by Deanna Hall
“But you don’t?”
Mia looked back at me with unshed tears shimmering in eyes. “I’ll need you as long as I live, Dakota, only I have two little reasons I can’t let myself fall apart again if I lose you. It’s not just my life I need to worry about anymore.”
“Would you do me a favor?”
“I would do anything for you, Kotah.”
“Good. Shut up and kiss me.” Mia got off the bed, slipped her arms around my neck, got up on her tiptoes, and pressed her lips to mine.” I felt the same old flame blaze through my blood as my tongue invaded her mouth.
I felt like a man who had just found his way out of the desert and was getting his first taste of water. Mia’s legs came around my waist, and she pressed her body against mine.
We were lost in our kiss when I heard the doctor clear his throat. “It looks like you’re ready to go home after all.” I set Mia down on the bed. She was blushing but kept a tight hold on my hand. “You may go back to nursing the babies as soon as you get home. The medication I’m prescribing shouldn’t have any effect on them.”
I thought, especially after Mia shifts, and we throw it out. “I’d say no sexual activity for at least another month; however, I suspect I would be wasting my breath.”
Mia blushed harder, making the doctor laugh. “Just take things slow. You just had twins a week ago and surgery yesterday. When you get tired, rest. Let this strong, young husband of yours handle things for you. You’ve both been through a very long, traumatic ordeal. You might want to consider some counseling. Well, that’s about all the sage advice I have. Good luck, both of you.”
Mom came in as we shook the doctor’s hand. “Here you go, Dearheart. We will be just outside the door when you’re ready.”
When we got to the waiting room, the whole gang was there. After hugs and tears, Mia and I latched the babies into the car seats in the back of CJ’s truck; then, we got in. I slipped my arm around Mia, and she snuggled against me.
“Forgave the asshole, I see,” Peter commented.
Mia looked at him in surprise. “Peter, I can’t believe you just said that.”
“He almost got you killed. Sorry if I can’t forgive as easy as you.” Peter stated.
Mia countered with, “I can think of another time I almost got killed, and he saved me.” I saw Peter flinch. She’d hit a nerve. “A lot happened over the past eight months. Do you honestly think you would have handled the other man in my life any better?”
“Fine, Mia, I get the point. Sorry, Kotah, I was scared. I’ve been scared for eight months.” Pete replied.
CJ told her, “We love you, Mia. You can’t blame us for being protective. The babies are beautiful, by the way. Penny took little Mia home once we knew you’d be ok. I can’t wait for you to meet her. Our kids will get to grow up together. It will be great. We thought maybe we’d come by tomorrow if you’re feeling up to it.”
“You guys are the best. I love you both. Actually, if you hadn’t all shown up when you did, I probably would have died because Jackson would never have taken me to a doctor. Thank you once again for saving me, guys. Once I get home and shift, I’ll be as good as new, so come by anytime.”
It was like no time had passed between CJ, Pete, and Mia. When she kissed them good-bye, their spirits sparked and meshed like they’d never been apart. I felt a little of the old jealousy. Why hadn’t things been that easy between us? After all, I was her mate.
This time when we walked through the door, the house was spic and span. Makala had been busy. After more hugs, kisses, and thanks to Charlie, Mia got the babies fed. By the time they were settled in their beds, it was mid-afternoon.
Charlie and Makala said they were going to Pete and Christine’s for dinner. “I left you a tuna noodle casserole in the fridge. I know it’s your favorite.” Makala told Mia with a hug. I heard her whisper, “Will you be ok alone? Charlie wanted to give you guys some space, but if you want us to stay, we will.”
“We’ll be fine. Thank Charlie for me, again.” Just like that, we were alone.
I suggested Mia shift and take a quick run while I watched the babies. I was leaning against the mantle of the fireplace when she came back a short time later. Charlie had built a fire. I was staring absently into the flames when I heard Mia walk onto the porch.
I turned when I heard the door open, and Mia stepped into the room. After she closed the door, she stood there looking at me. There was color back in her cheeks. She looked like the picture of health. Her hair was down, and her curls were wild and falling to her waist. She was so damn beautiful. I wanted to take her in my arms and make love to her, except I still felt that gap between us.
“So, what now. Are you tired? Do you want to take a nap?” I asked.
Taking a step towards me, Mia replied, “Nope, not tired. I think I slept enough in the hospital.”
What was it my mother had said, take small steps towards each other. I took a step closer. “Wanna watch a movie or play a video game?”
Mia took a step closer to me. “I haven’t had a TV to watch in eight months. Maybe later.” I took another step bringing me an arm’s length away. “What do you feel like doing?”
Mia stepped into me, grabbing the front of my shirt. “This.” She backed me up to the couch and pushed me down. A second later, she was straddling my waist, kissing me. She pulled back after a minute. “Is this ok with you?”
“More than ok.” I laughed, pulling her head back to mine.
Mia pulled my tee-shirt over my head as I did the same to hers. She fumbled at my belt while I tugged her jeans off. I ended up having to help her get my jeans off. She kissed her way down my chest sending shivers through me.
