<i>"It's not as easy as skipping the idiotic part,You know that your pack will never accept it, I know my coven will never accept it. We need them, we can't just drop everything we've worked so hard for, our lives.." </i>He frowned words, that sounded pathetic even to his own ears hot on his tongue. He'd been working hard to get her back again. He'd been a hound on a scent--looking for whispers and rumors of her coven and where they'd gone too. No one knew. She'd just flat out disappeared-leaving him in the dust. The ache that she had left him with preceded even his loyalty to his pack. She was meant to be his-<br/><br/>Even if Raelyn didn't know it yet.<br/><br/><i>"I'm not going to avoid you, but we need to keep this quiet. If we can find a way to make it work... then it can work." </i>He knew a concession when he heard one. It wasn't a yes but it was something. He could work with what she was giving him.<i>"We have people we need to protect, that we love. You can't tell me you'd give everything up just to have me beside you every day." </i>It was hard to imagine anything else with her body perfectly conforming to his-and her hands tangling affectionately in his hair. Her legs were hooked around his waist, and there wasn't an inch of him that hadn't missed touching her like this.<i> "I have missed you, but I am not the girl that left you."</i><br/><br/>He knew he looked smitten; it was impossible not too with her lips fluttering against his with every word. And when she asked him to put her down, he reluctantly did so, setting her gently on her feet but not letting her escape his grip fully yet. "No you've grown up and so have I Rae--doesn't mean I love you less-and won't take my time exploring the person you are now." He drawled, lazily, leaning down and stealing another kiss from her lips. It wasn't a hungry thing--it was exploratory--giving them both time to adjust to the softness. HIs tongue grazed her bottom lip teasingly, before he drew back. Licking his lips--and smiling crookedly at her.<br/><br/>"I nearly forgot how you tasted." He complained, using the same tone she'd used earlier; but a wink accompanied the words, before he snaked an arm around her and ushered out of the alley.  The other wolves had to be finishing up shopping soon--so it was probably in their best interest not to be caught tangled up together. "Does this mean you're still gonna make me sleep in the dogbed?" Because if she was serious about that he was genuinely just gonna drag her onto the cushions with him. She was sadly mistaken if she thought he was going to go a night without her warmth now that she was acknowledging he mattered to her again.<br/><br/>He inched away from her as he noticed Roderic out of the corner of his eye-and his Alpha appeared with Corey at his side--carrying armfuls of bags.<br/><br/>"I picked up extra stuff for you And some of the others." Roderic offered him a couple bags. "Our stuff gets destroyed too much and once we have fully recovered we'll need the extra travel clothes." The alpha grunted, sending Raelyn a meaningful glance so she knew he didn't plan on staying forever and imposing on her coven. "And Daya left to go get girlfriend and bring her to the coven grounds---she's losing her shit worrying about her with vampires roaming around."<br/><br/>"Greatttttttt." Lyfe huffed, because Daya's girlfriend was a human that was about to be in the middle of shit she didn't fully understand. She would have so many questions--and Roderic was talented at many things but not at teaching. "Raelyn volunteers to babysit." He patted her shoulder making sure to look as devious as possible. No one would question him trying to get on a witches nerves.