Kai raised his eyebrows, then looked up. “The ceiling, currently.”
Felix face palmed. “Dude,please. It’s midnight.”
“Like you even care,” Kai grumbled. “You’re the one who stays up late reading anyway. Isn’t midnight a little early for you?”
“Not on vacation when we get up at the crack of dawn. Whatever is tossing and turning in your mind, just make sure it’s not tossing and turning your body too.” Felix huffed, switching off the bedside lamp and laying back down. He added an extra huff to make a point.
“Geez. Does Sonnet know what a grump you are at nighttime yet?”
“Goodnight, Kai.”
He rolled his eyes and tucked his arms behind his head. Sonnet flashed through his mind, her puffed cheeks, narrowed eyes, and standing on her tippy toes to look more intimidating, but it just made her look cute. She was so serious earlier.
Geez.
“Hey.”
“What?” Felix growled.
“Dinner was…good.”
There was a long, awkward pause before Felix turned the lamp on again. “Yeah?”
“Yeah. You did a good job or whatever.”
“Or whatever? Huh. I guess I can take your weird compliment.” There was a pause again, and then a laugh. “Sonnet said something to you, didn’t she?”
Kai quickly rolled onto his side, hugging his pillow into his chest and grumbling. “Turn off the light already, will you? I’m trying to go to sleep.”
If an eye roll made noise, