Ravensong

Do you trust me?”

“Yes.”

“Do you want me?”

“Yes.”

“Do you love me?”

And he said, “Yes.”

Because I have never seen a wolf love another as much as he loved you.

I am here as your Alpha. And I have received a formal request from one of my Betas.

I thought of a boy with eyes of ice telling me that he loved me, that he didn’t want to leave again, but he had to, he had to, his Alpha was demanding it, and he would come back for me, Gordo, you have to believe I’ll come back for you. You are my mate, I love you, I love you, I love you.

“I’ll be your hands.”

“And I’ll be your sanity.”

I wondered if they’d forgotten how much a pack needed to touch, needed to feel each other’s warmth.

“Yeah, sure you are,” Rico snapped. “I get shot, and you just had to go and try and one-up me. I’m going to have a sexy scar, and you’re going to be able to get a sexy hook. Pirates always beat scars, Gordo. You know that. You stay away from Bambi. You don’t get to try and take her away from me when you already got a wolf.”

“Weed is a hell of drug,” Rico told her. “Though it does make more sense that Gordo would be the pirate instead of me.”

“Why would that be?” Jessie asked.

“Because I’m straight,” Rico explained. “And Gordo likes to plunder the booty.”

“I hate you so fucking much,” I told him

“You were grazed. And then let women carry you back.”

“That’s because I’m a feminist.”

I’m being serious!”

“Oh, since you’re being serious,” Tanner said. “Guys, look. We have to listen to him now. He’s being serious.”

When you least expect it,” I said. “When it’s slipped your mind. When you’ve forgotten this moment, that’s when I’ll come for you.”

I shouldn’t have felt as good as I did at the look of fear in their eyes.

“Yeah. I can see that. You’re all a bunch of needy bitches.”

“Fuck off, Gordo.”

“You’re doing a good job, though.”

“Thank you. It’s nice of you to—oh, you asshole.”

I stared at Rico in horror as he started walking toward me, arms outstretched.

“Not you.”

“Wow. Racist much? Puto.”

“I’m not racist—you’re my—god, I hate this so fucking much!”