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bathroom and set her carefully down on the loveseat. Mason tugged a towel off of the nearby shelf and draped it over her lap , and then h e moved to the bathtub and started the water while keeping his eyes on her. “I shouldn’t have touched you like that without asking, ” he said.
Dani’s head snapped up and his words pulled her from her daze. “No! No, Mason, it’s not that . P lease don’t think that what you did was wrong.”
Mason frowned deeply as he adjusted the water and straightened. “ T hen why are you so upset?”
Dani let out a long sigh and brushed at her cheeks that were suddenly wet with tears . “I really want to be yours, Mason, and every time you ask me what I want or what I need the answer is always you.”
Mason fidd led with the dials of the tub before leaning on the edge of it and running his hand through his hair. His expression was an odd mixture of relief and confusion as he stared at her. “Do you think that I’m so much of a Neanderthal that the moment you tell me that you want me I will just drag you off to bed and claim you?”
Dani flushed at the thought and shrugged innocently. “I’ve heard that most alphas don’t ask a female’s permission before they claim her,” she said quietly.
“Who told you that?” Mason asked. “It was Phil, wasn’t it?” Mason sighed. “Look, just because some alphas are brutes doesn’t mean that I have to be that way.”
Dani flushed deeper as he turned the water off and motioned for her to come over. She took small, deliberate steps until she was next to the tub. Mason said nothing as he picked her up easily and set her gently into the water . Dani sank down into the oversized tub as Mason took her hand.
“So you are worried that I am just going to claim you without giving you any warning ?” He kissed the tops of her knuckles and tucked a stray piece of hair back behind her ear.
Dani took a breath . “ I’ve been on my own for so long, and there are so many things that I just don’t know. I’ve never been around this many other wolves in my entire life. I certainly did not have anyone that I could ask about things like this. I don’t really know what ‘claiming’ even entails. D o we get all goo-goo eyed, state our feelings, and go fuck like puppies?”
Mason leaned down and kissed her forehead with a smile . “ Dani , as turned on as you make me, I will never fuck ‘like a puppy’.” Then, seemingly out of nowhere , h is eyes flashed orange for a moment and he let go of her hand.
Dani frowned and reached for him. “Did I upset you?” she asked quickly. He had moved away from the tub and she was confused.
“No , ” h e stated simply before rolling his neck on his shoulders and turning back towards her. His eyes were back to the chocolate brown that she loved to look into and he sat down on the loveseat. “It was not anger, Dani , but I admit that it is becoming harder to touch you without doing more than that .”
Dani sunk down deeper into the tub. She was frustrated because she felt the pull every time he was around her. She just wanted to throw herself on top of him and be his. What would it take for her to just admit that? What would it take for him to just claim her whether or not she was ready to ask for it?
* * *
Dani had been sitting quietly in the tub for nearly ten minutes while Mason paced back and forth around the bathroom, stopping periodically to look at her. He was clearly agitated, but neither of them knew what to say next.
Then, without warning, the door s wung open and Dani jumped up from the tub in surprise.
Phil , realizing too late that it was Dani in the tub and not Mason , took several steps back . Something had him on edge , Dani was sure, or he would not have burst in without knocking . “I’m sorry, Dani , I should have knocked , ” he apologized quickly, and then turned to Mason.
“Mason, we need to talk right away. Tyler and Jesse found a wounded wolf in the woods,
Dani’s head snapped up and his words pulled her from her daze. “No! No, Mason, it’s not that . P lease don’t think that what you did was wrong.”
Mason frowned deeply as he adjusted the water and straightened. “ T hen why are you so upset?”
Dani let out a long sigh and brushed at her cheeks that were suddenly wet with tears . “I really want to be yours, Mason, and every time you ask me what I want or what I need the answer is always you.”
Mason fidd led with the dials of the tub before leaning on the edge of it and running his hand through his hair. His expression was an odd mixture of relief and confusion as he stared at her. “Do you think that I’m so much of a Neanderthal that the moment you tell me that you want me I will just drag you off to bed and claim you?”
Dani flushed at the thought and shrugged innocently. “I’ve heard that most alphas don’t ask a female’s permission before they claim her,” she said quietly.
“Who told you that?” Mason asked. “It was Phil, wasn’t it?” Mason sighed. “Look, just because some alphas are brutes doesn’t mean that I have to be that way.”
Dani flushed deeper as he turned the water off and motioned for her to come over. She took small, deliberate steps until she was next to the tub. Mason said nothing as he picked her up easily and set her gently into the water . Dani sank down into the oversized tub as Mason took her hand.
“So you are worried that I am just going to claim you without giving you any warning ?” He kissed the tops of her knuckles and tucked a stray piece of hair back behind her ear.
Dani took a breath . “ I’ve been on my own for so long, and there are so many things that I just don’t know. I’ve never been around this many other wolves in my entire life. I certainly did not have anyone that I could ask about things like this. I don’t really know what ‘claiming’ even entails. D o we get all goo-goo eyed, state our feelings, and go fuck like puppies?”
Mason leaned down and kissed her forehead with a smile . “ Dani , as turned on as you make me, I will never fuck ‘like a puppy’.” Then, seemingly out of nowhere , h is eyes flashed orange for a moment and he let go of her hand.
Dani frowned and reached for him. “Did I upset you?” she asked quickly. He had moved away from the tub and she was confused.
“No , ” h e stated simply before rolling his neck on his shoulders and turning back towards her. His eyes were back to the chocolate brown that she loved to look into and he sat down on the loveseat. “It was not anger, Dani , but I admit that it is becoming harder to touch you without doing more than that .”
Dani sunk down deeper into the tub. She was frustrated because she felt the pull every time he was around her. She just wanted to throw herself on top of him and be his. What would it take for her to just admit that? What would it take for him to just claim her whether or not she was ready to ask for it?
* * *
Dani had been sitting quietly in the tub for nearly ten minutes while Mason paced back and forth around the bathroom, stopping periodically to look at her. He was clearly agitated, but neither of them knew what to say next.
Then, without warning, the door s wung open and Dani jumped up from the tub in surprise.
Phil , realizing too late that it was Dani in the tub and not Mason , took several steps back . Something had him on edge , Dani was sure, or he would not have burst in without knocking . “I’m sorry, Dani , I should have knocked , ” he apologized quickly, and then turned to Mason.
“Mason, we need to talk right away. Tyler and Jesse found a wounded wolf in the woods,
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