The Wolf Games

Awkward Goodbyes

It's 9 am and Mum has fallen asleep on the couch watching one of her favorite Italian soap opera shows. She sleeps a lot these days and I wonder if she's become immune to the potion. 

What if while I'm gone, Mum gets worse and I don't make it back in time. I need to talk to Massimo and just have him reassure me that he will take care of her and call me if anything happens.

As soon as I open my front door I see the casanova Massimo wearing nothing but his boxer shorts kissing and saying goodbye to another random woman. I can see the gorgeous blonde not wanting to leave and as soon as Massimo sees me, he gives me a wink and tells her goodbye. 

Massimo is heart-stoppingly handsome. He has that cheeky, naughty boy grin constantly plastered on his face. He would be at least 6' 3" and is completely ripped. He has that sandy blonde hair that he sometimes ties in a low man bun and with huge brown eyes that makes girls swoon. 

"Did you catch that one's name?" I said, shaking my head pushing him inside his apartment

 Massimo laughs and starts making us coffee.

"Have you booked your flights yet?" he asks

"Yep, I leave tomorrow morning. It's actually why I wanted to talk to you. I know me leaving is putting extra pressure on you with the restaurant but I need you to promise me you'll take care of mum and if she gets worse, you must call me straight away!" Massimo walks over to me and cups my face with his hands

"I promise you on my life I will take care of you mum. I don't want you to worry" Mossimo takes a deep breath and turns away from me and looks out his kitchen window taking a sip of his coffee

 "I actually don't know what I'm going to do without you. We've never been apart for more than a few days" he says.

It's true, I don't remember a time we have ever been apart. I love Massimo, I could never imagine life without him. He's my best friend and although I think there is s****l attraction between us, we have never acted on it. As much as this guy is a player, he also believes in true love and finding your mate, which I don't. He always says one day he wants to have a family and lots of pups but until then he just wants to have fun. 

"I promise I'll call you every day" I walk over to him and wrap my arms around his body with my head leaning on his back. Massimo continues drinking his coffee deep in thought.

"After work tonight, you want to go for a ride and go to our favorite lookout and have some drinks?" I ask in my sweetest voice

Massimo turns around and gives me a cheeky smirk

"It's a date. Make sure you look hot" he says giving me a light tap on my arse.

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Massimo POV

Tonight was super busy at the restaurant. Ever since Sasha and I took over we have never been busier. I'm locking up and see some guy from earlier tonight creeping around the front, looking for someone. Sasha is busy saying goodbye to all the staff and giving them big hugs and telling everyone to take care of me.  

She has made sure everything will run smoothly when she's away, and I know it will, but I just don't know how I will cope not seeing her face every day. Ever since she agreed to compete in The Wolf Games and I knew she was leaving, my wolf and I have felt very unsettled. I've never been jealous if I see her with guys, even when she was dating that loser bloodsucker Arthur for a year.

But now I feel yuk, I don't want her to go. I want to rub my scent all over her so that no male touches her when she's away. Maybe I'm just being that protective friend as it's the first time we'll be away from each other. I feel nauseous. Why is my heart all of a sudden hurting?

Sasha has always told me she never wants to fall in love, never wants a family but I think deep down she actually does. Her heart is too big not too. I guess it's why I know we could never be, I'm a romantic and want a family one day and she's made it very clear she does not want that.

I've never told her but sometimes I see Arthur sitting on the rooftop building opposite the restaurant. He just sits there staring, watching her work in the kitchen. I let out a low growl just thinking about that creep. How could he ever cheat on her? I never saw her cry but I knew she was hurting.

"Everything ok Mo?"  she must have heard my growl and I walk over to a picnic basket she's holding to have a peep. She's probably made something special for our last night.

"Stay out of it. It's a special surprise" smacking my hands away from the basket

"I'm going to quickly run upstairs and check on mum and I'll be down in five. No peeping!" she says

"Go from the back door. There's some guy from earlier tonight that looks like a creep" my voice coming out firm

"You want me to sort him out Mo?" she says almost laughing because we both know she isn't scared of anyone.

