The Alpha Wants Everything Book 1 The King's Queen
Chapter 83: I will, I’ll take it easy!

Kane woke around three the next morning to an empty bed, sitting up and looking around the room only to realize it was empty as well. How is she not still sleeping in bed beside him? They laughed and conversed with the others till almost one in the morning, he practically had to carry her down the stairs to bed. He got out of the bed checking the room one more time to make sure she wasn’t there before he stepped into the hall. He saw a light on in the attic and quickly climbed the stairs only to see her sleeping at the desk again.

“Oh baby!” He whispered, she was going to be exhausted today. Crossing the room he saw what she was working on. It was art but it wasn’t for their room, it had Damon and Lydia’s name on it. It looked like a sign, strawberries, lilies, cinnamon sticks and ivy covered the piece with gold and forest green colouring. In the center it read One Thing Right. He flipped to the next page and saw something similar for Marco and Jackie, and Kenneth and Seraphine. Johnny and Tamara had one as well but nothing was written in the middle, he turned the page one more time and saw the one for them. Always & Forever, blue, amethyst, grey, black and silver colouring swirled around snow covered pine trees and cherry blossoms. Lilac reached up from the bottom while the rain came down. Anyone who looked at these would see a nice sign, but the ones she was making them for would know the truth. The merging of two lives. He looked at his little mate asleep at her desk, his love for her growing more than he ever thought possible. Scooping her in his arms he carried her back to their room.

Kane woke up to her stirring a few hours later. His arms tightened around her. No, it was too soon! He thought. She barely got any sleep last night, she can’t possibly be getting up now.

“No!” He grumbled, when he felt her moving more

“No, what?” She asked,

“You’re not getting up yet!” He held her closer to him,

“Why?” Dax asked looking up at him,

“Because I found you sleeping in the attic again, because I barely got a night with you, because I’m not ready to let you go, because I said so” He answered, keeping his eyes closed.

“So you’re just going to keep me in the bed, until you’re ready to get up?” She asked, she had things to do today. Before he could answer that question, his stomach growled. Fuck! He had no intention of letting her out of the bed, but he was betrayed by his own body. He could hear her giggling as she cuddled into his chest.

“All my stitches come out and I have somethings to do” She said,

“You’re supposed to be relaxing and taking it easy” he reminded her,

“I will, but the girls and I made plans to go into town today for a bit. I can relax later in the afternoon, after I get back and take care of a few more things.” She said,

“Baby, you’re not sleeping properly, you’re going to wear yourself out. The doctor is concerned your headaches will get worse if you don’t rest.” Kane said,

“I’ll take it easy” she looked up at him, her eyes pleading with him. He knew she wouldn’t take it easy, something was on her mind and she was dead set on doing it. So whether he said ok or not it was going to be done.

“Tomorrow is going to be relaxed and easy, so you either agree or your sexy little ass is not leaving this room” Kane looked at her daring her to argue with him. Dax bit her lip, thinking of everything she needed to get done. Johnny’s room, the signs for everyone, she even thought about funny shirts she thinks they’ll get a kick out of, plus she had all the furniture she got yesterday that needed to be fixed up, but she can take care of that if there’s time, the others were more important.

“We should get up and get you fed, before you eat somebody” she went to move off his chest but he held her tight.

“Dax, I’m serious. You need to slow down, take it easy, let me take care of you” She could see the concern and worry swirling in his eyes,

“Ok, I promise I’ll slow down and relax tomorrow” She agreed nodding her head, if she was only going to get a day to get everything done, then she couldn’t waste another minute arguing with him.

“Good! Now let’s get in the shower and get me fed before I eat somebody” Kane kissed her forehead.

Sitting back in one of the cold rooms after she had her x-rays and eye exam done, she was trying to hold off the shivering, you’d think she would remember to take a sweater with her. Her arm was just in the sling held tightly to her, though it felt good to have the cast off, she didn’t think it was going to get to stay off, judging by how tender her arm still felt, she told the doctor this, and he nodded, but he would get a better idea when they got the x-rays back. They were waiting on his return to talk to them and remove her stitches. She was so ready to have them out, she knew she still needed to be careful. The wound on her back could open if she moved the wrong way, but she could have a bath tomorrow on her day of forced relaxation. She just hoped she could get everything she needed to do, done today. Johnny deserved more than just a place to rest his head, and so did Tamara. And the girls worked so hard last night, they needed to know how much she truly appreciated what they did or tried to do for her, even though she hijacked it, turning it into a welcome party for Tamara.

