CEO's Runaway Mate and Her Cubs

Lara was observing Nate's back with wide eyes.

After getting up, he got rid of his underwear as well, so she could see his butt and muscles on the back. She had devoured him with her eyes a thousand times already, and she was glad he was turned the other way so he couldn't catch her gaze.

She had considered whether to observe the moment of the transformation or wait for it to be done before opening her eyes, but in the end, she had no time to avert her gaze. She was a little worried about panic attacks, but she had also gotten stronger during the last week or two.

And she so badly wanted to see everything, every little detail.

She saw him walk towards the middle of the glade, where no trees could filter the moonlight. He looked up, and she saw his muscles twitch.

She winced, but she dared not move her eyes away. It was starting!

It lasted shorter than she thought. Nate looked up, his body reacted, and what were arms and legs became paws. His head disappeared and a wolf snout took its place.

It was in between a swift shift and magic because Lara couldn't see every second. It lasted like one of her breaths, more or less. Not longer.

There was Nate, then moonlight, then a wolf. And the brightness had almost blinded her. How could the moon, which used the sunlight to shine, blind anyone?

She had to look lower because Nate wasn't where she had seen him a moment before. At his place, there was a huge white wolf.

He turned, and his eyes fixed on Lara. She looked back at him, just like that night, and no muscle of her responded. She sat there, stupefied.

She couldn't move, couldn't think, and she didn't even want to. She was fine like that, observing the most beautiful wolf she had ever seen from afar. Even though her fingers tingled from the need to touch him.

«Hey,» she said.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Her voice broke then enchantment, and Nate seemed to wake up from a daze. His tail wagged while he sniffed around. He moved in circles, following a trail.

She opened her mouth in shock, wondering whether he would run away from her and go hunting instead of playing. All that mental preparation for nothing!

He analysed the whole clearing, leaving no spot unattended. He sniffed, watched, and jumped around.

She followed him with her eyes, unable to move. And a little offended. He was paying no attention to her!

Was that his wolf mind? He wouldn't even come and sniff her out?

Her lips curled down in a disappointed grimace. She was not as interesting to the wolf Nate as she was to the human one. What a pity...

Just when she thought he would run away, his nose touched her calf.

She winced, surprised. She hadn't heard him approach.

At her reaction, Nate took a couple of steps back. He sat on the ground and waited, as his human shape would have done - more or less. He wanted for her to be ready.

She sighed, happy. He was tender and careful even in the shape of a dangerous wolf. And he was so big! Were wolves supposed to be so large?

She stretched her hand out, offering it to him.

Nate bowed his head and stepped forward, just like a puppy discovering a new person. He sniffed her hand and, seeing she didn't retract it, he licked her fingers.

He took yet another step and sat again, this time next to her.

Lara took courage in both her hands and caressed his head. She wasn't sure she could treat a wolf like a puppy, but Nate let her do. He even lay down, positioning his big head on her lap.

He closed his eyes when she petted him, letting out a few satisfied whines. He didn't sound like a threatening wolf at that moment. Not even one bit.

Lara sighed as well when her palms met his candid fur. It was as soft as it looked from afar. And she sank both her hands in it.

His head had the softest fur, as well as his throat. But then it got bristly on his back.

Sensing her fingers, Nate turned on his back and showed his stomach. He knew, in the back of his head, that he was acting like a dog. The same way he had told his pups not to. But he didn't care about his dignity, at that moment.

Lara was having fun, and that was all that mattered. Explore more at empire

«So cute!» she said, unable to keep her thoughts and words in check.

She would have asked him to turn again; that was sure! He was beautiful, soft, and also warm. She could even imagine how comfy winter could get with a wolf by her side.

At some point, however, Nate turned his body again. When his dignity started hurting a little, he decided it was enough. He sat up and licked her hand, moving to her neck and face.

Lara hugged him when his head was on her shoulder, and they played with each other for a few minutes more. If she was a wolf, they would have run and chased each other, playing and fighting under the moon.

However, even a human mate wasn't bad, Nate thought while her fingers scratched under his chin. No way a she-wolf would have done that to him.

And he was starting to light cuddles.

Both their hearts were filled with happiness, at that moment. The Moon Goddess observed them from her high place in the sky, tenderly smiling at two souls who had found each other.

«Thank you, Nate,» Lara said, at some point.

She wasn't sure he would understand, let alone remember. However, she wanted to say it out loud. Even if it meant repeating it again to his human form.

«It means a lot to me,» she added.

Nate's nose tapped on her cheek in what could have been a peck. He did understand. Everything, when it was about her.