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Her father scoffed. “Don’t be ridiculous.”
“Dead-ass serious.” Jasper positioned himself between Callie and her father, making sure he didn’t attempt to grab her again. His wolf was on a hair trigger as it was.
“Get out.” Callie spoke up behind him, her tone clear and harder than he’d ever heard it. “Father, get out. Go home, and I’ll call you when I’m ready to talk.”
She backed away, grabbing the front door and holding it open. When her dad opened his mouth, to spew some more shit he was sure, she cut him off. “I won’t talk anymore about this, not today. I’m safehere, and I have to work tomorrow. I wasn’t lying about the clinic. I’ll call you and Mom next week.” She sighed when he stayed rooted in place, his jaw on the floor. “If you don’t leave, I’ll let them throw you out.”
Her father finally moved, slinking out of the house and tossing a death glare atJasperon the way. She shut the door and then spun to face him, her hands on her narrow hips pulling her dress tighter and showing him that little bump he was becoming obsessed with. “You too.”
“What?” He frowned, confused by herstatementand that same harsh tone she’d used with her father.
“Get out, or I’ll let Baze throw you out.” She gestured to the door. “I don’t want your damn pity proposal, and I don’t want to see you right now.”
“Wait, Callie. Youdon’t understand.” He took a step toward her. “It wasn’t out of pity, I swear. If you’ll let me explain—”
“I don’t want your explanations right now,Jasper. I have fucking whiplash.” He jerked back, surprised that she was cussing. “You run your one-night-only game, and then you get me pregnant. You bring me to your home to give me space, and then you sleep next to me every night. You tell me we’ll co-parent as friends, and then we hook up. And now, you say you want to marry me? I don’t even know which way is up anymore.”
“There’s so much I need to tell you, so much I want to tell you.” He wasn’t above pleading with her at the moment. “If you would give me a chance.”
“Not today, Jasper. I need some time.”
“But Callie, I’m a wolf.”
Linc, who was still standing off to the side with Baze, mumbled, “For fuck’ssake,”and Callie blinked rapidly with a frown on her pretty face. “What?”
“I can turn into a wolf at will.I’m a shifter. I’m magic, we all are. Me and the pack. All the males anyway.” He wasn’t rambling in starts and stops, he was butcheringhisadmission.
She deserved more from him, from this moment. There was no taking it back now though. He’d put it out there and he could see from the disbelief on her face that nothing he said was sinking in. He pulled his shirt off, unbuttoning and kicking off his shorts.
“Please don’t shift in my living room right now.” Linc shook his head as Jasper yanked off his boxers in reply. “Okay, fucking perfect. This is the exact right answer.”
He ignored the sarcasm in Linc’s tone. “Watch.” Jasper let his wolf cometo the fore, the airshimmeringaround him as he transformed before Callie’s eyes. He kept his attention on her face,gaugingher every reaction.
She gasped, her hand covering her mouth. He could hear her heart start to race. He stepped forward, resting his head against her side. Her hand was trembling, and it hesitantly rested on his fur. He pushed against her, using his weight to root her in place, to let her know this was real and he was still him. The same guy inwolf form or human.
“He’s a wolf.” Jasper glanced back to see both Baze and Linc nod. “And you two? Wolves as well?” They nodded again. “Make him shift back.”
Baze held his stare, a deep rumble coming from his gut and commanding Jasper switch back. Withina brief moment,he stood in front of his mate with his dick in his hand. “There’s so much more I need to explain to you.”
“Get out.” She opened the front door. “Not today.”
“You can’t be serious. I just told you I was fucking magic and shifted before your eyes.”
She shrugged, pointing to the driveway. “Get in your kid’s expensive SUV and give me some space. For some reason I can’t dwell on at the moment, I don’t care you’re some mystical wolf creature. I care that you threw out the idea of marriage like it was an answer to a problem and not something special thatshould’vebeen discussed with me first.” She rested her hand on her stomach. “I’m hormonal and sad and angry,and I don’t want to talk to you right now. So like I said, leave, or I’ll let Baze make you.”
Jasper glanced at his alpha, looking for help. Baze grabbed him gently by the shoulder. “Come on,man. Getdressed. Let’sgo for a drive.”
He couldn’t believe she was kicking him out. He couldn’t believe after what he’d told her, what he’d showed her,she was still pissed as hell at him.
He had to chuckle on his way across the porch. If anything, this proved exactly what his packmates had told him. She was made for this life.
Shewas made to be his.
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Callahan
For the first time in her life,Callahanhad been assertive. She’d kicked both Jasper and her father out of someone else’s house. Ballsy, no matter which way one sliced it. She needed a minute to herself though; she needed to wrap her brain around all the insanethingsthat had beensaid.