"I've already locked the front, just go out the back please" I say in a much nicer tone

"Alright, alright. Be back soon" she says giving me a smile. 

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10 minutes later Sasha comes down wearing a black tight mini leather skirt, a crop black vee neck t-shirt showing off her tanned midriff, and the antique long chain locket that has a photo of us that I bought her for her 21st birthday sitting in between her breasts. Sasha never takes it off and says she feels safe when she wears it.

"You ok Mo?" she asks, obviously noticing I was staring for way too long

"Um, yeah I mean...I'm just wondering how you're going to sit on the bike with that mini skirt. All of Rome is going to see you" I said annoyed 

"Since when do you care? I've worn a lot less than this on this bike! I want to look nice if we decide to go out to the clubs later" she shouted

Great! So this outfit is for her to pick up guys tonight, not to look nice for me... what am I thinking? What's happening to me? 

Sasha jumps on and I look over and can see the skirt has ridden all the way up her legs. She gives me an annoyed look and she put her hands around me and presses her body close against my back. My wolf is pacing in my head and he has never acted this way before with Sasha. 

I need a drink!

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Sasha's POV

I love when Massimo takes me for rides through the city. Because we don't get a chance to run our wolf much, having the wind blow through my hair and zipping through traffic gives me a high. I hold on tight to Mossimos's waist and I can feel he is nervous, his's heart is racing. 

I saw him looking at me funny when I came down before, acting like a big brother not approving my outfit. It's my last night in Rome, maybe we'll go dancing and pick up some hotties like we usually do and he might cheer up.

 I've never been away on my own before. When I traveled through Europe as a model, Mum always made sure Mossimo was there to watch over me. He loved hooking up with all the models, not really ever watching over me. If anything, I protected him against angry boyfriends trying to kill him for being with their girls. I would never let anyone lay a finger on Mo, not even when he is always in the wrong.

We finally arrive at our favorite lookout. This is where we always come to chill and usually we just look up at the stars and talk for hours. It's a warm night and there's not even a breath of wind. We're up high on a hill and you can see the lights of Rome in the distance. I lay out a rug and pass Massimo the wine and a bottle opener. I made him his favorite meal that his mum would make us when we were sad- Lasagne. I haven't made it since his parents passed away. He looks at the lasagne and pulls me into his chest. 

"Mo, there's still more of your favorite things, let me go so I can set everything up" I try to escape his tight grip and he still won't let go.

"Mo?" 

"You're my best friend Sasha, I don't know what I'm going to do without you" he whispers in my ear

"Come on, it's only four weeks. Let's get drunk, eat some food, and go dancing." I say trying to lighten the mood.

He lets go and in true Massimo style, he gives me a big smile and scoffs his food like he's never eaten before.

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After 4 bottles of wine, we somehow make it to our favorite Night club.  Massimo and I are regulars and get treated like royalty. We never have to wait in line and we know everyone who works here. 

The atmosphere tonight is amazing, the music is loud, and as we walk to the bar I can already spot a few hotties.

I lean over the bar and give the bartender Johnny a kiss hello. Massimo pulls me back trying to cover my backside- clearly not liking my skirt being this short and trying to pull it down

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU TONIGHT? trying to yell over the music slapping his hands away from my skirt

"I DON'T WANT GUYS LOOKING AT YOUR ARSE!" he says paranoid,  looking around to see if anyone saw

"AND IF THEY DID? LET THEM LOOK. JOHNNY, CAN YOU GIVE US 4 TEQUILA SHOTS PLEASE" Johnny gives me a nod and Mo seems angry. His brown eyes have turned black and as soon as Johnny serves us our shots, Massimo skulls his quickly and asks for another four. I drink mine and want to change the weird vibes I'm feeling from Massimo. 

"LET'S GO DANCE" trying to pull his hand and lead him to the dance floor. Massimo reluctantly follows my lead and we make our way to the middle of the crowded dance floor. We start dancing and our favorite drake song 'Controlla' is playing. I can feel my tequila kicking in and my head is totally spinning.

"HEY, ISN'T THAT THE GIRL YOU WERE WITH THIS MORNING?" I notice the blonde staring at Massimo, along with twenty other girls staring our way. Massimo looks over and continues dancing with me. The Blonde continues to walk our way and starts dancing in between us.