“Are you ok baby?” Kane asked, pulling her from her thoughts.

“Huh?....yes!” She replied looking at him,

“You look lost in your head, or are the blue ears too tight” Kane brushed a few stray strands from her face. Katalina and Magda got her again this morning with a new set of ears and tail, and this time a jingle bell on a blue ribbon.

“You’re not allowed to let them do this to me anymore” She said,

“Just a few more days my little bunny” she wiggled her nose, a smile crossing his face as he pressed his lips to hers.

A knock to the door interrupted them, before they could get heated, didn’t stop Kane from cursing under his breath. He opened the door for the doctor allowing him to come in.

“Your wrist and your ribs look good, but your arm still needs to be in the cast for at least another week, we’ll revisit the idea of being cast free then. The fractures around your orbital bone are healing well, and I am pleased with how well the vision in your left eye is returning. You’ll be hitting people with objects with dead eye accuracy in no time” The doctor started, not wasting any time explaining anything to them.

“Let’s get your cast back on and then we’ll take your stitches out” She nodded her head and they followed the doctor out of one room and into another one. He covered her legs with a blanket, getting a cast put on was quite messy, no matter how careful the doctor was. He carefully went about positioning her arm after he placed the stockinette on. When he had the position correct he wrapped a layer of cotton around it then went about putting the cast back on. With the cast back on Kane and Dax moved back down the hall to the other room.

“At least I have more movement in my fingers. I can undress myself.” She said as she started unbuttoning her shirt only for him to push her hands away and take over.

“I like undressing you, it’s helpful. I like being helpful” He replied as he slowly slid her shirt off. Gliding the straps of her bra down her shoulders he let his fingers slowly caress her skin. His lips twitched when her breath caught in her throat at the softness of his touch. He didn’t care that they were standing in the medical ward, he would never pass up on an opportunity to touch her.

“The doctor will be back soon” she gasped, when he unfastened her bra. Exposing her breasts to him, he finished sliding it down her arms and set it beside her shirt. His lips brushed against hers.

“I know, but I would never pass up an opportunity to touch you, you are too much of a temptation and I can’t resist” he whispered back. He trailed his fingers down her sides, resting them on her hips as he pulled her closer to him. Leaning her back as he leaned into her, he drank from her lips. Her mouth moved under his, want and desire swirled around them. Though he knew they needed to stop before they reached the point of no return, he didn’t want to. He didn’t want to pull away from her. Why does he torture himself like this? She is far too great of a temptation for him. She was his temptation, but then again if she was going to be busy all day, this was the only time he would be able to do this. Before they could proceed any further, he broke the kiss, but never pulled away from her.

“Let’s get the gown on, before one of us loses control and the other loses all their clothes” He said, when she smiled up at him, he had to kiss her one more time. He was helping her replace a comfortable position to lie down when the doctor knocked on the door again. Letting him in, Kane moved back to where she was lying on her stomach, which seemed to be the easiest way for all of them. It would take a bit to remove all the stitches from her back.

“I’m sure you’re tired of this spiel by now, but let’s go through it again. You need to be careful, and take things easy. Any bumps can rip the laceration open again. There might be some slight swelling and bleeding, that is normal for the first day or two, if you experience heavy bleeding or it’s soaking through the bandage come straight back here. The area might also be slightly tender and that’s normal as well. Again I cannot stress this enough, you need to take it easy, give your body a chance to heal.” As the doctor spoke to her he worked on removing the stitches from her back.

“I will take it easy” Liar! Hey, who’s side are you on? Boulder heads, he’s right you need to slow down! I’ll be fine! You’re pushing too hard! It’ll be fine! Not everything needs to be done in a day! It’s ok, we’ll relax tomorrow! If you say so, but I don’t think this is a good idea! Noted!

“Ok Luna, let’s take out the stitches in your forehead now” the doctor said after he had all the ones in her back removed and a bandage on. Kane closed the gown and helped her sit up so the ones in her forehead could come out as well.

