Chapter 71 - It's Time
- Daisy POV -
- Joe is amazing, we have gotten so close over the last few weeks, our bond has solidified to the point that I think we hardly even need to mark one another, I know what he is feeling and he says he can sense my emotions as well, I can’t imagine what completing the bond will do for us, but if it gets much better than it is now, I might just burst with happiness. Having Joe on and by my side has been such a blessing. If it wasn’t for him I don’t know what I would have done over the last few weeks. We both have a more solid grip on our duties to the pack and Joe’s Delta duties here are a little lighter than they were in Forest Haven where they had over 300 members. Maybe that is why they had more than one Delta… according to Joe thay had more than one everything, well, except Alpha of course. I hadn’t realised just how big Forest Haven Pack was while I was there, I mean I knew it was big, but I never fully comprehended the sheer number of people I was passing every single day I was there. With the lighter duties, Joe has taken it upon himself to work with some of the younger pups on their training, something we hadn’t insisted on, mainly because it was only Dave and I, and partly because pups are pups, they should be allowed to behave like pups. Joe caught a few of them trying out some of the moves he had taught in training the day before though and told them that the moves were too dangerous for them. When they showed their disappointment, Joe decided to set up a short session with them all, and they brought friends. According to Joe, they told him they want to learn to fight so they can help protect us. How sweet. So Joe has been teaching them some of the easier moves, helping them work on their endurance and strength and will start to teach them fighting once all the construction is complete since he has also been spending a lot of time helping with the new homes for the mated couples and young families.
- We have finally agreed though that now is truly the time. We can’t hold off much longer, I think if we delay any more that one or the other of us may just burst from pent up tension. Joe is not a virgin, his pack don’t cherish the moon goddess the way that Rival River does, so not many people there have saved themselves for their mate. But I don’t mind that, I am jealous as a child watching an adult eat ice-cream, that there is a she-wolf out there who has seen what I haven’t, but the idea of having an experienced mate does bring a certain thrill to it. I know the mechanics, obviously, I’m not an idiot, but the thought of 2 people with the same limited knowledge that I have, fumbling through their first time together does make me want to cringe. Also, knowing that Joe has been with someone else means his willingness to wait until we are ready to mark each other means even more somehow, he knows what he is missing out on where I don’t, and the mate bond can only make the experience even more intense, that is something that nobody but me will ever know. Nobody will know Joe with the same depth that I do, just like Joe will know me better than anyone in the world. I mean, Dave knows everything about me, all my inner workings, but he knows them as a sibling, not as a lover… ew, gross… All I’m saying is, the bond will make it special, special in a way nothing else we have had before will compare.