The Blonde gets very handsy with Massimo and starts kissing his neck. I give him a wink and point to him I'm going to the bar. He gives me a nod and I walk through the crowded dancefloor. Johnny sees me and pours me a shot. As soon as the tequila burns the back of my throat, my head starts to spin and I begin to feel sick.

I need air.

I try and look for Mo but I can't see him. I get out my phone and send him a message with a spew and home emoji.

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Massimo's POV

The last thing I want to do is dance with anyone but Sasha. Tonight was meant to be about us having fun before she leaves. I see her walk to the bar and have another shot. I excuse myself from the girl I slept with last night trying not to be rude and try and walk over to the bar. The girl won't let me go and starts rubbing her ass against my groin. I try and tell her I need to go but she won't move out of my way.

I look back at the bar and can't see Sasha... s**t. Where did she go?

I'm frantically searching the crowd and I see her going towards the front entrance. I use more strength this time and push the blonde off me and try to quickly move through the crowd. 

I finally make it out and I can't see her. Home isn't too far so I'm guessing she's walking back. I pick up my pace and finally see her in the distance stumbling into our apartment block.

I eventually get to our apartment and see her trying to close the elevator grate. We live on the 6th floor and we always take the stairs because it usually breaks down.

"Sasha, let me carry you up the stairs. If you get stuck and miss your flight, what are you going to do?" I speak softly so I don't wake up the neighbors

"Youuuu can't carrry meeeee, you'reeee drunk tooooo"  she slurs her words and I scoop her up in my arms bridal style. Sasha wraps her hands around my neck and starts smelling me.

"You smell delicious Mo. I want toooo bottle your smelllll and put it all over my body"

I begin to laugh and she puts her finger over my lips and tells me to shhh

"don't wake mum," she says

I finally carry her to the sixth floor and she goes straight for my door

"Moooooo... pleassse can I sleep at yourssss" she's trying to whisper when I'm pretty sure her voice can be heard from the first floor.

I nod and I finally unlock the door and grab Sasha's hand.

"Mo, I feel really hot and sticky" slurring her words 

"You want to have a shower? maybe that might sober you up"  and all of a sudden she takes off her combat boots and starts stripping.

"What are you doing Sasha?" I ask covering my eyes

She pulls down her skirt and takes off her T-shirt. She's about to take off her bra

"SASHA! Come on. Go inside the bathroom" I swallow hard, trying to think of something else other than her body

"What? Like you haven't seen my body before" she says confidently. 

I turn around and sit down on my couch, trying to think bad thoughts so I don't get turned on.

I hear her turn on the shower and when I look up she's completely naked waiting for the water to warm up. s**t! 

I have a hard-on and this is not a good idea. We're both drunk and I don't want us to regret anything. 

I decide to get up, strip out of my clothes, leaving my boxer shorts on. I jump into my bed and pretend to be asleep.

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Sasha's POV

I feel so much better after having a cold shower and feel like I'm sobering up. I dry myself off, and wrap the towel around me and put my necklace back on. I walk out and see Massimo is already asleep. I find one of his T-shirts and put it on. 

His T-shirt smells so good.

I set my alarm on my phone and hop into his bed and snuggle him from behind.

"Mo?.... Mo?.... wake up?" I whisper in his ear

Nothing. I hear his heartbeat faster so I know he is pretending

"Mo? I know you're awake"

Still nothing. I decide to climb over him, so I'm now facing him face to face.

His eyes are shut but I see his cheeky little grin

"MO!" I yell

Massimo goes to tickle me and I start to wiggle away from him. He tries to hold me in place and we both realize I'm not wearing any underwear and the only thing separating us is his light cotton boxers and the t-shirt I'm wearing. I feel his member get hard and a flood of heat goes straight to my core. I now know he can smell my arousal and we just stare into each other's eyes.

"Let me come to California with you" he softly asks 

"You can't, I need you here to take care of everything" I whisper back. Our voices are so soft that if it wasn't for wolf hearing we wouldn't be able to hear each other.