With another round of relax and taking it easy, and not overdoing it, he sent them on their way. A list of things running through her mind that she needed to do and her wolf telling her to take it easy over and over. Dax could feel Kane glance at her every once in a while. She looked tired, her body felt tired, but her mind kept propelling her forward. It wouldn’t stop working, thinking, idea after idea, though after thought. The good, the bad and everything in between. She tried to sleep last night, she could feel it pulling at her, but then a question popped into her head and another, and another. What if they think she’s ungrateful for everything they have done for her? What if they think she didn’t appreciate it? She hijacked her own surprise, for fuck sake. They worked really hard to put it together for her. Marco got sucked into a playdate and attending a funeral because of her, because she couldn’t go anywhere alone. Johnny lost his first mate, because of her. Poor Carter, she caused so much trouble for him, they had to put a bell on her. They all sacrificed so much, all gave up so much for her and she didn’t deserve it.

She hasn’t done anything to show them she appreciates it, fuck she was terrible. Her breath started to come a bit quicker, the more she thought about how little she did for them in return for how much they have done for her. His arms circled her waist and gently pulled her into his chest.

“Ok baby! Just breathe, just breathe” he felt her getting upset, felt her guilt, and he didn’t understand why. He heard bits and pieces of her thoughts, fractions. She was being pulled in so many directions, by every thought firing in that beautiful head of hers.

“Ok baby! Just breathe, one thought at a time” He ran his hand gently up her back, sitting in one of the chairs in the hallway of the medical ward he pulled her onto his lap. She tried to protest and move away, she had things to do. But he wouldn’t let her.

“Take 10 minutes to quiet your mind.” He whispered in her ear,

“But….” she started again,

“Shh!” He said again and held her tight to him, breathing deep. Like in the past she laid her head on his heart listening to the lullaby it played for her and copied his breathing.

When he felt her begin to relax he moved his hand to the small of her back and rubbed slow circles, until her breathing returned to normal.

“How’s that?” He asked, she nodded her head, but made no real move to get off his lap just yet. Just a little longer! She thought. If she wanted to be held, then he was happy to hold her, he would never let her go. Maybe she would realize she needed to take it easier today as well and she won’t push herself so hard. He doubted it, but the thought was nice, she had something in her head and she was dead set on doing it.

“Don’t over do it today” He said, she nodded again,

“Don’t just nod, promise me you won’t over do it today, you heard the doctor, you need to take it easy” He said firmly,

“I won’t over do it,” She said, when she looked at him. This time he nodded. I don’t believe her! I don’t either. Maybe you could talk to wolfie, see what she says. I can try! They proceeded to get breakfast, though she seemed a little too preoccupied to eat. And then she left with the girls to go to town and a very stressed looking Carter. Kane did tell Carter to keep an eye on her, she was pushing herself too hard.

Dax took them to the barn first to replace some furniture, before they went to any other shops. They would pick up some things from there and have them shipped to the warehouse again. Walking around the girls were impressed with what they were seeing. Tamara found some nice wingback chairs in a dark grey and they could put pink and purple throw pillows on them. They already had a couch and when Dax was out with Kane yesterday he took her to a store and they had the softest blankets and rugs, so they would hit that store up. Dax and Lydia had made a list of the furniture that was in the room, none of it said Johnny and judging by the furniture Tamara was looking at, it didn’t say her either. They wandered around pulling pieces for Tamara to look at. Pieces that said both of them. They found some barn board to make a rustic headboard and floating shelves that could be attached to it to make floating nightstands. Tamara was looking at some trunks, when Dax walked by and her face paled.

“Aren’t they so nice?” She exclaimed excitedly,

“If….if….if you like it” Dax just stared at the trunk with horror and then quickly moved away. Tamara’s face fell when that happened and she looked to Lydia with sad eyes

“Did I say something wrong?” She asked,

“Oh honey no. The last trunk Dax opened had a body in it. It kinda freaked her out a bit, and Johnny was with her.” Lydia explained rubbing her shoulders. Tamara’s eyes went wide, her jaw dropping and she looked back at the trunk with a whole new expression.

“I don’t need it” she shook her head nope, they put bodies in those.

“Hey, Tamara, come look at this!” Dax called from across the barn. They all walked over to where she was standing.

“So pretty!” Tamara gasped when she saw what Dax was looking at. A beautifully hand carved crib in a rich dark walnut. The intricate wilderness detailing on the sides had them all mesmerized.

