Wolf Creek Alpha (Texas Pack 1) (17 page)

“So
,
would his wolf half be
dominant
?  I was remembering something Stephanie told me,” Lisa asked. 

“We don’t know.  I’ve never dealt with anyone that was
fae
and wolf.  He seems decent
enough,
but I won’t take any chances with you,” Rafe said.

“I’m afraid we’re going to have to bring him here,” Robert stated, amongst protest.  “Look, the dream Lisa had was
of
him at the pond, reaching for her.  Lisa feels she needs to help him, and doesn’t detect any evil.  I believe there are enough of us to handle anything he could do.”

Everyone looked to Rafe, knowing he would make the final decision.  He was trying to look at this from all sides, but it was difficult since his mate was the one involved. 

“
You
know,
I don’t want him anywhere near the pond, but I don’t have a choice. 
I’ll contact him
tomorrow.  We’ll
bring him to the castle
.  I don’t want any other families in the house.  Ian, make sure Colin and Stephanie take the girls to their parents.
  Give the other families notice to stay away from the castle.”

Stephanie and Colin came in and sat with them on the couch.  Rafe brought them up to speed on all that had happened.

“Do you really want to do this?” asked Stephanie worriedly.

“I feel like I have to.  The last forty-eight hours have been surreal.  Let’s see, I’m a witch, you’re all wolves, and fairies aren’t the little pixies I thought they were.  Nor are they the de
rogatory term for homosexuals. “

“Thanks for
that,
lass,” Robert said dryly.

Laughing, Lisa went over and hugged Robert.  “Don’t
worry;
with the kilt and sword, you’re definitely not a pixie.”

Winking at her, “I love women too.”

“Enough of tha
t.  Meeting over, see the rest of you later,” Rafe
said,
pulling her from Robert.

Rafe led Lisa out the back, heading towards the woods.  He seemed to have a destination in mind.  She decided to wait and see where they ended up.  Nice night for a walk in the woods anyway.  She remained
quiet
, enjoying the silence. 

He pulled her along into a small clearing.  She saw there w
as a gazebo in the center.  Looking inside,
there was
a bench running around the walls, with comfortable looking cushions laid out on them. 

“How quaint.  This looks like a nice place to sit and think,” she said. 
“Um, why are we here?”

Rafe
sat on the bench
cushion
, pulling her o
nto his lap.  “We’re
here,
because I wanted to be alone with you, without all the people up at the house.”

With that said, one hand pressed against her back, while the other s
lid smoothly up her nape.  He lowered his head slowly, giving her the opportunity to pull away.

Lisa wa
s tired of waiting.  She put
her lips against hi
s, absorbing his light chuckle. 
Wanting to sample
, she ran her tongue
along his bottom lip, teasing him
.
 
With a
growl, Rafe bit her lip,
gently.
Laying
her back on
the bench,
he
slid
his hand
s
under her shirt
.
S
oftly running his fingers
u
p
the underside of her breasts
, he
kissed her deeply
.
 

He pulled back
, gazing down at her with lust filled eyes.  Lit
tle by little, he raised her shir
t up.  Lisa
helped by lifting
her arms
over her head.
  The
shirt
was
dropped to the ground
as he opened the clasp on her bra.  Pushing the material aside, he gazed down at her. 

Lisa ran her hands under his t-shirt,
tugging it up to
help him remove it.
Rafe quickly pulled his t-shirt off, while Lisa ran her nails up and
down his back
.  Pulling him back to her, she pressed her breast against his chest.

Rafe growled against her shoulder
, “If I
don’t stop now, I’m taking you right here.”

Ok
ay
, I have no problem with that.  Crap.
To b
e a slut or not to be a slut?  I’ve known him less than three days.  Why did he give me time to think?

Rafe pulled away, reaching down and gathering up her shirt.  He calmly
hooked her bra back together then helped her get her shirt back on.

Angrily
she asked, “Why’d you stop?”

“I could feel your
hesitation.  You aren’t ready.  Also, wolves and
fae
are patrolling these woods.  I don
’t want anyone else seeing you,” he said calmly.

“Oh my gosh, did you see anyone?  Crap, I can’t show my face.  I’ll be looking at every person, wondering if they were watching,” she said mortified. 

“Relax, no one came close.  I wouldn’t have allowed it.”

Standing, he pulled her to her feet, giving her a quick kiss. 

“It’s getting late and I should call Dunstan to tell him our decision.”

Walking beside him, Lisa tried again to reassure him that Dunstan would not harm her or anyone else. 

“It’s just not in him.  I know he’s part dark
fae
, but
he either
fights it or I don’t know
, m
aybe his wolf controls his dark side,” she said confused.

“It’s rare for our wolf to be in control.  We control our wolf.  We could hand it over in a fight, or extreme emotional situations. 
My wolf is not really separate.  This is hard to explain.  Think of it like an emotion.  You can be really angry, yet control
against
harming someone. 
It’s like that.  We let h
im
loose
, but can still reason.”

Lisa thought about it
.  That was the best explanation she’d heard so far.  It made it a little easier to understand.

The house was quiet when they got back.  Stopping in the kitchen, they both had a glass of water. 