Before I knew it, Mia was licking my cock and fondling my balls. I leaned back against the couch, gripping her head. She licked and nibbled her way up my long, hardening shaft. Slipping it into her mouth, she sucked, twirling her tongue around the tip. Then she sucked it deeper and deeper into her mouth and down the back of her throat. She was driving me insane.
My back arched against the couch, my hands clenched into fists full of her silky hair. I started pumping into her mouth. I decided not to bother asking where she’d learned to do the deep throat thing. “Great Spirit Mia, it’s been so long. If you don’t stop, I’m going to cum in your mouth.”
Mia pulled back a little rolling her eyes to look up at me. “OK.” She mumbled around my shaft.”
“I want to be inside you. I want to feel what I’ve dreamed of for so long.”
Mia slowly released me from her mouth and got up on her knees, straddling my waist. Putting her hands on my shoulder and staring me in the eyes, she slid slowly, torturously down my now very hard shaft.
Even after having twins, Mia was so tight. I had to fight my way inside her. “Great Spirit.” she moaned.
“Am I hurting you?”
“No, it feels sooo good. I missed you so much. All of you.” I briefly wondered how I measured up to Bodie. Pushing that thought from my mind, I concentrated on her silky warmth as it held me tight.
I had inches to go when I came against her womb. I stopped pushing and started to pull out. “No, not yet.” Mia cried before she pushed herself down until there was no space between us. I could feel her body wrapped around every inch of me. The feeling almost pushed me over the edge. Fire burned through my body.
I groaned as Mia started to move in a circular motion, squeezing with her strong muscles at the same time. I felt her clampdown as an orgasm tore through her. She was screaming out her pleasure and clawing at my back.
I laughed at her. At least there was one thing I could give her. “Mia, you’ll wake the babies.”
She covered her mouth, giggling. “Sorry, I forgot how wonderful you felt inside me. And no Dakota, no one compares to you.”
“I wasn’t…”
“Yes, you were. Don’t. You have nothing to prove because no one has ever touched me the way you do. No one.”
“I love you,
Mia. I’ve been a real ass.” As Mia began to move up and down on me, I let my mind drift in an ocean of sensation. I started thrusting into her harder, and she met every thrust.
Several times she pressed against me, clenching me so tight I couldn’t move as another orgasm took her. When she’d lean down, clawing my back, screaming her pleasure into my shoulder, I knew I couldn’t hold out much longer. It had been so long since I’d felt her touch. I felt our broken, damaged spirits dancing in and out of each other.
Our wolves joined the dance. I started pumping harder as need pushed me. With one final thrust, I burst as deep inside of Mia as I could get. Mia’s back stiffened, throwing her head back, she clenched down, screaming my name. I did the same.
Our spirits burst from us, through us and back inside as wave after wave of ecstasy rode our bodies like a wildfire out of control. When the aftershocks wore off, Mia fell against me, panting and trembling as mini tremors coursed through her.
I could feel the full strength of our bond for the first time in a long time. It was renewed. I hadn’t realized before how it had dwindled to almost nothing. Maybe it was because of her bond with Bodie or maybe because we’d lost faith in each other. “I love you so much, Nuttah; I have since the first time I looked in your eyes, and I always will. I lost faith in us for a while, I swear on all I hold dear, I will never do it again. Do you love me, Nuttah?”
Mia lifted her head to look in my eyes. Her smile melted my heart. “Completely.”
Life Ever After
Mia
The distance between us melted away that afternoon. Dakota and I became closer than ever. In the days to come, we got into a routine that included a lot of alone time for Dakota and me. I made it my mission in life to make sure he knew how much I loved him. It didn’t take long to chase any lingering jealously Kotah had left for Bodie away.
Sure I missed Bodie. Like my parents, I always will. Instead of dwelling on his loss, I embraced his life. I made an album of the pictures we’d taken in my eight months with him for Aalia and DJ. I showed it to them every day while I played Aalia, the song Bodie picked out for her. Dakota and I told the children every night about how much Bodie had loved them and how even now he watched over us.
Bodie must have been doing an outstanding job of protecting us because my life was finally working out the way I wanted it to. In the years to come, it was pretty much smooth sailing. No more kidnappings, running towards my death, or fighting for my life and the life of those I loved.
Charlie and Makala got married a month later. It was a beautiful outdoor wedding at our house. Makala and I both got pregnant a short time after that. We talked about them moving out to give us all space for our growing families; however, we had gotten accustomed to being a family.
Dakota and Charlie had helped each other through the long months apart as much as Makala, and I had. It created a special bond between the four of us. Instead of moving, all our friends got together and added a massive addition on to the house. By the time they were done, we had six bedrooms and two more bathrooms.
Makala ran the house while Charlie and I managed the ranch. Meanwhile, I took online classes at the wilderness school Bodie had wanted us to go to. Two days a week, Makala and I went to the res to visit and help out where needed.
