        &quot;Hey, why didn&quot;t you wait for me?&quot; Gio asked against her lips as he stepped between her legs. He heard Theresa &ndash; a mostly naked Theresa, his
  peripheral vision informed him &ndash; call his name, but he didn&quot;t pay her any attention, he wasn&quot;t stupid.
     &quot;I needed caffeine.&quot; Danica gratefully accepted the plate of food Michey handed her. Gio frowned when Michey didn&quot;t present him with a plate of his
  own.
  &quot;You don&quot;t have to start running round after her just because she&quot;s officially your Alpha female,&quot; Lindy told Michey.
  Gio groaned. The woman never let up.
  Unable to resist needling her, Danica said, &quot;You know, Lindy, you and I will get on a whole lot better once you accept that I&quot;m a goddess.&quot;
  At that moment Donny entered and, obviously having heard her comment, bowed to her. &quot;Oh bea

       Someone who was also going to ensure that he learned how to have &lsquo;fun&quot;, whether he liked it or not. She would bet he had never set foot in a bowling alley or a cinema. Well he would soon. And he would grumble the entire journey there, yes, she knew that. 
  Shit! Abruptly she felt a sharp tug on her ankle and suddenly she lost her footing, hit the ground hard, and struck the right side of her forehead on
  the stone step. Motherfucker. Then it was as if she was floating as spots began to dance before her eyes and there was a deafening, high pitched
  ringing in her ears. Everything was suddenly so distant and foggy, and it felt as though she was falling into a dream. She might have completely fallen into it right that second if there hadn&quot;t been a sensation of two hands grabbing her ankles from behind and beginning to drag her down the stairs.
  She wanted to fight

  The one thing Danica had always known would be annoying about being mated was that having such an intense connection to someone meant there
  were no secrets. Not that Danica had any huge dark secrets or anything, but there were little itty bitty ones that she would have preferred to keep to herself. Like this for example &ndash; Danica had to come to love waking up with Gio&quot;s big body practically cocooning her. It made her feel safe, sheltered, secure. It also made her feel a little dumb and feeble. She was an Alpha for God&quot;s sake and yet she loved being cuddled and protected. It felt like a weakness. If Gio woke up now and tapped into what she was feeling, he would know that. By God, if he teased her about it she&quot;d kick his balls so hard they ended up in his throat. It was still hard getting her head around the fact that they were true mates. In fact, it wasn&quot;t so

&quot;Hey, why didn&quot;t you wait for me?&quot; Gio asked against her lips as he stepped between her legs. He heard Theresa &ndash; a mostly naked Theresa, his
  peripheral vision informed him &ndash; call his name, but he didn&quot;t pay her any attention, he wasn&quot;t stupid.
     &quot;I needed caffeine.&quot; Danica gratefully accepted the plate of food Michey handed her. Gio frowned when Michey didn&quot;t present him with a plate of his
  own.
  &quot;You don&quot;t have to start running round after her just because she&quot;s officially your Alpha female,&quot; Lindy told Michey.
  Gio groaned. The woman never let up.
  Unable to resist needling her, Danica said, &quot;You know, Lindy, you and I will get on a whole lot better once you accept that I&quot;m a goddess.&quot;
  At that moment Donny entered and, obviously having heard her comment, bowed to her. &quot;Oh beautiful goddess, how may I serve thee?&quot; Gio slapped him lightly over the head.
  &quot;A goddess

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