Page 21 of Storm's Mistake

He gave her a wink, and she took a deep breath. That wink shouldn’t be so sexy.

Get a grip on yourself, Lisa. This is still the man that saidyou were weak and was only using you for sex. You have to remember that.

Shadow served them both up two large portions of meatballs and spaghetti. It looked so good. Her mouth watered. Actually, from the moment he started cooking, she’d been doing everything she could to stop the drool from escaping her mouth. Sounded gross, was probably completely gross, but it also didn’t stop it from being true.

Shadow offered her a fork and a knife, but she knew without a doubt she wasn’t going to need any knife to get stuck in the food. It felt like she hadn’t eaten in days. She didn’t think the first meatball tasted quite right. The second one, so damn good. The pasta, cooked to perfection, and the few herbs and spices in the sauce finished this amazing dinner. So tasty.

She didn’t want to stop eating. There was a party going on inside her mouth.

“It’s good?” Shadow asked.

“Very good.”

She saw the smirk on his lips, and right now she didn’t even care.

****

Lisa was pregnant.

Pam had dropped off the pregnancy test, but Shadow didn’t need the test to know she was. Now that he’d been able to spend all afternoon with her, he had begun to smell the subtle changes of her scent.

She carried his child. There was no doubt in his mind. Lisa belonged to him.

Even his wolf was freaking joyous about this. He wanted to pull her into his arms, to rub his scent all over her body. It had been too long since he last was inside her, and his scent had already begun to fade. He wanted to make sure every wolf thatcame into contact with her knew who they were dealing with.

Lisa belonged to him.

She was his mate. His woman.

This changed everything.

Shadow had expected to feel disappointed but he wasn’t. Lisa was his. He should have known this was the way it was going to work out. From the moment he had met her, his need for her had taken him by surprise. That hadn’t changed, even now.

He wanted her so badly. Craved her.

“What do we do?” Lisa asked.

“What do you mean?”

“I … I’m not your mate. I’m not a wolf. I know Eloise didn’t die giving birth to her child. Will I give birth to a human? Will it be part human, part wolf? Do you want to reject me and the child? What will your pack think? I have no idea what I am saying right now. I don’t know what to do.”

Shadow went to her and took both her hands in his. Just that touch felt good to him.

“I want you to remain calm, that is important.”

“I don’t know what to do. I had a plan, and we are so far out of the spectrum of that plan, it’s not even funny. We’re not married. You don’t even love me, and I know you said you care for me, but that is now, knowing I carry your child. Before then, you were quite sure. I’m trying not to freak out, but I don’t think this is working,” she said.

Shadow cupped her cheek, and the temptation to kiss her was so strong, only he didn’t think it would help, and might perhaps freak her out more.

“I want this baby,” he said. “It will be part human and part wolf, because that is what we are. I do not know if our child will be weaker or not. We’re entering unknown territory, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Eloise and Beau did it,” hesaid.

“You’re not mad?” she asked.

“I’m delighted. I’m going to be a father, and I couldn’t have gotten a better mother for my child. You’re going to be an amazing mother.”

“You think so?”

“I know so.”