Lucian stood, hands opening and closing helplessly by his sides. He didn't know what to do. Part of him wanted to run, howling, into the dark. Another part of him wanted to shake Emma until she saw reason. But the part of him that was her Familiar ached at the very idea of doing either, and what's more, he could still feel her soulfire burning away within him. Binding him to her, drawing him near. So more than anything else, he wanted to kiss her until she changed her mind.
Yes, he wanted pups, but he wanted Emma more. He would happily raise Bel's children as his own if Emma didn't want his. It didn't matter to him, any life Emma created was precious and he'd treasure and protect it. But she was his. He'd chosen her as his mate, and although wolves didn't always mate for life,
