A Werewolf In Love (The Garrison Pack Series - Book 1) - Complete

Chapter 20

I wake up the next morning with my muscles aching, as if I'd been at the gym all day the previous afternoon. Groaning as I sit up and turn to look at Zack as he lays on his back, both arms behind his head. He watches me as I stretch my body out.

"What?" I ask. I'm only wearing a thin vest top and knickers. My hair is a mess and I'm pretty sure I look as if I've been dragged through a hedge backward.

"You look beautiful," he says. I raise my eyebrow at him.

"You can't be serious?" I laugh and then I squeal softly when he pulls me toward him.

"I'm deadly serious. I don't understand how I got so lucky," he whispers. He shakes his head in confusion.

"I'm nothing special, Zack," I whisper. As a blush of soft red creeps onto my cheeks.

"You are to me, Kaitlyn. I love you more than I've ever loved anyone else in my life. You're amazing. I can't ask for anyone better," he says. Smiling he takes my mouth with his in a kiss so hot, I feel the flames of desire roll over me. They coat my body in need, love and a hot, burning passion.

"I'm just happy I have you, Zack Garrison. I love you, but those three words don't seem to be able to define just how much I feel for you," I whisper honestly in his ear a few minutes later. Groaning, he rolls us, pinning me beneath him.

"We need to be downstairs in fifteen minutes," he growls against my lips. His hand skims up the inside of my thigh, his fingers brushing my skin and making me burn inside.

"Fifteen minutes is long enough," I answer breathlessly.

"Um..." he moans. His hands pull my knickers down slowly, building my anticipation.

"You're right. Fifteen minutes is just about enough time for me to make you go crazy," he says in my ear. He presses a hot kiss to my neck, over the scar on my shoulder. I moan softly.

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It takes us thirty minutes before we make it downstairs. Zack decided it would save time if we showered together. However, we end up soaping each other down and then making love a second time. I blame Zack for us being late.

"Finally," Emily grins. She doesn't say anything else as we leave the house though.

The sun shines brightly in the sky and though it's cold, it isn't yet freezing. We still have a few weeks before winter sets in. In the clearing around the house, at least twenty sentinels stand around the perimeter. In the middle, Nathan and Jasmine stand, alongside Jason and Emily. No one else is allowed. Not today. Not right now.

As we reach Nathan and Jasmine, they both smile widely at us and I feel Zack squeeze my hand nervously.

"Zacharias James Garrison; I, Nathan Jonas Garrison, Alpha of the Garrison Pack, hereby step down and hand over, not only the members of my Pack, but also my responsibilities, my loyalties and my Alpha status to you," Nathan says loudly in the silence of the clearing. I squeeze Zack's hand in return. A silent reminder of how proud I am of him.

"Do you accept everything being an Alpha means? Do you understand the responsibilities and duties you must take over? Do you, Zacharias James Garrison of the Garrison Pack, take over as leader, chief and Alpha of the Garrison Pack?" Nathan asks. His eyes shine as he looks at Zack. A father clearly proud of his son.

"I do accept, Alpha Nathan James Garrison," Zack says. He bows his head in respect, in acceptance.

Nathan holds up a knife and slices the palm of his hand; a straight line of red blood across his skin. He hands the knife to Zack. Releasing my hand, Zack makes an identical cut over his own palm. And then, the two men seal their hands together.