A smile lifted up the edges of Claudia's lips when Alex opened his eyes. She reached out and wiped away the blood smudges on his cheeks.
"I think I've healed most of the injuries but not completely. I'm sorry if I worried you, baby. I--" The words died on her lips and her eyes widened at the his proposal.
"You want to... I..." Her smile widened and the question finally sank into her. She threw her arms around his neck.
"Yes. Yes, of course I will!" When he came back into the bed with her, there were no longer any need for words as she lost herself in his embrace.
Alex let Claudia sleep he cuddled with her all night when they were not engaged in their private celebration of their engagement. While she was sleeping he got up and went to the safe that was hidden behind a picture and opened it. He pulled out a very old and precious ring. He had had it redone right after he met her. It was perfect and he hoped that she would love it as much as he did. When she woke up she would find the ring on her finger.
He couldn't wait for her to awake on her own so he made a little noise knowing that she slept light sometimes. He smiled and lifted her hand up so she could see it. He smiled.
"Do you like it?"Claudia blinked the sleep out of her eyes. She smiled and looked at Alex and then at the ring that was now wrapped snugly around her finger. For the second time since Alex proposed, she found herself at a lost for words.
"Alex... this is... perfect. Thank you," she said in a quiet voice that was trembling with emotions. She reached out and hugged her to him.
Alex accepted her hugs and kisses. He was thrilled that she loved it so much. He looked at her delicate features and her inner strength and she moved against him, taunting him to take her again. He realized that his appetite for her would never be fully sated and he would never tire of being with her. Some time later he emerged from the adjoining shower and wrote his sleeping beauty a note and left it on the table by the bed. It simply read.
Gone to the bar to check on things. Be back later. I love you.Alex went to the bar but not long after he got there he just couldn't stand not hearing her voice so he called her to quell his worry that something else was wrong.
Claudia had just decided to go to the bar after reading Alex's note when her phone rang. She picked it up and smiled when she saw Alex's name on the screen.
"I was just on my way to you." she said.
"I would prefer you stay at the house today. I need to go see Xavier in a little bit. I have some words for his pack about being on Prescott property and about attacking you." He watched the guy start unloading his liquor shipment and he said,
"Please stay there and visit with the family. I would feel much better if you did." Alex said still feeling something uneasy. His spidey senses told him that something was going to happen. He just didn't know what.
Claudia would have insisted on going to the bar but feeling slightly guilty that he had been so worried the night before, she simply agreed.
"Alright. But hurry back home when you can, okay?" she said. She really didn't want to be away from him too long.
"Oh, I might go for a run later. Maybe go find Caius so I can bring him back for our wedding.""Wait for me and I'll go with you, ok? I don't want to take a chance on last night happening again." It took everything in him not to go kill every one of Xavier's wolves. He hung up and tended to the bar and it's employees, He had a new bartender since Caius left and Andrew was rarely at the bar these days. He needed to hire another one and he had interviews to do.