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Fuck, that alone was more than I’d ever dared hope for.
“Want me to open the veggies?” she asked, reaching for the bag.
“No. I want you to sit there and watch me cook for you.” I pulled the steaks from the pan and set them on the plates. They needed to rest before we cut into them, but that gave me time to plate everything else.
She rolled her eyes. “You’re one of those overbearing types, aren’t you?”
“Every werewolf I’ve ever met is one of those overbearing types, Love.”
She made a face. “Maybe you haven’t met enough werewolves.”
I snorted. “Right.”
The woman was cute, but I’d been an alpha more than long enough to be absolutely confident I was right.
“What about vampires? Are they all overbearing?” she asked.
“Vampires are annoyances.” I opened the vegetables, dumping them on the plates and adding a little salt and butter. “Their hunger controls them.”
“And demons?”
“Slightly less controlled by their hunger than vampires.”
“So demons and vampires are nothing more than annoyances, because they’re controlled by their hunger?” she checked.
“Notnothing more than annoyances. They’re people, too.”
“Annoyingpeople?”
“Exactly.”
When I lifted my gaze to her, I couldn’t tell whether she looked irritated or amused.
I’d hope for the second one.
“I heard someone mention a vampire coming to town a few weeks ago,” she remarked.
I nodded, scooping potatoes and gravy onto our plates. “He came to meet with the alpha.”
Was it dishonest not to mention that I was said alpha?
Probably.
But the woman was tiny, and named “Love,” for fuck’s sake. I couldn’t start off by telling her I was the alpha everyone in town was either obsessed with or afraid of.
“What was the meeting for?”
“Vamp’s looking for his mate. Says she ran away from him.”
Her eyebrows lifted.
I added, “It’s highly unlikely. Mated vampires can only drink from each other to stay alive. Running away from him would be a death sentence for both of them.”
“Damn.” There was a moment’s pause before she finally said, “Werewolf packs are like families, right?”
“Yes. Tight, obnoxious families.”
She laughed. “Why do you say that?”
