An Outlaw Wedding(31)
“Baby, you’re making a male feel pretty fucking worried here.”
She looked up at him, and he couldn’t help it. He reached out and brushed her tears away.
“Alexis, are your tears good or bad?” He was a man, and didn’t know jack shit about females and what it meant when they cried during these situations.
“They are good tears, Nico. God, they are so good.” She launched herself into his arms, and he fell back with an oomph.
“So, that’s a yes then?” He cupped her face and grinned up at her.
“Yes, of course I’ll marry you.” She leaned down and kissed him. “But my dad’s okay with this all? I mean I would marry you even if he wasn’t, but if he is against it this will probably be a challenging wedding and marriage.”
He couldn’t help but chuckle. “Yeah, I got the all clear from your scary old man.”
She smiled and then chuckled. He certainly was a scary old man. “I love you so much, Nico.” She kissed him over and over again, and then those kisses of happiness turned into ones of passion. “Shift for me, Nico,” she said softly, heatedly.
Nico pulled back and looked into her dark eyes. “You want to see my bear, baby?” He lowered his gaze to her lips. “You want to snuggle with a grizzly?” He grinned, teasing her. He had shifted quite a bit when he could first do it, and aside from his emotions taking control, or needed to run wild for a while, Nico stayed in his human form more times than not.
“I miss the big, soft and grouchy beast.” She leaned forward and kissed him. “Come on, Nico.”
His woman didn’t need to ask him twice. He moved back and stood. After getting off all of his clothes, he allowed his bear to come forth. Skin tore, muscles stretched and grew, and he felt his feral animal come forth. Fur replaced flesh, he grew to a staggering height of ten feet tall, and his hands and feet became paws. He stood before her, his bear aware of his surroundings, always on alert, but also focused on Alexis. He huffed and glanced down at the hand she held out to him.
“Come here, you big grizzly.” She smiled, and he felt his human and bear fall harder for this woman. She was theirs.
He moved closer, and when he rested his big body beside her, he closed his eyes and reveled in the feel of her running her hands through his fur. For several minutes all they did was stay like that, with her breathing steadily, moving her hands through his fur, and pressing her face into his neck. She felt safe with him, and he fucking loved that. He’d protect her with his last breath, and never let her get hurt.
“Nico, shift back,” she said softly.
It only took her a moment for him to turn back into his human side, and then he was moving onto his side and facing her. He kissed her hard and possessively, and grabbed the back of her head, molding her closer with him. “Baby, if we don’t stop I’m going to end up fucking you on the forest floor like some kind of animal.” His cock punched forward when she groaned.
“I want you to take me right here. I feel so incredibly good right now, Nico. I want your animal to claim me.” She took control of his mouth, but his inner beast wasn’t about to be dominated.
“You asked for this, baby,” he growled out and flipped them so she was now the one on her back. “You’re mine, Alexis. My old lady, my woman, and soon to be my wife.” And then he tore her clothes away and claimed his female with his human side and his bear.
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One month later
The Landon house was filled to capacity as everyone gathered round the massive dining room table for Nico and Alexis’s engagement party. Odin had even driven up from school to celebrate, and the atmosphere was happy, energized, and filled with family love. All of The Grizzly members from Steel Corner were in attendance. Stinger, Molly, Lina, and Ben were sitting at one end, and Stinger was laughing at something Dakota said beside him. She glanced at the young human woman that Dakota had brought to the dinner with him. She had never done the lunch date with Dakota like they had talked about when she first came back, but she knew Dakota had gotten busy with the club, and she had been busy, too. She had met Michelle, Dakota’s girlfriend, right before they had all sat down, and although the girl seemed nice and genuine, Alexis didn’t know if it would work. She seemed very high maintenance for Dakota, with wearing a ton of makeup, carrying around her designer bag, and then there was her tiny cell phone with the Swarovski crystals etched into the back. Dallas and Hope sat on the other end with their kids Tarren and Tawny. What put a big smile on Alexis’s face was that Lucas was beside Tarren, and the grin he gave her best friend wasn’t that of a man that just wanted a piece of ass, but wanted something much more.