You Are Mine ✔

Chapter Twenty Three

*Nikita's POV*

           Dominic was his usual silent and stoic self as we sat around the dinner table. Our normal seating arrangements were all thrown out of wack tonight due to the visiting alpha's and their beta's. Instead tonight our table had the Alpha's sat at one end while the beta's along with Brent, Jenna and their daughter Brenna sat at the other. Dominic sat in his normal spot at the head of the table, I on his left with Jackson in my lap, with so many more visitors space was running low but I had a feeling he would have wanted to sit on my lap even if that wasn't a issue. With all these strangers, Jack had become much more clingy, I could practically smell his distrust and fear. To my left sat Liza, no surprise there, as I'm sure Dominic arranged it to be that way. His possessiveness was starting to show, you could see it in the way he watched the males when they were near me or in the way he would glare holes into the heads of anyone of them if they spoke to me. To the unknowing eye, he might just look like his typical pissy self but from the emotions I was receiving through our bond. I think it's safe to say that Dom doesn't like any males around me other than him and Jack-jack. He even got pissy when Brent stopped by to see how I was doing, but I think it was more of his own issues than him actually having a problem with Brent talking to me. I mean, honestly, Brent's his beta, his brother and not to mention Brent is a mated wolf. He has absolutely no desire for me in that way at all, he physically cant. Once a wolf is fully marked and mated to their other half, they would only have platonic feelings for members of the opposite sex. As I finished cutting up Jackson's chicken I handed him back the fork before quickly looking around the table. Alpha Zane, Matthew and Liza were chatting about possible spots where the rouges could be hiding.

"Maybe we should go for a run after dinner to check out any spots near here." Zane suggested as he looked towards Dominic. Dom made eye contact with the other alpha before Zane lowered his gaze slightly.

"Oh good idea!" Liza chimed in as she nodded and took another bite of her mashed potatoes.

"Sounds good to me." Matthew agreed after a second. It was silent for a long moment before Dom finally came to some decision.

"As you wish." Was all he said before shoving more food into his pie hole. I swear, he is so rude.

"Mind if I tag along? It's been so long since I went for a run. I really should get out and stretch my legs." I asked, looking right at Zane. His eyes grew larger as he met my gaze and swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Um, well I wouldn't have a problem with it." He said as he looked between Dominic and I.

"Great! Looking forward to it." I said, ignoring the burning gaze Dom was giving me as he stared at me.

"Awesome! I'm so happy you're coming with, I hate being the only girl. Not that I can't handle myself, but always being with the boys gets a little boring sometimes." Liza gushed smiling over at me. I returned her smile while nodding.

"Oh for sure, I couldn't agree more. Hanging out with guys all the time can drive ya nuts. In my old pack there wasn't very many female fighters that ran patrols so I manly worked with guys. Some of the guys weren't so bad but a few of them I just wanted to punch in their smug little faces." Liza laughed loudly as I continued to talk.

"Which I actually did a few times before finally deciding to patrol alone. I can't count the amount of times I was brought into John's office over complaints from the men." I chuckled.

"Oh! Don't tell me? The poor guys had their little egos hurt when they got hit by a girl?" Liza asked, amusement oozing out of her.

"Yep, pretty much!" I chuckled again. "I swear sometimes those guys were more female than I was." Liza snorted as she laughed and held her hand up for a high-five. I laughed shaking my head as I gave her one.