CHAPTER 82: THE DANCE

"Dance with me." Luca smiled.

"There is no music."

"There is one playing on my mind." He said and I smiled.

I placed my hand on his shoulder as he wrapped his hand around my body and our bodies synced with a tone I didn’t hear, it was not weird, it felt good to be able to laugh and smile, to be okay to play without being worried about it.

His eyes were on mine as he smiled at me.

"When it’s all over, we will find a better place, a home where you will be happy, and I will still take care of my pack but for now. I thought about it, I would assign someone to handle the meetings, take care of everything, but I will still be involved, in a less stressful way, you get to see me at home all the time Liv."

"What?" I breathed out when I wanted to stop and he didn’t, he continued to dance with me as I stared at him.

"You love the pack, you love taking care of them, you love being part of the meetings, you love being called an Alpha."

"Yet I care about and I love you more than I could care about any of them and you are aware of that." He said and I smiled. That’s all I needed to hear. "I want to be home with you, I want you to gave that life you always wanted, we don’t have to be a part of any meeting, only two people will know where we live, we would go far away where no one knows who I am and who you are, we would handle our affairs form there, I don’t have to wake up every morning and leave the bed knowing I won’t be there when you wake up, you are always going to be by my side, you would always wake up to me all of the time." He spoke so confidently.

"What of Ares, he is not going to like it, he would hate me for taking you away."

"He would hate me if I choose to stay, I’m not leaving them, a part of me would be there, they can always call me for advice, and no matter what they do. The final decision comes for me, I would be able to keep you safe even better and not in a house filled with guards, filled with danger and you would be able to go on night walks; have ice cream anywhere at any hour of the day, you can leave the house without being scared that someone will hurt you."

"You will get bored Luca," I whispered when he turned me around and he placed a gentle kiss on the nape of my neck before he turned me back around for his eyes to meet mine.

"I won’t, yes it’s going to be different and it may be hard but it’s going to be the best decision that I am ever going to make. And I am involved just enough for me not to miss it, I can finally work on what I want, you can get a job if you would like but I would hate it if you do."

"Why?"

"Because I would provide you all that you want, you don’t need a job, I want this so you and I can be together, to be more home and have a better life."

"I don’t need a job, Luca. I ever did, I tried a job and it’s not my thing, I want to stay home with you, build us a perfect house, we can start some thing small together, that way we leave the house when we want and we get back when we want, it’s never going to be boring but I need to know this is what you want."

"Is it what you want?"

"Luca- yes or no Olivia, I need to know; is this what you want?" He asked and I nodded softly, it’s all I ever wanted, I lived my quite life in the town, what I hated was he was not there for me, I liked that I have a home and I didn’t have to worry about being hurt in it, I liked that I could take a walk or visit any where I like and no one even cared about who I am

I understand the fear and sometimes it’s good when people fear but that’s not how I want to live the rest of my life.

"Maybe whenever we get bored we can join them for a mission, just to recall the thrill of it." He said and I playfully rolled my eyes at him.

"I won’t mind that on some date night." I breathed out and he stopped dancing, Luca is about to give me what I desire, if ares is so bothered about the pack, he can take care of it while we live the life we want.

"Where do you think you want to live?" He asked, "anywhere that you want, it doesn’t matter if you think it would be costly to be there or if you think that it’s too far."

"Hmm, I just want somewhere good with neighbors, somewhere close to the city and not too close to the city, so that what’s a are away from the noise and we can also order a pizza at any hour without getting worried it would be delivered late, that place we saw today, it was perfect Luca, the environment, the sound, I loved every part of it and the homes are not big, they are perfect."

"I know a place you will love, a place we can start our life, and if we have a kid. He/ she would love it." He said and I smiled.

"It would be ironic if that kid wants to be an Alpha and take charge without any of us even forcing." I smiled and he nodded, it doesn’t matter as long as we have each other.

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We danced for another hour, it didn’t matter, when we later settled in the garden.

"Are you sleepy?" I asked and he shook his head. "I don’t want to sleep either, I want to be here with you, I don’t want to sleep and recall that we are dealing with a war, I have a horrible friend that wants ne dead and you have an uncle that wants you to be ruined, it’s always the one you care about, I want our kids to be different, to care for each other."

"They are going to be the first without any uncles or aunts and it’s even better that way." He said and I smiled.

I rested my head on his chest as he wrapped his hand around me pulling me closer to him, his scent filled my nostrils and it made me feel better, this is all I ever wanted when a thought crossed my mind.

"Did you ever think maybe your uncle impregnated Natalie mother, paid her to never tell anyone about it and when she got older, they faked her death, they made sure that she is out of the system because he has plans for her, he could have used your name to make them feel scared, I mean no matter what you do, he is related to you," I stated. "Maybe she wanted to keep the rest of her family safe and she has a husband right, she probably cheated on him."

"Why didn’t we think of that earlier?" Luca stated, he led my hand softly as he led me into the house and into his home office so we could talk about it even better.

"She slept with him, Luca; that’s the only explanation, I doubt she would give up her kid just like that and your uncle would pick her kid, a random kid to control and make his, she could have come to the house and try to speak to you, or try to get help, she didn’t, I doubt that she would want to push her kid away like that, especially if the baby belonged to her and her husband."

"But to save her marriage and the life of her other kids, have will let Nathalie go, and her husband is old and sick, he would not even recognize Natalie even if he wanted to, she gets to be the prodigal wife that is taking care of all of her kids and her husband and she is getting money from his pension and my uncle and Natalia, my uncle was never loyal to his wife and there were rumors, it was never proved and no one cared about it because he scared the woman, they would never talk about it," Luca explained.

"I think we are right Luca and I have a feeling that your uncle didn’t want us to know about this, Natalie is our trump card and she is the only way he can use to hurt us," I stated.