I got a check for a hundred thousand dollars from the state of Texas for finding all the missing girls. Dakota and I decided to use it to update the clinic on the res. We had it dedicated to Bodaway Greyfeather. To our surprise, the Federal Government matched our donation and offered to pay for a fulltime Doctor. Linda took the job, and Beth became her nurse. They had become the best of friends while I was gone.
I finally found out what Chase and Beth had wanted to talk to me about. Even though I was married, they wanted to adopt me legally. I was thrilled but a little concerned about how CJ would take it. He had known what they had in mind and was all for it even though he said it was a little weird knowing he’d once bonded to and wanted to marry his sister. We all laughed, especially Peter. He lorded that over us for years.
CJ and Denise were very happy. They get along very well with Penny and Wan. CJ adores his little girl. They asked Pete and me to be little Mia’s God Parents. We accepted. Denise and Christine both became werewolves after I came back. Peter and CJ had been too afraid to chance it with me gone.
The Greyfeather Pack merged with the Pagosa Springs Pack, and Chase shared the position of alpha with me. Nashoba became Chief of the Ute’s and my Beta. He did a good job.
Nash approached Dakota, Chase, Paul, and I with the idea of building a Resort Hotel and Casino. Chase and Paul helped him get the backing needed to start the project. We made it a stipulation that tribal members be given first dibs on all jobs and provided free training for anyone who wanted one.
It was a very successful endeavor. It gave the people pride in themselves and a sense of accomplishment. We offered adventure tours, which Nash and I managed. We frequently guided them ourselves. The reservation was becoming prosperous and the people proud. They built a high tech, interactive museum that became almost as popular as the casino.
Oh ya, when Sara, who’d gone off to college while I was gone, came back, she met Nash and, yup, you guessed it, they ended up being mates.
In the years to come, Dakota took over Doc Bakers' practice as we’d planned. Peter became a very sought-after architect. Dan and Claire became managers of the Circle D since Peter was too busy. CJ continued to work the ranch with his dad.
Dakota and I made Charlie and Makala co-owners of our ranch, which Charlie ran for the most part. Makala stayed home and took care of all the kids. She got her GED in her spare time and ended up running a daycare for all our friends.
Christine and Denise also got their GEDs. Christine went on to college and became a therapist. Denise went to school for nursing. They both ended up working with Linda and Beth on the res. Penny went back to school and became a teacher. Wan and Donnie both became police officers. Donnie ended up Chief of Police in town. He found his mate on the Ute Res. She turned out to be Bodie’s cousin.
Over the next few years, we had an explosion of children among us. Dakota and I had our own little tribe by adding four more children, all boys. Ironically, Aalia was very much Daddy’s little girl. She adored Dakota, and he thought the sun rose and set on her.
We made sure she and all our children knew what a wonderful person Bodie was. Bodie was right the night he returned to me; he did live on in his daughter. She had his smile, kind heart, and musical talent. We had his old guitar refinished, and she plays it at all our family gatherings to this day.
Charlie and Makala ended up with three kids. Two girls and a boy. Our kids shared rooms growing up like they were all siblings. Wan and Penny had two boys. Pete and Christine had a boy and a girl. Dan and Claire had two girls. Denise and CJ had two boys and a girl. Donnie had three boys and two girls. Apparently, those Windsong boys were very prolific.
We continued to be one big family. We took turns at each other’s ranches almost every Saturday having family day. Chase, Paul, Linda, Beth, and Adam think of every one of the kids as their grandchildren. The kids keep them very busy. On Sundays, after church, we all go to the res for the big picnic.
Dakota and I spent our free time teaching the kids to ride, hike, canoe, and rock climb. Makala, Charlie, and their kids usually came with us. It turned out Dakota and Charlie liked the adrenalin rush as much as I did. Makala was content to have a great meal waiting for us when we got back.
Our kids all grew up together, and many of them found their mates among each other. A good example was Little Mia married our DJ. Our son, Bodie, married Peter’s daughter Becky and so on.
Aalia ended up mated to and marrying Charlie and Makala's son, Ben. They had been inseparable from the day Ben from the day he came home from the hospital. Fate had indeed tied us all together.
I continue to lend my spirit healing to those that needed it. We found out I was able to teach Dakot
a, Linda, and spirit walkers from other tribes how to hold a spirit through the change. The fatality rate from the first change is dwindling to almost nothing as more come to learn.
My life was fuller and happier than I’d ever thought it could possibly be. I never dreamed I’d have this large, loving family. All our kids grew up strong, healthy, and very, very loved.
Dakota and I never turned into an old married couple as I had feared. The way he looks at me still drives me crazy, and his touch lights my blood on fire to this very day.
So that’s my crazy, wonderful life. Though I found and lost happiness several times in those early years and almost succumbed to despair a few times, I am blessed beyond belief. Though it was a long, difficult road, in the beginning, I found my happily ever after and have no regrets. The love and life Dakota, and I share was worth every painful detour along the way.