Chapter 80

Del's POV

Rocco’s hands stroked my back and hair while I shifted back, panting and groaning at the pain. It would be a long while before I was used to the assload of pain that accompanied shifting.

“Almost there,” he murmured to me, as the last wave of painful cracks and breaks rolled through me.

My body settled, and I panted against his chest, in his arms.

His arms cradled me to him, his body hot and hard against mine.

My clothes had torn during the shift to wolf form, so I was bare-assed, and he was pretty close to that too.

“How bad is the pain?” I whispered, my eyes closed and my face buried against his neck.

“No pain.” He continued rubbing my bare back. “Just a whole damn lot of gratitude.”

My face warmed a bit, and I said into his neck, “Asshole. You bought me a ring.”

His laugh made my lips curve up in a grin too. “I want people to know you’re taken when they meet you.”

“Ah, so the possessiveness drove you to it,” I