“Girl if you don’t take that I will, and I don’t need one,” Jackie stated. They also found two comfortable rocking chairs to match the crib. Though Johnny said he put the nursery together, they didn’t think he would mind if Tamara added a few things. With their purchases made, they headed off to the next place to pick up some more things. A few more stops they headed to the warehouse, to wait for their delivery.

Jackie, Seraphine and Tamara took the opportunity to look around. Jackie and Seraphine knew about the back room and knew to stay out of it and keep the door closed at all times. One of the stores they went to was a hardware store where she grabbed a few pieces of wood, saying she needed them for a project she was working on. Not a lie. She stained one of the pieces in the same colour as the barn board and started making marks on it then drilled holes, added pegs and a cross pattern.

“It’s a photo board!” Tamara exclaimed as soon as she saw it, her excitement bubbling over. Dax saw the photos in Johnny’s drawer. He needed a place to put them and instead of having photo frames all over the room they can be displayed there and photos of him and Tamara and their kids can grace the frames.

When the truck showed up Carter wouldn’t let any of them unload it, he did it all himself. Carter also helped her put together the headboard and a few other things. His Alpha may have said to keep an eye on her, but he wasn’t about to let her do this all alone either. They also deep cleaned all the chairs and the chaise lounge. They had gone to a fabric store and picked some cute fabric to make pillows and curtains. They danced around on a few of the rugs replaceing the right ones. Carter had called for a few more trucks to show up and start bringing this stuff back to the pack house. The stuff she got for her art studio stayed behind, she wasn’t done with it yet, but she did send the chaise lounge home. Next they went to Glenda’s and had some lunch. Headed off to Katalina’s and Magda’s new beauty parlour in town. Then headed back to the pack house. By then Dax was really starting to get tired and she could feel the worried look from Carter on the drive back.

Back at the pack house and the trucks all unloaded and items brought inside they all moved to the fourth floor. Tamara wanted to see the nursery and when she opened the door her face fell.

“Hey Tam….holy fucking bear!” Dax blurted when she saw the nursery for the first time.

“Johnny said he put the nursery together, I think what he meant was he built the crib, put it in the middle of the room and said it looks good” Lydia commented, they all just nodded.

“It doesn’t say Johnny or baby, it says Lacey with bears. Holy fuck that one’s dressed like a clown.” Dax jumped away from the freaky bear clown causing the others to laugh. Tamara hadn’t said anything the whole time she was there, she just stared ahead at the ugly monstrosity in the centre of the room.

“It’s….it’s….it’s….” was all she could say,

“The ugliest crib I have ever seen” Jackie finished for her.

“You can’t put a baby in there, they’ll have nightmares” Tamara stated, still staring at the crib.

“We need another crib” Lydia couldn’t take her eyes off of it either.

“What about Johnny’s crib? Do you think Edward and Martina kept it?” Dax asked, Tamara’s eyes lit up as she took her eyes off the crib for the first time since they entered the room.

“That would mean so much to him” She exclaimed, her excitement returning.

“She’s an excitable little thing” Jackie commented, causing Seraphine to giggle and nod in agreement.

Dax placed the call and Edward said he would bring it over as soon as possible. While they were waiting for Edward they started pulling all the bears from the room.

“I’m not touching the clown!” Dax stated very matter of factly, causing the girls to laugh again.

“What are we gonna do for decor?” Seraphine asked, they all looked around the room and at the furniture they purchased for it and an idea started to form in Dax’s mind. Looking at the side of the crib they found.

“What about a wilderness theme?” She suggested causing a squeal of excitement from Tamara, she loved the idea. They pulled apart the other crib and put that in the hall with all the bears. Though they did agree some of the bears could come back into the room, just not the clown one. Dax had gotten some paints from her art studio and she started on painting a mural for the walls, while the others went to Johnny and Tamara’s room to clear that out. Boxes and boxes of stuff came out of that room. Not realizing how much was actually in there they began to realize they might not have enough to make the room feel whole again.

“Johnny said they pulled a bunch of stuff out of the attic and put it in the basement, maybe we can replace somethings down there” Lydia suggested. Seraphine had left with all the fabric to make the curtains and pillows and until they could get the furniture back in the room they were at a stand still.

“Wow!” Edward exclaimed when he walked into the nursery and saw the finished walls. Pine trees lined the walls, and little critters were running around. It embodied the wilderness, feeling very at ease in the room Edward stood back and admired it all.

