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the device to keep an ear out for Daphne. She wanted to groan in frustration at being interrupted. While he was distracted, she pulled out of his embrace and quickly adjusted her shirt. She was saved from doing something crazy. Without giving him any indication she was coming back, she quickly rushed upstairs to the crying baby waiting for her. She picked her up, smelling that she needed a diaper change.
“It’s okay. I’m here. I’m here.” She was aware of the device downstairs and so she didn’t say anything else, like how grateful she was for being interrupted, even though her body protested. Sleeping with Rocko would be a big mistake. She didn’t know why it would be, but she knew he was only using her.
Her first time, she had always wanted it to be with someone special, not because she was a convenience and right now, for Rocko, that was exactly what she was. She wasn’t going to fall for a man who enjoyed killing humans for sport, no matter what her body wanted from him.
Chapter Five
Bringing the axe up above his head, Rocko focused on the log of wood and brought it down the instant Winter’s face entered his thoughts. He didn’t want to think about her. After Daphne interrupted them, she hadn’t returned and he hadn’t pursued her.
Should he have?
Why was he wasting sleep on a woman who clearly didn’t want him? She was also human. There were plenty of wolf females who would beg for his attention.
“Cutting logs again,” Lucas said, stepping into his zone.
“Is there a problem with what I’m doing?”
“None,” he said, holding up his hands in total surrender. “You can do whatever you want. You’re the alpha.” He didn’t get any closer and Rocko wasn’t interested in hearing anything more from him.
He chopped more wood. Usually, when he needed time to think, this was where he came to help him to think up strategies and a way of dealing with whatever troubles were going on in his world. So far, nothing worked. All of his thoughts were dominated by one person, Winter.
“Why are you here, Lucas?” he asked.
Maybe the invasion of one of his men into his peace and quiet was too much of a distraction.
“I wanted to make sure you’re okay, sir.”
“Any signs of more attacks?”
“Not as of yet. We are keeping constant surveillance of the area.”
“Good. If anything is out of place, even if it looks like the wires have been bent or held onto, or a scent, I want to know about it.” He wouldn’t put the lives of his people at stake.
“I will.”
“Why are you here then if not to report any damages?”
“I happened to notice you taking the human woman, sir,” he said.
Rocko slammed the axe down. This time, he didn’t pick it up, leaving it embedded in the tree trunk as he gathered up the items he was looking for.
“What about it? Have the humans been asking about her?”
“No, they haven’t paid any attention or even shown any inclination of actually caring if she’s alive or dead.”
“Why are you asking?” He didn’t need an interrogation and Lucas was proving to be exceedingly bad at it.
“Is she dead?”
“No.”
“Ah.”
“Are we done here?”
“Some of the women are curious as to why you no longer come to the bar,” Lucas said.
“Is this what you’re here to do, Lucas, gossip?”
“No, I happen to notice you’re spending a lot more time at home than normal. You’ve also been more … brooding lately.”
Rocko stared at his … friend. He didn’t truly believe he had a friend, not in the real sense. Lucas was one of his men and still had to serve him. He wondered and not for the first time if that put a strain on any potential friendships.
“Can I ask you something?” Rocko wanted some advice and Lucas was well-known with women.
“Sure. Anything.”
“If you wanted to get a woman’s attention, how would you do it?”
“You’re the alpha. It wouldn’t be that hard.”
“Okay, what if the woman knew you were the alpha but didn’t care?”
“Would you even want to be with a woman who didn’t follow traditions and respect?” Lucas asked.
As an alpha, he was supposed to be shown respect at all times, to know his word was law. Winter never showed him any kind of respect. She didn’t bow down to him or look at the floor when he entered the room. Sometimes he even caught a glimmer of a smile when she looked at him. He liked it. The only time