Chapter Twenty-A Talk About Loyalty

Even across the crowded room, my eyes zeroed in on him. Just about every man in this wolf pack looked the same, but Logan was special.

He stood at least a few inches above the tallest man in the room, and his eyes glowed whenever I came into his line of sight. My breasts tingled like an icy hand gripped them, and my body shivered as I saw him lick his lips.

I needed his touch, and he could sense it. If we weren’t surrounded by his family and friends and business partners, I’d take him someplace private to satisfy the heat clenching itself around my sex. But I put on my happy face and tried to pretend in this sea of acute sense of smells that I wasn’t wet for him.

As he made his way back to his family’s table, he motioned for Jacob and me to join him. His hand gripped my thigh under the table as he leaned into my ear. “What the hell happened outside?” 

Either Jacob had already used his twin bond to tell on me, or one of his people ran to him with a juicy bit of gossip about the woman they loved to hate. I shook my head and pulled the slice of cake towards me. “Nothing really.”

He sniffed me and shook his head against my cheek. “Don’t start keeping shit from me already.” He was always looking for some reason to doubt me. There’s a difference between protecting someone from the truth and hiding the truth from someone.

Being an Alpha, I’m sure Nina was 100% right about how Logan took turns with the unattached women of his pack. I did the same in my coven, but no one bats an eye at that kind of thing back home. Sex is nothing. Someone can know every square inch of your body but never know the real you.

The difference is that even though I knew Nina was telling the truth, it didn’t matter. If he was still screwing women now that he was with me, it wouldn’t matter. These are his people. They owe me not an ounce of respect, but Nina ran her mouth to an outsider about her leader. That’s unforgivable.

My eyes narrowed at him, and I licked the buttercream from my lips. “Alright.” My finger pointed into his chest. “You need to get control of your bitches. Capisce?”

He rolled his eyes away from me, but I saw a hint of satisfaction on his mouth. “You tell me I’m jealous.”

“No.” I grabbed his chin in my fingers. “This isn’t about jealousy. I don’t give a damn who you’ve been with, Logan. But you need to watch your back. Not everyone in your little wolf pack understands loyalty the way you and I do.”

His eyes darted between mine, and he nodded. “What did she say?”

I shook my head. “It doesn’t matter. Her words hold no sway over me. Even if I wasn’t fucking you and you were just Teddy’s brother, I would tell you what I’m telling you now.”

My parents and my baby brother were killed because people from my coven turned on them. Nothing meant more to me than loyalty. It was my one bugaboo. “Just know that you got some dirty fucking snitches who’d sell you down the river like that.” My fingers snapped in front of his face before I grabbed his tie up in them. “I don’t care about some crazy ex-girlfriend. I can handle myself.”

My brows lifted as I pressed my nose to his. “I may not be some ideal housewife like you want. I’m a fighter, Logan. It’s just who I am. But I got your back; you don’t even need to worry about it. That bitch even breathes your name again, and I’ll put her ass down.” My finger wagged in front of him. “I’m not going to be having these people under you disrespecting you behind your back.”

His lips curled up, and his hand wrapped around my head. When he kissed me, I think that was when I finally understood my place in this whole thing.

That fate doesn’t give you what you want; they give you what you need. I needed two men who could make me at least consider living a normal life. To save me from my world of debauchery. And they needed someone who would burn down the whole world for them. I would. I did.

After that, they didn’t leave me alone for the rest of the evening. Not even to go to the toilet.

When I walked out and saw Logan standing there, I shook my head and pushed him against the wall. “Alright, goddamn it. This has to stop. What’s going to happen in the bathroom? This whole overprotective stalker thing has to go. You’re smothering me.”

His hands trapped mine against his chest. “I don’t want anyone else bothering you. You’re my woman; they all need to learn their place.”

I rolled my eyes. “For fucks sake, Logan. I can handle myself. I’ve been walking this Earth my whole life without your protection. The days of me needing someone to watch over me are long gone.”

His lips pressed against my hands, and he peeked down at me. “What kind of man would I be if I let everyone just do what they want when it comes to you? It’s my job to look out for everyone- most especially you. You’re just going to have to get used to that.”

He was wearing me down with the constant reminders of his duties, and like someone being brainwashed, I finally just gave into it. I didn’t have the strength for it tonight. I just wanted to get laid.

The fact that he could sense every fluctuation in my body chemistry made me crazy. I was a hustler, but I couldn’t fool his nose. He shut down every attempt I made to lie my way out of something, and it made me sick how defenseless it made me.

When his breath hit my chest, my breasts called out to him, and my nipples dug into the fabric that covered them. His fingers itched to please them, and they slid down the bared skin between my chin and neckline. “Are you coming home tonight, or do I got to go grab that club?”

I licked the tear from my cheek and laughed. “Save it for the bedroom. You know I like it rough.”

Two arms grabbed me up and spun me into the wall. “Yes, I do.” I wanted Logan so badly right then that it hurt me deep inside. I wrapped my arms around his neck, then grabbed his hair and held on while he wrestled with my tongue.

I was aware that people could see us, but I didn’t give a damn. He could’ve banged me right there against the wall in front of everyone at that moment if he wanted to. And by the bulge forming against me, I knew he definitely wanted to. 

I shouldn’t let myself get carried away like this by the hormones and magic that were sweeping over me. I should keep a level head. But right now, all I wanted was my men inside me.

When he finally gave me a pause to breathe, I panted against his face. “Take me home, Logan. I need you now.”