been called a monster, called a demon

"I doubt that this will happen - from her and my point of view - you are one big and stubborn baby," Pump teased him in an unusually light-hearted way, indicating the obvious need for him to rest and let his shoulder heal a little, before returning to active duty. On the other hand - neither of them wanted to appear weak and she completely understood Ragnar. She would do the same in his place with the advantage of being the alpha and therefore no one would tell her, what to do.

"You are a man of many secrets too," she replied tossing the ball back in his side of the field. Even after two months of living in the same pack with him, meeting him day to day, he still was a mystery to her. Open to people to a certain limit and then the one, who tried to read him, met a solid fence, behind which was hidden a world that was very different from the one they were living in. "Back to business though - how bad is your shoulder, really?" she asked, returning back to her old business-like self.