My Savior Alpha, Jessie Marie [book recommendations website .txt] 📗

then they had to obey, no matter what.Plus, the fact the boy had dared to try and flirt with my mate was just out of the question! I mean seriously, did he have some kind of death wish?Holly's belly rumbling brought my back to the present. "You hungry, sweetheart?""Oomph."Hearing her huff I couldn't help but chuckle, her face buried in the corner of my shoulder as she pressed herself further against me.  I soon found myself flushing as I remembered the other night, how I remembered having her pressed against the grass—covered forest floor as I made love to her.I smiled at the thought.

 

 

Chapter 81

With that on my mind I gently swept her into my arms before I slipped out of bed, sniggering at her slight yelp of surprise before she wrapped her arms around my neck tightly."Adrian!""I need to get some food into you" I told her, ignoring her with amusement as she playfully pouted. I knew I still needed to make it up to her about my behaviour last night, but I also knew that there was hope and that was what I was concentrating on."I'm fine."I snorted at her comment before heading downstairs, keeping her secure in my grasp as we made our way into the kitchen. I was displeased when I found Ryan had seemingly failed to escort Mrs Pennies out, I was even more so when she seemed to brighten up when she caught sight of me."Oh, Alpha—"Ignoring her I gently sat Holly in what had slowly become her own seat before turning back to the fridge, smiling when I saw all of the containers of premade food. My mate loved to cook, it came in handy since most of the pack didn't even know how to turn an oven on or they somehow managed to burn water."What would you like, sweetheart?" I asked gently, seemingly surprising our so—called guest with my soft tone. I stifled the urge to roll my eyes, how I spoke to my mate was my business and not hers."Urm…" she trailed off. I turned around only to take note of how curiously Holly was staring at Rebecca, her head tilted to the side in an adorable manner I couldn't help but grin at. "Holly?" I snapped her out of it. When she looked at me her smile was breathless."Hi," she bit her lip. Chuckling at how innocent she looked, knowing that in her past she had had anything but a nice upbringing, I walked over to give her a kiss."Hi," I replied just as cheekily.Hearing her giggle I knew any tension was broken, her fingers running down my bare chest before she lightly scratched the trail of hair which started at my belly button and headed towards my groin. I flinched slightly at the sensation, trying hard not to ravish her right there and then. I could tell her heartbeat was still slightly off. It was faster, though it seemed constant which I knew to be safer than if it was irregular. Hopefully Lisa would come up with something."Can I cook?" she suddenly asked hopefully.I was about to decline, wanting to do this for her, when I realized that cooking helped her think. I remembered when she had confessed it to me; it also helped that she was an amazingly talented cook. Jake was still thankful to her after the whole baking for the sale thing where he met his mate."Sure."Patting her playfully on her rear as she jumped up from her seat I grinned when I saw her blush, her cheeks flushed a bright red. Grinning widely I watched as she spun around before she got to work on breakfast, my grin fading into a stern look when I turned to face Mrs. Pennies, or Rebecca as she had asked me to call her.I watched her shift uncomfortably under my gaze."Alpha" she nodded respectively, nervously When I didn't say anything she continued. "Uh, I know that you didn't want to speak to me, but I really do wish to apologize for questioning your treatment of my son and daughter—"I blanked the majority of her apologizes out, and while I was pleased Ryan had in fact told her to leave I did wish he had taken the time to escort her out. I really didn't want to deal with this right now.I was drawn out of my sulking when I heard the clatter of pans, my head snapping to the right before I couldn't help but shake my head when I saw Holly on her tiptoes as she tried to reach for the very top of the cooking utensils. I had, in the thought of her, moved everything onto a lower shift but it seems as if I didn't quite get them all. Rising to my impressive height, watching as Rebecca shunned back as if I was coming after her, I headed over to Holly. Pressing my chest up against her back I made sure to lean myself against her as I reached for the item she was after, grinning when I felt her shudder."Thank you."Smiling at her light and thankful tone I bent down to press my lips against her cheek, feeling her heat up under my touch. I loved that even after everything she had obviously been through she was still so innocent. It made me incredibly thankful *** Adrian's POV  With a soft huff I turned over the pages on my desk, the endless amount of documents surrounding me as they related to the troubled pack I was considering helping out. Generally, if I was being completely honest with myself, I wouldn't have bothered. It wasn't my fault the Alpha couldn't control his own pack, that his father hadn't done a good enough job of guiding him so he could become what had basically been predicted and designed since his birth. Not to mention his father was still alive apparently, so why wasn't he helping out? It was as if he wanted his own flesh and blood to fail.

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It had crossed my mind that his father was purposely wanting his son to collapse under the pressure and responsibility, but I was soon corrected when in the files it was clear the father had turned over the position voluntarily and his son hadn't taken it from him by force. So, that pretty much cleared that thought up.Shaking my head I leaned my elbows on the wooden desk, my hands cupping my face before I ran my fingers through my hair in a frustrated manner. I still didn't have a clue what was going on. I mean should I take it or not? Help them out or leave them? It wasn't an easy choice by far, not when I would have to up route some of my pack, as well as my mate which was my biggest concern, to lend a hand. I would get an alliance out of it, but then again it would be an alliance I could do without.To be honest, I was completely and utterly lost.With that on my mind I shoved everything to the side, not in the mood to deal with it anymore. My decision could wait another day or two, I wasn't in any rush.Glancing upwards I couldn't help but smile when I caught sight of my mate still fast asleep under the sheets of my covers. I didn't blame her, it was still early in the morning and I hadn't wanted to wake her.Making a mental note to speak to Lisa, wanting to find out if she had found anything wrong with my angel, I rested my feet on my desk as I leaned back in my leather chair as I went over my mental plan for the day.I knew I needed to speak with the pups today, both Sophie and Liam having been banned from shifting for the past several days since we had last spoken. Ever since their mother had complained that my punishment for them had been too harsh and I had, to put it in blunt terms, put an end to that train of thought, I hadn't seen any of them.It was time to go over the rules. Make them submit.Pulling my feet off my desk I rose to my full height. Stretching, I winced when my back clicked before I strode over to my bed so I could sit on the edge of it. I hated to rouse my mate, but I wasn't going to up and leave her without telling her where I was going first.I would also admit, I was kind of hoping she would want to come with me.Knowing how whipped that sounded and not caring in the slightest I gently shook her awake, smiling when I heard her soft grunt before she rolled over and snuggled back under my covers. I fought back a snort of amusement."Holly."Saying her name softly didn't seem to have much effect on her either. Knowing that I had to be careful, and while most blokes would probably play some sort of prank to wake up their girl I knew I couldn't and wouldn't. She had told me about how her old pack had used to wake her up, and when I had heard that they used to throw freezing water over her I had wanted to do nothing more than to rip into each and every one of them. People like that didn't deserve to walk on the same ground as her, let alone treat her, or anyone, in such a manner.They made me sick, and they had better hope in their lives that I never come across them. If I did, I wouldn't be responsible for my actions and my wolf agreed fully."Holly," I sang but still got no response.I decided to tickle her, my fingers working her sides making her fidget before she was lightly slapping me away all without opening her eyes."Holly, wake up" I grinned. She reminded me of a cat who didn't want to be roused, stretching out her body while making light protests."Go away" she mumbled causing my grin to only widen."I just need to ask you something, then you can go back to sleep if you want" I promised her, internally hoping that she would want to stay by my side. Call me clingy or selfish and I would fully agree with you. But, I wanted my mate!This seemed to satisfy her, her body pausing mid—stretch before she rolled over onto her back and opened her bright