“Guess I’ll go on up and shower.  What time are you having him come tomorrow?”

“I don’t want to put it off all day, wondering.  I’ll ask him to come around ten.  That work for you?”

Lisa said that was fine, then placed her glass in the dishwasher.  Straightening up, she stood on tiptoe to kiss him goodnight.  She made it quick, fearing she’d climb all over him otherwise.   Walking to the stairs, she looked back and saw he was watching her.  She turned back and hurried up the stairs.  Opening her door, the kitten launched itself at her, meowing.

“Oh, I’m
sorry,
Kiki.  You’ve been stuck here all day, alone. 
Hey, how do you like that name?” Guess Kik
i would do.  S
he couldn’t think of anything better
.  Cuddling h
er,
Lisa went to shower.  Undressing
, she adjusted the
water
temperature and stepped in.  Standing under the spray, she started thinking about the ‘gazebo incident’
as she was calling it. 

Rafe
was still in the kitchen when Ian walked in.  Ian briefed him on the patrols, letting him know nothing had happened. 

“I’m about to call Dunstan to tell him to come over around ten.  I’m still not happy with him knowing where we are, but I have to trust in what Lisa tells me.”

“I understand.  I don’t like it either, but after watching her test her magic, I think she can handle herself well
.  Of course, I’ll still have our
enforcers near, just in case,” Ian stated.

Rafe nodded, intending to find Robert and tell him as well.  Ian told him he’d last seen him sitting by the pond.

Finding him
lying
in the grass
on the edge of the water, Rafe sat down beside him.

“So, how’s the court
ing coming along?
” asked Robert.

Rafe just looked at him, shaking his head.  “I don’t kiss and tell.”

“So you kissed
her.  I’m thinking
that
maybe I should woo her.  The lass would
be much happier
mated to
me,” he grinned.

Dryly,
Rafe replied,
“Says the man who flir
ts with anything having two X chromosomes.”

Laughing, Robert pushed himself up. “I’ve just been recharging.  The
pond’s
magic is almost as good as being back in Faerie.”

Rafe informed him of their plans for tomorrow, asking Robert to have his war
riors there when Dunstan arrived
. 
Once assured everything was taken care of, Rafe left to call Dunstan.

The phone call didn’t take long.  It wasn’t a personal call among friends.  Rafe gave him directions and told him to be there at ten.  Rubbing his hands over his jaw, he looked up to see Devlin entering his office.

“Hey bro, got some info for you about Lisa’s parents.” 

That got his attention. 
He knew Devlin could dig up
just about anything once he got into his search mode.  He didn’t ask how he did it,
as it probably wasn’t totally legal.  The pup could tap into just about any site, undetected. 

“The accident seems to be just that, an accident.  Stupid drunk
driver,
you know.  Already had some DUI’s.  The guy had his license taken away, but of
course,
that didn’t stop him.
  I couldn’t find any indication of magic being involved.”

“What about her dad?  We assumed he wasn’t magical, were we right?” asked Rafe.

“It was pretty easy to get information about him.  No magic
,
anywhere,
not
in him or his
ancestors.  I looked back into his family genealogy and found nothing.  He was pretty
straightforward
.  Graduated from UT Austin.  Degree in engineering, worked his whole life for the city.”

Unknown to them, Lisa had come looking for Rafe after her shower.  She’d intended to ask him how the call to Dunstan went.

“You’re investigating my dad? “ She stomped over to him, slapping her hands down on the front of the desk.  “Who the hell do you think you are?  Checking into my ancestors
.
What
,
you
need to make sure my pedigree is good enough to
‘mate’
with
?”  She was furious.  How dare he.

“I’ll come back later,” Devlin said trying to slide out the door.

“No!” Lisa shouted.  “
You stay right here.  I want to hear what you have to say for yourself too.”
 

“Sit down, Devlin.  She needs to hear what you’ve learned also.”  Rafe came around his desk and tried to guide her to sit on the couch.  She pulled away
from him
, too angry to sit.

“Lisa, please sit down.  We are not looking into your ‘pedigree’.  I don’t care anything about your bloodline.  Devlin was looking into your parent’s accident.  We wanted to make sure no magic
was involved,” Rafe said patiently.

She slowly sunk down into the leather, stunned.  “You think they were murdered?”

Rafe sat down putting his arm around her. 

“No!  You missed the first part of what he was saying.  It was an accident, a drunk driver just like you were told.  Devlin checked into it thoroughly.
  The only reason he’s looking into
your
parent’s
past is to find out
what we can about your magic.  We need to know what we’re up against, what you’re able to do. 
Dev was just telling me your father was not magical.”

“It’s
true,
Lisa.  I didn’t mean to upset you.  I did find out more about your mother, though.  Would you like me to go on?” asked Devlin.

“Yes, if you can shed any light on this, I’d appreciate it.  I’m sorry for jumping to conclusions.”

“No problem.  Well, moving on.  We already figured out she had to be a witch.  Since she didn’t say anything to you, I looked back as far as I could to before she met your father. 
Did you know she
grew up in Seattle?
”
Devlin asked
.