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"Why?" she asked him warily as she discretely tried to back away froht Now e ! I’ not to laugh and sound stern as she tightened her hold around his waist and tried to pull hiround

"Do you want soht possible, which was actually funny since he’d coo

He shouldn’t be laughing and enjoying hie out on so, but his little Munchkin soothed hi he should be really pissed that she was playing around and not taking this seriously, especially since it pissed hi human male had put his hands on her, because she’d been helpless to stop him

Never in his life had he wanted to kill someone more than that son of a bitch who dared to put his hands on his mate, his wife He wanted to tear the bastard apart and probably would have if he hadn’t felt the need to get Izzy out of there and sonore and one that confused the shit out of him She was his in every way that mattered and her safety had been his only concern

After he’d seen her helpless and cornered by that assle he knew that he couldn’t depend on those entrusted with her care to be there every second of the day tohappened to her She needed to be trained whether or not her abilities surfaced

Surprisingly she was learning, quickly Sheplayful with hi and for the first ti hireat He loved his father, loved spending ti with hi he had to do to be the best and keep his fainning when his father started to teach hihed, they joked and he’d enjoyed every ed after he was shot Workouts becaet his body back under his control

Sparing with his father or anyone for that et his skills up and his job beca out with his friends, didn’t watch television, play video gae bullshit that Jill and Joshua did He took every fking thing in his life seriously

With his Munchkin he felt alive, carefree and happy

He kneas being a selfish bastard by allowing hi to be the one to send her away the first chance that he had, but he couldn’t help hirowl she made when she was about to "attack" him and the way she was playful even as she did whatever he asked

"I want to try and flip you overup and doith excitement

"Okay, but do you wanta hand on top of her head to keep her still

"Yes!" she said, laughing as she moved behind him and climbed onto the small coffee table so that she could wrap her arm around his neck

He waited until she stoppedbefore he started

"Are you ready, Munchkin?"

"Yes!" she said excitedly and he couldn’t help but smile