Broken Halves

Chapter Twenty-Eight

POV: Dani

            I walk back up the stairs towards the Alpha's floor as Rowan had ended our conversation with strongly urging me to go have sex with Jorden. With nerves in my stomach, I can't help but smile when I see the brunette laying down on the couch in our own personal living room.

            "Hey Dani," he smiles at me while sitting up and pocketing his cellphone. Jorden's phone is an old flip phone that he doesn't often use. Actually, most wolves don't own cellphones; they just don't use them. More times than not, the link is used for communication and most humans that would need to be reached are like me, and are able to access the link due to their mate's mark.

            "Who were you talking to?" I question as I sit down on the couch beside him, purposely having our shoulders touch. Jorden however has another idea and slings his arm around my shoulders, pulling me into his side.

            "Just one of the other Alphas; Alpha Derrick of the Midnight Ridge pack to be exact." He clarifies. "Our land actually boarders his land." I nod my head believing Jorden's words because Cole had taught me that the mindlink is only within packs. Therefore, Jorden had to call the other Alpha to talk because they were in separate packs, unable to link each other.

            "Is there any trouble?" I question while shifting my body so my head is lying down in Jorden's lap. He shakes his head no as he begins to run his fingers through my long dark hair soothingly.

            "Where is the baby Dani?" Jorden suddenly stops running his hand through my hair to ask the question I had completely forgot to mention to him, panic apparent in his voice. Opening my eyes to look at his face, I see Jorden's lips turned up into their signature goofy smile, but his blue eyes shine with worry.

            "You two disappeared hours ago and only one of you returned... Do I need to throw Rowan in the prison for harming our child?" He is joking, but I know he is serious about harming anyone who has hurt Faolan. Nonetheless, I lightly swat his arm before sitting up from my position on his lap.

"Rowan offered, well more like forced me to agree to her watching Faolan for the night." I explain quietly while running my hand soothingly down Jorden's arm. Much to my surprise, Jorden clenches his fist and tenses. "What's wrong?" I ask him at the same time he blurts out, "Are you sure it is safe for him there? I know Rowan has two kids of her own but she has two other kids Dani; she already has her attention full and Faolan is only seven months and he is crawling now—does she know he is crawling now? He hasn't ever spent the night anywhere else Dani and he has a routine and--" "Jorden," I say, cutting him off from his rant by climbing into his lap, straddling him, and grasping his face in my hands.

            "Faolan will be fine; we have nothing to worry about. Rowan may be loud, blunt, and just down right crazy, but she is a good mother. You know just as well as I do how much she cares for Dino and Little Rosie." I gently caress his cheekbones with my thumbs as I continue to talk.

"Tonight, Faolan is one of her own; and will be treated as such. Plus," I add while smirking slightly. "She knows she will have a certain Alpha on her ass if she does, in some way, hurt or neglect him." Jorden also smirks at my words before kissing my lips, "Damn straight she will." Smiling at him I think back to why Rowan had decided to take Faolan for the night. Biting my lip nervously, I lean forward on Jorden's lap, connecting our lips together in a way we have scarcely explored.

            Quick to understand that I want more than our usual pecks and light kisses, Jorden firmly grasps my hips and swipes his tongue across my bottom lip, seeking entry into my mouth. Without hesitation, I open for him and move my hands up to rest on his shoulders.