Chapter 123

Claudia’s POV
Sitting on the couch, I glare at Danny as he gets up off the floor. “Sno…” “Save it” I shout, interrupting him as I stand up. “I know you are hurting but don’t you dare tell me, you would rather fucking die.”
“I’m sorry” Danny exclaims, looking down at his feet. “I..” he stammers, not able to release the words he was trying to say.
“I’m going to tell you this once and once only. If you try to barricade yourself again; I will bring hell down on you” I scream at him, turning to walk out of the room.
Opening the door, Todd runs into the room. “Danny; Bella just said you had barricaded yourself” he yells, grabbing hold of Danny’s shoulders and looking into his eyes to make sure it was him and not Jesse he was talking to.
“He did” I snarl, walking out of the doorway, leaving the two of them alone.
I head down the stairs and out the front of the packhouse. **“You should let Danny explain”** Amanda sighs, nudging against me in my mind to try and calm me down.
**“He thinks he is the only person that has lost someone important here. Jason and Mum both lost their fucking mate. Why does he have the luxury to withdraw himself when it’s too hard for him”** I spit back at her; ignoring what she asked me to do. **“And I have lost my best friend and my father.”**
**“Claudia, calm down”** Amanda nudges me again; to no avail.
**“Further; if it’s so traumatic for him. Why the hell doesn’t he speak with Bella”** I continue my rant not noticing she had left my mind.
**“Honey cakes!”** Jesse smirks; causing me to jump. **“Mandy asked me to come and have a talk with you.”**
Sighing; I sit on the bench looking out at the jacaranda trees; **“Has Danny come to his senses?”** I ask Jesse.
**“Yes”** Jesse answers bluntly. **“He has never had a father who has treated him the way Pappa wolf has. He feels as though he was losing you all over again and to make matters worse, my thoughts are haunting him.”**
**“What do you mean?”** I ask him. How can Jesse’s thoughts be haunting him?
**“I was the one in control because we all shifted. Danny isn’t the one with the guilt for not doing anything”** Jesse tells me. **“I’m the one who couldn’t do anything to stop Craig from shooting Kingsley. I should have been able to stop him and I didn’t. It’s my fault Pappa Wolf is dead.”**
Feeling Jesse’s guilt; **“Is this how Danny is feeling?”** I ask him.
**“Yes”** Jesse whispers. **“He is feeling this way because I am feeling this way”** he adds, laying down in my mind. **“Where are we going?”** he asks, sitting back up as I get off the bench and race up to our room to talk with Danny. **“You are staying with me. At least for a few days”** I tell him. **“And stop pouting at me. You and Danny were both there. I wasn’t; neither of you can heal being together. Mandy can stay with him to help him.”**
“Danny” I call out, coming into the room. “We need to talk.”
“About?” he questions, coming out of the bathroom.
“You and Jesse” I respond, taking a seat on our sofa. “You aren’t the one feeling guilty; Jesse is. He can’t stay with you. I need Mandy and him to swap places for a few days. That should get your head around what happened.”
“I am feeling guilty” Danny states, taking a seat next to her. “I know Jesse feels guilty too. I need to know you forgive me… No; forgive both of us for not being able to stop Craig.”
“You know this feeling never goes away” I sigh, putting my arms around Danny’s waist. “You feel guilty for not stopping Craig. I feel guilty for not being able to help Tracey. It’s a part of us and has been since we were both Elsie and Teancum. Each of us has been here before and will be here in the future. We can’t save everyone, no matter how hard we try.”
“I know” Danny whispers, giving my forehead a kiss. “Of all the people Craig could have shot, why Dad? We were only a few feet in front of him, he could have shot Jesse, Parker or Vince. He didn’t; he shot Kingsley.”
“James and Dad always had a dislike for one another. You coming to live with us may have been the tip of the iceberg” I tell him, trying to answer Danny’s question as best I could. **“Craig is a douche. Everyone knows it. It wouldn’t have mattered who it was. I think it’s because Kingsley turned to face him. The rest of us hadn’t by the time the shot was heard and for whatever reason, he couldn’t shoot anyone in the back”** Jesse states in my mind.
**“Plausible”** I say back to him. “Jesse thinks it’s because Kingsley turned to face him. He couldn’t shoot you in the back.”
“Mandy is agreeing with him” Danny laughs. “She said the big puppy does have a brain after all” he adds as Jesse growls in my mind.
“Promise me this” I exclaim, curling up on the sofa into Danny’s chest. “When someone else dies and you know it’s going to happen eventually. We will get through it together.”
“I promise” Danny answers, putting his lips to mine. I open my mouth so he can push his tongue in. My pussy is getting wet and I know Danny can smell it. “Is Sophia staying in Mum’s room again?” he asks, pulling away from the kiss.
“Mmm-Hmm. She’s coping better when she is looking after Sophia” I answer. It’s not the whole truth; Mandy has been taking Mum and Sophia to see Dad. She wants Sophia to know her Pop, Pop as she gets older and it’s a way of her to bond with her granddaughter. ‘He will figure it out when she leaves again tonight.’
“In that case” he smiles, lifting me up and putting me on his hardened dick, before kissing me down my neck and sucking my mate mark. “Holy Fuck, Danny. Take me” I moan into him.
“I plan to” he whispers in my ear, whilst taking off my shirt and bra, sucking my erect nipples.
**“Ooo; I get to experience sex from a female perspective”** Jesse smirks in my mind. **“Shut the fuck up before you kill the mood”** I scream back at him. ‘Better still’ I say to myself; slamming up the barricade.
“Where were we” I mutter to myself, taking off my jeans and underwear before opening the zipper of Danny’s pants, pulling out his erect dick and placing it at my opening.
“Snow Blossom” Danny says as I push down, filling my pussy with his thick shaft. I move my hips pushing his dick deep inside me; groaning with the pleasure it was creating.
Moving my hips; “Goddess, yes” I scream as my core wraps around his shaft with the orgasm in my body. Danny pushes one last time releasing his cum inside me.
“I love you” Danny says, kissing me as I climb off him and head to the bathroom to clean myself up.
“I love you, too” I whisper as Danny follows me in, turning on the shower.