“I might have gotten a little carried away,” Dax said when she looked at him. She had paint all over her face and up her arm.

“You look really tired my dear!” Edward commented when he finally looked at her.

“I’m ok!” She felt tired, but there’s still so much to do. They now had to put the nursery back together.

“I think you need to sit down for a minute” Edward pushed, Dax nodded, maybe that wasn’t such a bad idea. She could work on some sketches for the room.

“Maybe you’re right, after we put the room back together I’ll rest for a bit.” She agreed, she did tell Kane she would take it easy, so far she hasn’t done that yet.

“No, you will sit now feisty pants, Edward rounded up some help already” Damon, Kenneth and Carter stood in the doorway.

“You can’t boss me around all the time” she huffed,

“I’m your older brother, yes I can!” Damon walked into the room and directed her to one of the rocking chairs and pushed her into it.

“Wow, how long were we gone for?” Jackie asked when she stepped into the room and looked around.

“Why, where did you get to?” Dax asked confused,

“We realized we didn’t have enough stuff and we went to the basement to hunt for some treasures.” Lydia explained,

“Look what we found!” Tamara was very excited, hopping from one foot to the other.

“She’s very excitable!” Kenneth commented, under his breath, Carter hid his grin, he had no idea how excitable she really was. Dax walked past Damon as he glared at her, to see all the treasures they found.

While Damon and Edward put the nursery back together. They took the other crib and repurposed it for a book shelf and used the railing to make picture frames for the sketches Dax made. Though none of them could figure out how she had time to do that. Kenneth and Carter were helping in Johnny and Tamara’s room moving the furniture around, neither one allowing the girls to help.

“Do you think he’ll like it?” Tamara asked,

“He’s gonna love it” Lydia hugged her for reassurance. Dax had to step out of the room for a minute, she was getting the beginnings of a headache and she didn’t want to bring the mood in the room down.

“Sweetie are you ok?” Lydia was standing in front of her, looking very concerned.

“Yeah!” Dax rubbed her forehead and shook her head a little bit trying to clear the haziness she was feeling.

“Are you sure? you don’t look ok!” Lydia asked again,

“I’m fine, just a bit of a headache, I’ll be ok” Dax pushed herself away from the wall she was using for support as she spoke.

“Why don’t you go have a nap? Everythings pretty much done, just the last little bits now, like getting his stuff from the other room” Lydia suggested,

“No it’s ok, I can help” Dax went to move down the hall towards the room.

“No, we got this, you go nap” Lydia said as she walked beside her.

“Are you sure? It’s just a few things, I’ll nap after” Lydia shook her head,

“No, if you don’t listen to me I’ll sick Damon and Carter on you and they’ll lock you in that room. Go nap and we’ll see you at dinner” Dax stared at her wide eyed.

“Did you just threaten me with brotherly force?” She asked her,

“You’re damn right I did” Lydia nodded, they all could see she was tired, she pushed herself and now it was time she took care of herself.

“Traitorous!” Dax stated, but a smile graced her face.

“Motherly!” Lydia countered, with her own smile.

“So you have no idea what she was doing today?” Johnny asked, as he and Kane climbed the stairs.

“Nope, but she promised she’d take it easy” Kane replied shaking his head,

“So she could be out there causing shit right now?” Johnny said, though he said it with a huff, his eyes lit up at the thought.

“We really are pathetic!” Kane stated,

“What?” Johnny asked, bewildered

“I’m fucking bored out of my mind. We poke fun at her for causing trouble, but when she actually behaves herself we can’t handle it. Damon, Kenneth and Carter jumped at the chance to do whatever Edward needed them to do.” Kane explained,

“Ok so normal doesn’t work for us” Johnny shrugged,

“It used to!” Kane countered,

“No, I was pretty fucking bored before her to.” Johnny shot back, Kane could only nod in agreement.

Making it to the fourth floor, Johnny walked towards the room he was using when he stopped suddenly pulling a note off the door. THIS IS NOT YOUR ROOM!!→

“What the fuck does this mean?” He asked looking at Kane,

“I don’t know!” Kane shrugged, he looked just as surprised as Johnny did. He opened the door and his eyes widened,

“Where the fuck is my shit?” He asked looking back at Kane who shook his head.

“She stole my shit, your mate stole my shit. First she steals my mate then she steals my shit.” Johnny said, looking around the room again.

