her up off the bed and then to her complete surprise, went down on one knee. Sunbursts popped into her vision and a butterfly took up residence in her chest where her heart was supposed to be. "What are you doing?"
"Heli, I haven't done things right with you from the beginning. I'm not even doing this right, but I'm trying." He looked at her with that gorgeous smile, the swirl of purple in his eyes, and so much love that the whole room swelled with it. Or maybe that was just her heart.
"I swear to to spend the rest of my life making you happy if you'll let me. I don't know what's going to happen when I mark you and make you mine, and I can't wait to find out. I want you to be my mate and I want you to be my wife. Will you mate and marry me?" He held out the pretzel like the most precious of engagement rings, picked a tiny bit of fuzz off of it and gave her a lopsided grin. "I promise if we live through the next few days, I'll buy you the biggest and most beautiful ring in the world."
Her throat squeezed with all the emotions bubbling up and out of her soul for him. She laughed and nodded and cried to shake them all out. "I don't care if you put a chicken nugget, or a donut hole, or an onion ring on my finger. I just want to spend the rest of my life with you. Yes, I'll marry you and mate you and all the other m-words we can think of that mean being together."
Kosta slid the chocolate pretzel onto her finger and she didn't even wait for it to go all the way on before she pulled him up to kiss him forever and ever. They slid back down onto the bed and wrapped themselves around each other.