"I'm scared I'm going to lose you and you're all I have left" he looks away and I can feel his scared. I know I shouldn't do what I'm about to do but I'm also scared if something happens when I'm away. I've heard in the past that some fighters in The Wolf Game die from the fights.

He looks at me with his big puppy dog eyes and I can feel his sadness... I just had to kiss him. All of a sudden, Mo flipped me on my back, with his body is on top, and kissed me passionately, exploring my mouth with his tongue. I took off my top and I'm now completely naked. Mo stops and takes in my body, he looks at me with hungry eyes and this sends him into a frenzy and he starts to kiss my neck and his hands starts to massage my breast. I'm loving his touch and I arch my back wanting to feel his erection against my body. His hand moves to my wet core

"What do you want Sasha?" stroking my pussy

I left out a moan.

Putting his mouth beside my ear breathing heavily

"Tell me... is this what you want?"  he then slides his finger up and down my wet clit.

Oh, yes.

"I need you to tell me what you want" his voice coming out very low and deep

"I want you inside of me" I beg

I push down his boxer shorts and feel his huge, hard c**k against me. I grab his c**k and start to pump it with my hand. I then move it to my opening rubbing the tip against my extremely wet entrance. I want to skip the foreplay because I need him now. 

Without warning, he pushes through my entrance and I claw his back as my body adjusts to his huge d**k. He lets out a groan and slowly starts pumping me while licking and biting my n*****s. 

My moans are getting louder and Massimo picks up his intensity, f*****g me even harder. I can feel my o****m building and he then flips me on top, scooping his arm around my back and my legs are wrapped around his waist, pressing another kiss to my lips, he f***s me harder and deeper, taking in every inch of him my body feels like it's on fire. He slides his hand in between our bodies and begins to rub my clit, feeling my o****m come I scream out his name. Massimo lets out a guttural groan and we both c****x at the same time. Both our bodies trembling. We're holding onto each other and he gives me little kisses all over my neck. 

Massimo releases me and lays me down on the bed and cuddles me from behind. Neither of us says anything. He gives me another kiss, this time on my neck and he traces his fingers up and down my arm.

My eyelids grow heavy and I drift off to deep sleep.

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Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. 

My alarm is going off and I press the stop button on my phone. 

Arhhhhhh, 5 am. 

I look over and I see Massimo fast asleep with his hand around my waist and a big smile on his face. 

FREEZE TIME!

Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh....what did we do? Last night was amazing but he's my best friend. What the hell were we thinking?  This is bad! 

I need to leave for the airport and I don't have time to have this conversation with him. 

I also never want to have this conversation with him. I jump up and put on his T-shirt. I see a pen and I write on a notepad next to his bed

Mo,

I'm sorry about last night. It was all my fault for kissing you and getting so drunk.

Let's never speak of this again.

Please take care of Mum.

Love you

Sasha xx

I grab my things and creep out of his apartment. I see Mum asleep and I decide to quickly brush my teeth and throw on some jeans and Massimo's t-shirt. I want to shower but I have to be quick in case he wakes up and we have awkward goodbyes. 

I order a taxi and walk over to Mum and give her a kiss

"Mum?.... It's time for me to go" I whisper

She opens her eyes and gives me a smile

"I love you, Sasha. Promise me you'll be safe" her voice low and weak

"I promise. Stay strong and I'll be back before you know it" I give her another kiss and a big cuddle and grab my things. 

I freeze time again before I open the door in case I see Mo. I walk out and run down the flight of stairs praying time stands still. 

Right on cue, my taxi arrives.

I look up to Mo's window and I see him looking at me. He opens the window yells out to me

"SASHA, WAIT" I look at him and shake my head and blow him a kiss.

He looks hurt and confused and he disappears from the window. I know he is running down to see me but I just can't do this right now. Suddenly he mind links me and I can hear his voice

Sasha, wait! Please stop

I can hear his desperation and I start to cry

I'm sorry Mo, I have to go. 

I shut off our mind link and I jump in the Taxi telling the driver to quickly drive off. I tell myself not to look back. I can hear him screaming my name but I just tell the driver to go faster and I never looked back.