Chapter 44 Chapter Forty-Four
"I didn't help you Angel, because I saw the shift baby. I saw your gifts take over. I knew you could handle yourself but I was watching in case you needed me." Malakai walks over to me and rubs his head against mine. He keep nuzzling me and I can't help but let a cat like purr out.
"I love you Malakai." I purr through the mind link.
"I love you too baby."
Our moment is interrupted when a pack warrior rushes over. "Beta Malakai, Leilani are you okay? I smelt the rogues, but I was to far away" He asks, panic clear in his voice.
Malakai shifts to human form, standing naked and proud, not a care in the world and I'm glad I'm still in wolf form or he would see my blush.
"Yes Waylan we are okay." Malakai says glancing at me. "Are you going to shift?" He asks me through the mind link and I shake my head making him chuckle.
I am not getting naked in front of Waylan, or anyone else for that matter. I just got used to being naked in front of Malakai. Malakai turns his attention back to Waylan. "From now on you will address Leilani as Alpha or Alpha Leilani. Do you understand?"
Waylan looks at me and back to Malakai, eyes slightly wider. "Yes Beta Malakai, I apologize I didn't know. I am sorry Alpha Leilani, it will not happen again."
I nod my head in acceptance of his apology. Malakai says his goodbyes and shifts back. We continue running through the forest, following our territory lines. I keep an eye out for anything suspicious and try to smell anything out the ordinary.
Once we make a full circle around our territory lines we make our way back to the house. Malakai shifts the second we get to the house, standing naked and proud. I on the other hand look around to make sure no one is outside that will see me naked.
Once I know there isn't anyone around I shift back to human form, standing naked in front of my house. Malakai gives me a flirty wink and I feel myself blush. "You know Angel, you will have to get comfortable being naked around pack members. In times of battle you will not have time to strip down properly and go behind something so no one sees you." He says, chuckling a little.
"I know that, but it's just weird to me. I can't just stand there naked casually talking to someone like that's normal." I grab my clothes and get dressed.
Malakai laughs. "You will eventually get used to it."
I get a mischievous smile. "I'm sure I will eventually get used to it, but how will you feel about me being naked in front of our pack warriors and other male pack members?" I ask, teasingly. I know how protective he is of me, I'm sure he didn't think about that part of the deal.
Malakai growls, a deep sexy noise. "No one besides me, will see you naked." He says it possessively and I love that he gets that way over me.
I laugh, I just won without even trying. "Don't worry, you are the only one I will ever get naked in front of." I say stepping towards him. I put my hand on his chest and lean up on my tip toes. He smiles down at me and I put my other hand on the back of his neck, pulling him down so I can kiss him.
He puts his hands on my waist and pulls me close to him, deepening the kiss. We stay like that for a few minutes, wrapped in a tight embrace kissing passionately. He bites my bottom lip playfully and I smile when he pulls away.
"You did great today Angel. I am so proud of the way you handled yourself with the rogues. You did better than I ever could have imagined." Malakai says beaming proudly at me.
"Thank you Malakai, I was worried I would disappoint you."
He shakes his head chuckling. "You could never disappoint me baby. No matter what had happened today, I wouldn't have been disappointed."
I smile, how does he always make me feel so good just by saying the simplest things. "I think I might have triggered my own power or gift or whatever." I say feeling kind of proud of myself and my progress.
Malakai looks surprised. "Really? That's incredible. How did you do it? Do you remember baby?" He asks, still holding me tightly against him.
"When I was being attacked by the two rogues at the same time I was bit and I was in a lot of pain. So I just focused all my pain and anger into strength and healing. That's when I was able to get them off of me and finish them off. I no longer had any pain or weakness just like when we were training." I ramble, not knowing how else to describe what happened.
Malakai smiles. "That's amazing baby. Maybe anger is how you trigger it. We will keep practicing baby, until you are able to trigger it anytime you want." He kisses me, three quick pecks on the lips.
I can feel the pride and excitement rolling off of him in waves. It seems like he might be even more proud of my progress than I am. "When I talk to my dad again I will tell him about the rogue attack and how I was able to fight them off. I won't tell him about the extra strength and stuff not yet. I want to be in full control before I tell him about it."
Malakai nods his head in agreement. "Your dad will be so happy to hear it. You know how worried he gets about you. Knowing you were able to defend yourself will set his mind at ease."
My smile falls a little. I miss my dad so much, we haven't talked in a few days. I wonder how his treatments are going. I'm ready for him to be home, but then Malakai will have to leave. I don't want that, but I'm not ready to tell my dad about the two of us. I wonder how he is going to react to the news.