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Tell me honestly, "Aren't you worried that they might try to convince you to leave with them?" them? ” Certainly, you could reply. As Selma considered the future, she said, "Let's hope our luck extends that long." Hope and Kirk shared a giddy moment. No one else seemed to notice them. If a few of us are sitting there, Ziva reasoned, "they won't have the guts to order you to leave." She shook her head gently. "There is zero chance of that happening, so please give us some space and respect our privacy, Barney Rubble. A short time later, Lupa will arrive, the speaker predicted. "I'd rather not have any of you hovering over us like overzealous guardians. Even less so than Tee." With a frown, Tala said, "But I'm your bodyguard." She held up a hand and said, "They are not a danger to me," as the three men in the room opened their mouths to speak "Please don't bring that up again. Let's begin right away. Lupa sighed when he saw the resolve in her eyes, and he took her delicate hand in his huge, calloused one as they walked to the front door. As their guests slowly and nervously climbed the stairs, Onai held the door open and smiled at them in his customary way. Onai kept a grin on his face the entire time. Lupa clung to Louve, pressing her back against his own, his arms wrapped around her waist. He allowed himself the luxury of burying his face in Louve's neck to inhale the scent, knowing full well it had the potential to make his cock very hard indeed. He shouldn't have been surprised to find himself sleeping next to her with his face in the crook of her neck the next morning. Neither this nor the foreign aroma of his partner, which had been comforting him in his sleep, should have come as a surprise. While sleeping, he compensated for the enormous distance between them and ate enough to make up for the seven days he had gone without food. He got out of bed the following morning without her noticing. He couldn't have gotten away with it if she weren't such a sound sleeper. As Ziva and Suki finally stumbled up to them, Louve stifled a groan. They were staggering from foot to foot and avoided making eye contact with Lupa. Ziva and Suki's antics were getting on Louve's nerves. She was aware that he exuded an air of menace, but she didn't take him seriously as a threat. Maybe he was, however. We value your attendance. It seems "weird" to not see you every day, as Ziva put it. Louve offered Lupa's arm a gentle squeeze, a covert way of urging him to pitch in. After hesitating for a second, he said, "Welcome. "Even if I have a few things to do, Louve will absolutely take you down to the lake, won't he, baby?" ” “Yep.” About four days before, Greta had complained to him that Louve had set up their deckchairs and BBQ near the lake as a place for her to go and relax. Yet she hadn't really taken the items; instead, it seemed like she'd channeled Captain Von Trapp and had his enforcers following her lead almost mechanically. He was taken aback that nobody had ever thought of such a charming setup before. He knew he had to admit it. Suki said, "Good, thanks," with his eyes down low. A little time later, Louve could be seen seated at the patio table next to the lake, trying her hardest to contain her laughter at the sight of Ziva and Suki's nervous, predatory stares. Suki said, "They're all incredibly protective." in reference to the other wolves in the pack. And here I had thought I was a master of understatement. It was funny to see the guys mill about as if they weren't really keeping an eye on her to prevent anybody from stealing her. Never in a million years would anything like that happen. Onai and Trick pretended it wasn't cold by lounging in the lake, while Ziva and Leto cleaned a BBQ that was previously spotless, and Tala lazily read a book propped against a nearby tree. It seemed as if everyone was sometimes sneaking a peek in Louve's and her friends' general direction. She should have defined "the Hell away" for them, as they don't appear to have gotten the point. With a confident, "Yes," she nodded in consent. This means you've shown your worth as an Alpha Female, which is why I believe the story of you taming a wild Lupa is true. You have shown yourself to be an Alpha Female, which is to say. "He hasn't hurt me in the past and he won't damage me in the future," Louve said, frustrated by the focus on the word "feral." Have you ever glanced in the mirror? "Louve," she said, "you are covered with marks," adding that most of them were, thankfully, starting to vanish. Someone who is very possessive should not be banned. I know that Lupa's lovely meal was interrupted by a few missing fries, but it doesn't mean she's sad. He intends to hurt me." "How can you have such absolute certainty? But, "even when he's crazy," she continued, alluding to his wolf's violent behavior. "And you want us to believe that it's because he's your true love, right? "Suki laughed. "There's no way I can believe that." Ziva's alluring stare attracted the woman to her. "When you were nine years old, Louve, we witnessed your descent into a state of depression. It was as if I were sharing space with a zombie; you were there, but you weren't present. We knew the reason for your behavior; you had recently lost the other half of your soul. No one expected you to survive it, so it came as a complete surprise when you did. "You haven't considered the possibility that the reason I'm still here is because that bond, however solid and sincere it may have been, was not the one between true soul mates. Maybe it was because I had just experienced the tragic loss of both my mother and my best friend in the same tragedy that I reacted so harshly. ” Suki always lowered his voice when he spoke. If your father is telling the truth and you did this to escape Aura, then your father is dead and you are free to stop doing this whenever you choose. You could have come to me instead, and I would have mated you. Oh, how I wish you had. When he said, Louve cracked a grin. "Suki, that's wonderful and all, but do you really think I'd advise you to enter a permanent mating with someone you considered nothing more than a friend — and an unpleasant one, at that? Wouldn't doing so destroy any chance you had of ever finding your true mate? Who is to say that I don't perceive you as more than a friend? It's conceivable that I just hadn't acted on what I felt because I didn't want to give Joey the idea that I was betraying him. He shrugged and suddenly appeared nervous. His voice was substantially lower when he spoke again. Louve rolled her eyes and scoffed. You hadn't planned on becoming romantically involved with Aura, had you? "enquired Ziva. "Not much; he still comes off as arrogant and too flirtatious to me. You probably already know how much I dislike it when people make assumptions about my character based on the fact that I mated with someone I had never met before that day (Lupa). If I could hypnotize him into thinking and asserting that I was his real mate via the power of mind control, then maybe I would get away with it, but until then, no. I saw what happened, and it's clear that you two consider one other to be your closest friend, Ziva stated "What if, however, it was just a very intense instance of love at first sight? Because, as you may have guessed, I've been there and can attest to its potency. Louve gazed upward after hearing a loud, metallic 'tock' sound. She smiled at the new friend she had just met, who was perched high in the tree to her left. "Hey, big guy; could you please come down here? It was already too late when Ziva pleaded, "Oh no, Louve, please don't do it," and the huge, shining black raven was placed on the table. Suki was frowning "Why are birds so interesting to you? What gives them the need to repeatedly hit the like button? you? ” Louve shrugged his shoulders slightly. "Isn't he just gorgeous? "I don't like crows," Ziva groaned as she sat back in her chair, "it looks to be a raven." Yet, of course, I dislike ravens. "A person like that is impossible to dislike. They are stunningly attractive and very intelligent. Ziva jerked back and forth in reaction to his series of rumbling croaks. "His feathers shimmer with a metallic violet," she said. "I thought ravens spelled bad health and death? ” Ziva, for the love of God, that creature is just a bird, Louve rolled her eyes at her friend's panicked tone. "Did you fail to recall that I also mentioned a scavenger? Could it be that it only has one leg? Now hold for a second, did I hear barking? ” The man named Louve let forth a hearty guffaw. As she said that ravens can mimic many other sounds, including human speech, he made a series of gurgling and croaking noises before barking again. Clearly, LJ is fantastic. Suki emitted a choking sound. “LJ? ” Oh, much like in Long John...Long John Silver, the one-eyed sailor cook," she replied. leg?