Her Dark Lycan

Venus sat in the office, waiting for her mate to come. After she requested for Lorenzo to shift back, he padded out the door.

After a while her mate walked in wearing khaki shorts and a white tee shirt with canvas sneakers.

He looked very very handsome, and very ... Normal.

Venus tried not to drool over him, watching his tattooed covered thick arms flex upon movement, the way his jaw ticked and clenched when he was angry or just him being ... him.

Venus shook her head, okay her thoughts were going haywire, what was going on? She wondered. Her body felt a little more heated then normal but she ignored all that and concentrated on the situation at hand.

"I see you're waiting for some answers," Dante said, his thick deep voice ringing out in the silent house.

Venus nodded and he stood in front of her, folding his arms over his chest, making his muscled arms more bulging and very very distracting.

Venus gulped, praying to the moon goddess her body wouldn't betray her.

"Come, lets take a stroll in the garden," he said, holding his rough hand out as she shyly tucked her small delicate hand into his large one.

They rounded the stairs and headed out, walking in the lush green grass.

"You may ask what you want to," Dante said gruffly, letting go of her hand, and Venus suddenly felt sad, missing the warmth of his hand.

She took in a deep breath and started.

"I have many questions Dante, but i will only ask a few for now," she said, her shoulder grazing with his bare arm as they walked.

"First i wanted to ask why you did all that, why you avoided me like a plague and chose to go to Ariana when i was right there and you w-" Venus was cut off from her rambling when Dante placed his forefinger on her lips, silencing her.

self

feeling her heart clench

weakness they think they can use against me, and i refused to put you into that mess, which is why i tired pushing you away," he said, smiling a little at the end and then looking down

seen, you always manage to get under my skin even if i willed against it," he stated, his hands behind his back, his being emitting

her lip, trying to hide her

asked the one thing that was on her mind the

wanted to ask, uh, about your father," she cringed when

body stiffened upon her words, and he turned around to look at her, his beautiful

he stood still, his gaze

around and continued walking again, Venus struggling to

him being alive, it doesn't fit in," Dante

his anger was

hand into his, hoping to calm him down, upon touch he jerked his head back to look at her and then their entwined hands, sighing deeply, he tugged her along with

neglecting another, from that it turned into beatings, and as a 9 year old and only child i watched my mother in suffering from afar," he said, his voice rough and his eyes distant, as he tightened his grip on her

from

cry every night while tending to my wounds. One day while i was out in the gardens i heard a scream from the house, i ran and went in,

she had a lover and when he refused to give her permission to leave she killed herself, days later i managed to break out, took a silver knife

around his waist, hugging him. He

each other embrace

made Dante wrap his arms around her more tightly, bringing her close

in his arms, the feeling of

She sighed.

been through, with all the

was silent for