No, they never said anything to me except to eat and to stop screaming.
“Okay, I’ll tell the others.We’ll keep looking for her.If you want, I can leave you with someone safe and go there myself.I’ll kick in every door until I find her and bring her home to you.”
Taylor looks terrified.Don’t leave me.
“It would only be for a few hours.”
She sits up, gripping my shirt with one hand and typing with the other.I don’t want to be alone.I don’t want you to get hurt.
She cares about us, my wolf howls.
I smile gently.“I’ll be safe.I’m a wolf, mate.Shifters have heightened healing properties.I’ll be okay.”
She looks dubious, so I pull her into my lap and rub my hand up and down her back.
“You can think about it,” I assure her.“If you want me to go, all you have to do is ask, mate.I’ll do anything for you.”
Taylor lays her head on my chest, and my heart lodges in my throat.She types on her phone, and I wait patiently until she shows me the screen.
Thank you.You’ve done so much for me.I don’t know how I’ll ever be able to repay you.
“You don’t owe me a thing, mate.”
She smiles up at me, and I gather her closer in my arms.
“Come on.I’ll make you breakfast, and we can talk.It would be nice to learn more about you.”I stand, lifting my mate easily in my arms.
She’s still wearing my clothes from yesterday, and I’m sure she’d like a shower and a change of clothes, but she slept for so long and barely ate anything yesterday.I need to fix that first.Need to feed her before I let her out of my sight for any amount of time.
I carry her into the kitchen and settle her on a stool before I pull open the fridge.“Want some Jell-O?Or a popsicle?Or Christian said that oatmeal or eggs would be okay.”
Jell-O, please.
I pass her two containers of Jell-O and grab the eggs out of the fridge.“Do you want something to drink?”
Maybe a cup of tea?
“Sure thing.Which kind?”
Jasmine Green, please.
Setting the kettle on the stove, I grab a mug and a tea bag.I make us scrambled eggs while she eats her Jell-O, and she smiles when I set her plate and cup of tea down in front of her.
Thank you.
“Of course.”
I turn in my seat to face her more as we both dig in.“I forgot to mention something yesterday when I told you about shifters and fated mates.”
She looks at me, chewing her bite of eggs.
“Shifters also have this thing called the mating heat.Each month, on the night of the full moon, we experience the mating heat.”I reach out, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.“It’s hard to explain.It’s like this intense need to mate, to… be together.”
She grabs her phone.You mean sex?
My cock hardens in my pants, and I clear my throat.“Yeah.Sex.I’ll also bite you our first time.Right here.”I brush my finger over the base of her neck, feeling her pulse race beneath my fingertip.
She sucks in a shaky breath at my touch.
