“Even if those decisions could be harmful?”
This time Jennifer slapped a hand over his mouth. “Shut. It.”
She waited a couple of minutes before finally removing her hand and continuing. Decebel wouldn’t have minded if she had left her hand there. He could have given it a few licks and let his wolf enjoy her taste. His wolf was wicked crazy about their mate and loved licking her. And he was pretty sure that any other female besides his would be creeped out by that.
“He told her…well actually, heyelledat her that she didn’t even know what happened in a relationship besides kissing. She said something…I can’t remember exactly what… and he threw a lamp at the wall.”
Decebel started to sit up. “He threw something,” he growled.
Jennifer pushed on his chest. “Not at her. I’ve thrown crap when I get pissed at you.”
“You throw itatme” he pointed out.
“Yeah, because a lamp wouldn’t hurt you. You’d hurt the lamp, so it’s not the same. The point is, he wasn’t aiming for her, he was just reacting. Oh, wait, now I think I remember what she said. She might have asked him if—maybe, just maybe—she should perhaps seek out a different male—someone that would be willing to teach her the things that Drake wouldn’t. I think that might have been what set him off,” she finished, raising her eyebrows, pretending to seriously consider the situation.
“She said she’d go to another male? In his presence? To him?”
Jennifer scrunched up her face. “See, I feel like those are the same question. And I’ve already answered that in my original statement. So…we’re moving on.”
Decebel reached over and laid a hand on his mate’s thigh, stopping her words. “Youknowwhat we fear most, Jennifer. You know what we endured in the InBetween. Threatening to be with another male, Jennifer? That is enough to drive a wolf to do desperate things, especially one that is already barely holding it together. He might do anything in order to prevent his mate from carrying out her threat.”
“Desperate?” she asked. “Are we talking, ‘gets on his knees and grovels desperate, or take out every available male in a ten mile radius,’ desperate?”
“Option two,” Decebel answered his voice rough with anger.
“Wow. I keep saying you guys are off-the-charts psycho and you just keep proving me right. It’s like you’re afraid to disappoint me.”
“What happened after the lamp?” he pressed.
Jennifer bit her bottom lip as she looked up at him. “I’ve changed my mind. Now that I think about it, I don’t think it’s a good idea for me to tell you,” she said, the words coming out slowly.
His wolf perked up at the challenge and he knew his eyes were glowing as he stared back at her. “Why. Not.”
“It will hit too close to home. You know what,” she said, suddenly sitting up and reaching for the hem of her t-shirt. “I think your idea is better, let’s go with that. You can just climb back on over here and show me this whole ‘can’t lay on top of your female and just talk stuff.’ ”
He reached over and stopped her from pulling her shirt up any further up. It was already high enough to reveal her creamy stomach and that was painfully tempting.
“Do not try to distract me, Jennifer. Tell me.”
“But my distractions are always so much fun and often involve removing clothing. Remember how much you like me to remove clothing?”
“Not happening, female. Now answer the question.”
“Ugh!” she groaned and threw herself back in the bed. “Damn stubborn, fur ball. Fine,” she snapped at him. “She told him that if he didn’t want to touch her, then he’d lost the right to. She forbade him to touch her and told him that his touch was…unwanted.”
Decebel closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. “How did he take that?”
“Not good, but she doesn’t know if he started throwing things because she left.”
“To meet with you and Jacque in the library?”
“Yep.”
“Where is Drake now?”
“I don’t know. I’m not Drake’s keeper. Bethany isn’t running through the halls screaming, so he must not be chasing her like a rabid wolf, which is what I would have expected. Maybe he came to his senses and they’re all up in each other’s fur.”
“Does she understand what she’s done by telling him that?”
