Taken By The Alpha

Chapter 9 -- Can She Accept

After finishing up her laundry, Rae got dressed, she had already eaten the breakfast that Michael had made and the entire time her mind was racing. All she could think about was what he had said before he left that morning. Could she really handle someone else making decisions for her, telling her what to do, being HER Alpha? Rae was so used to being the Alpha of the pack and had her say and would put it into affect in one way or another. But would he listen to her, would he really have the patience to listen to her and want to hear what she has to say? Rae let out an angry growl and threw her clothes across the room. At that moment Michael came in and had a handful of her underwear hit his face. "Well this isn't exactly how I wanted your underwear in my face."

     Rae looked up at his voice and forced herself not to run and throw her arms around him. Opening a drawer that had only a couple of shirts in it, he put them in a lower drawer and then put her underwear in it. "You can put stuff in here, I think it would be easier for you instead of trying to keep everything in that bag." Rae walked over to him and growled, she wasn't ready to back down just yet, "We need to talk." Michael raised an eyebrow at her and grabbed her waist, she was expecting to have him grab her wrist like before, but this was a more endearing move. Michael picked her up, holding her close and carried her to the sofa downstairs."Let's talk little one, I was wrong earlier, I never should have tried to take complete control from you."  Michael kissed her sweetly and once they were downstairs he sat with her in his lap. She looked at him and blinked a couple of times, resting one hand on his chest she wrapped her other arm around his neck. "Michael, you are trying to take a lot away from me so fast. I'm used to having my own say, I'm used to being Alpha. I know they were trying to take it from me after my father passed but I am who I am."  Caressing his cheek and looking at him in a way that made his heart melt she kept talking. "I don't want to let you go, but I want to know that you want take everything away that is me. I want to know that you are willing to let me be me. I need to know that you are willing to listen to me with my opinions in day to day life."  Michael hugged her close and kissed her neck, nuzzling in close, rubbing her back, "I really am sorry about earlier, I should have listened to what you had to say this morning and I know I'm bad about it, but I will do my best to listen. If I ever do it again, just slap the shit out of me, ok?" Rae started laughing so hard, if he hadn't had his arms around her she would have fallen out of his lap. She hugged him tight and kissed him then pulled away, "Oh, I made you lunch, come with me." Michael looked at her disappointed when she pulled away but liked the idea of lunch so he followed her. When they got to the kitchen he saw a nice spread on the counter. "What the? Really? All this for me? Chili dogs, home made onion rings, the whole nine yards. Looks like you raided my fridge there. It looks great."  Rae smiled when she heard all he had to say, "I hope you like beer battered onion rings, cause that is what they are, plus I thought this would be considered a good audition for the restaurant."  Smiling at him she grabbed one of the onion rings and dipped it in the chili and fed it to him. Giving a satisfied growl, Michael let his eyes flutter close at the taste of the food. "Home made chili too? Ok, I give, mama isn't at work today, I'm calling her, she has to have some of this."  Michael grabbed his phone off of his hip and called his mama and had her come over, wanting her to try Rae's cooking.

     A few minutes later, Caroline Davidson showed up and knocked at the door, Rae tried to make a dash for the upstairs so she wouldn't have to come face to face with his mom, she shouldn't have to know that someone he hardly knew was staying with him. Before she knew it a pair of strong arms were wrapped around her waist and two people came walking in. Caroline and Aaron Davidson came walking in. Caroline was laughing at the two of them, Aaron started laughing then headed to the kitchen where he smelled food. Aaron's eyes went wide at the spread, "WOW, Caroline, you need to come see this. Besides the hot dogs of course, there is a lot of home made food in here. Chili, beer battered onion rings, chocolate covered banana slices, fried ice cream, we got the works in here baby. Michael, is this the one that you were suggesting work at the restaurant? She is amazing!" Caroline tried some of it and then piled her plate up, she hadn't eaten yet and fixed her mate his plate as they sat at the table, she took Rae's hand and sat her down beside her, "Don't worry sweetie, Michael might be a bit of a pain and bossy, but he will listen to you when it is needed and he does know that it is necessary to communicate. He is a lot like his father but he was raised right."  Caroline smiled at both of her men and then back at Rae, squeezing her hand. "Now, let's dig into this wonderful lunch you prepared."