“There’s an arrow on it, pointing down the hall. Maybe she sent you a treasure hunt. Now you get to replace all your shit” Kane said trying not to laugh,

“That’s not funny! Your mates a little shit” Johnny huffed as they both moved further down the hall.

“Now you won’t be bored,” Kane countered. They came across another note on the next door. NOPE! NOT THIS ONE EITHER! Moving further down the hall another note greeted them. THIS ONE….FUCKING WITH YOU IT’S NOT!

“Oh she’s really funny!” Johnny said, though he was starting to see the humour in this. Kane was laughing beside him. Moving quicker down the hall to the next note. WE COULDN’T HELP OURSELVES IT WAS BEARY FUCKING SCARY (THE CLOWN DIED).

“Beary scary?” Kane asked arching his eyebrow,

“Ok so I didn’t really put the nursery together, I assembled the crib and put it in the middle of the room and got out of there. Bears were everywhere. I mean fucking everywhere and one was dressed up like a clown.” Johnny explained,

“I see!” Kane replied. Johnny opened the door to the nursery and his eyes shot open and his mouth dropped as he stared at the room in front of him.

Walking into the room he took everything in, the decor, the feel. It felt very natural in that room, very calm.

“Hey, isn’t that….” Kane started,

“My crib” Johnny finished, he looked around the room again and then looked at Kane.

“She, she did this for, she did this for me?” Johnny asked him,

“Yeah she did!” Kane looked around the room as well. Johnny was fighting back his emotions.

“She still stole my shit” He said, Kane couldn’t hold back the laugh at that. She did steal his shit.

Stepping back out of the room and he continued to his actual room where another note was waiting for them. YOU DESERVE MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO LAY YOUR HEAD! Johnny looked at the note, then looked at the door then back to the note then to Kane.

“She….she….she didn’t, did she?” Johnny was already starting to get emotional and he hadn’t even opened the door yet.

“I don’t know” Kane looked back at Johnny. This would explain why she couldn’t relax today. She saw something wrong and had to make it right. She knows what it’s like to only have a place to lay her head. Johnny reached out to open the door only to take his hand back.

“You open it!” He said looking back at Kane,

“It’s not my room” Kane countered,

“It wasn’t mine either” Johnny replied,

“Open the door brother,” Kane encouraged him. Johnny reached his hand out one more time and twisted the knob pushing the door open.

He stood frozen in the doorway as he looked around the room. He took in the wingback chairs next to the couch, the headboard with the floating nightstands. His pictures on the photo board and his trophies on display and not shoved in some drawer, pops of pink and purple were throughout the room, in the rug, the curtains on the decorative pillows. Tamara was standing in the room moving nervously from one foot to the other.

“Do you like it? If you don’t like it we can change it” She said, she clenched her hand into fists and then relaxed them only to repeat the motion.

“Luna said we deserved a place” She was extremely nervous now. Johnny hadn’t said anything, he just stood there taking it all in. He finally walked into the room, running his hands through his hair. A huge smile on his face as he looked more at everything.

“Noth….nothing changes” was all he could say. He wrapped his arms around Tamara, kissing her forehead. “Nothing changes!”

Kane closed the door and left them to enjoy their space. Moving to their floor, he wondered what she got up to after that. It looked like a lot of work and she probably overdid it and wore herself out. So much for her promise to take it easy today. Tomorrow for sure she was taking it easy, even if that meant he had to handcuff her to the fucking bed. The idea had merit, they could have a lot of fun. He opened the door to their room and there she was sleeping on the couch curled in a small ball.

“Oh baby, you couldn’t even make the bed” crossing the room, he scooped her into his arms and carried her to the bed. She snuggled in close to him, but didn’t open her eyes. Lying down with her he cuddled her to him, drawing her scent. He missed her today, he barely got to see her. When she woke up they would get another shower though, she was speckled with paint, and black smudges from the sketches she put in the nursery. Wolfie’s not talking! Ky huffed in his head. Maybe she doesn’t know how yet! Maybe I should teach her! Maybe you should, but that would require you not jumping her if she says hi! I can control myself! Uh huh, like she can take it easy! Fuck you, can so! Oh, I believe you! Well you have no control either! Never said I did! Fuck you! Kane laughed as he heard Ky grumbling in the back of his mind. Pulling her closer to him, he closed his eyes, he would wake when she did.

A few hours later, still cuddled in his arms, he felt her starting to stir. Her body protested the movements, her mind protested the movements, she didn’t even know why she was waking up, she was still tired, she still wanted to sleep. Not opening her eyes, she snuggled closer to him, his arms tightening around her. He moved his hand gently up and down her back.

“Did you get everything you wanted done?” He asked, enjoying the feeling of her wrapped in his arms.

“No, I wanted to go back to the warehouse and work on some projects” She replied sleepily,

“Do you still want to go back to the warehouse?” If she wanted to go he would take her, but what she said next surprised him.

“No, I’m tired. I want to stay here and cuddle on the couch” She could feel sleep pulling her back under, the rhythmic movements of his hand and the lullaby his heart was beating, quieting the noise in her head.

“Ok baby, if that’s what you want” He smiled, he just wants to cuddle too. “Do you want some supper?” He added,

“Mmmm” came her murmured reply, then her breathing evened out and she fell back to sleep. A small chuckle escaped him, he’d give her another half hour then he’d wake her for dinner. She needed her sleep.

An hour later Dax stirred in the bed. Her body was a little less tired and achy. She lifted her head and blinked a few times. She was alone in the room, she was pretty sure Kane was in here with her at some point, but didn’t know where he went. Putting her head back down only for it to hit the mattress. Where the fuck is my pillow? She thought. Looking up again there were no pillows or covers on the bed. Someone destroyed the bed! Her wolf yawned in her head. She looked down quickly seeing that she was still dressed, she let out a sigh of relief. Seriously! Never know, you might have said hi again! One time! All it takes! You can’t brand me for that, he jumped me! You didn’t stop him! You growled and made yours hella horny! I was trying to wake you up! It’s not the first time you made him horny for growling either, the second time you did it on purpose! Hey! Now who shouldn’t throw stones? Touché! Kane walked back into the room to see her sitting on the bed, trying to figure out what happened to the bed.

“You did that” he answered, she looked at him confused then looked back at the bed.

“I left you alone for 30 minutes and you stole my side of the bed and threw all the covers and pillows off. Now come eat” he added with a chuckle.

Dax got up from the bed and saw all the covers and pillows on the floor and a small blush crept upon her face. Oops! Someone got a little aggressive in the bed and it wasn’t me! Hush! Her wolf started laughing in her head. Sitting on the couch, she tried to stifle a yawn that escaped her.

“Still tired baby?” He asked looking at her,

“A little bit” she replied, who was she kidding, she felt like she hadn’t slept in weeks.

“What time did you get back to the room?” He asked,

“Um….maybe around 2:30, I started to get a headache and then Lydia told me to go have a nap, then threatened me with Damon and Carter saying they would lock me in the room if I didn’t go.” Dax replied, hiding another yawn. Kane let out a soft chuckle. Good for Lydia! He thought.

“But I’m supposed to see them at supper,” she said, looking at the food on the table.

“Supper is over baby, it’s 7:30” she looked at him, slightly shocked, by what he said. She slept for five hours, how did she sleep for five hours? How is she still tired after sleeping for five hours?

“You’re exhausted, you haven’t been sleeping. Your body is trying to heal and your wolf is trying to wake up. This is all going to take its toll on you. It’s why you need to relax and take it easy, slow down, rest when you need it. You woke up around 6, but promptly fell back to sleep after you told me you didn’t want to go back to the warehouse and just wanted to cuddle on the couch.” She vaguely remembered having that conversation. “Is that what you still want?” He asked. She thought about it for a moment, though she had things she still wanted to do, but if she’s still tired after a five hour nap it might be a good idea to stop for the night.

“Yeah, I think I’ll stay in, cuddling sounds good….Lydia’s good at cuddling, wonder what she’s doing?” She added after she caught the smirk on his face.

“Lydia’s busy! You’re stuck with me!” He pulled her onto his lap so she was straddling his lower half facing him. His hands moved down her body till they rested on her bottom where he gave it a firm squeeze causing her to squeak and then giggle.

“Whatever will we do then?” She asked, pushing into him.

“I can think of a few things” he kissed down her jaw to her neck. “And I think we’ll start in the shower, you’re a dirty girl” he started flipping the buttons on her shirt, moving his lips lower down her body. Lifting her up he moved them to the shower. He was planning on feeding her first, but this will be fun too.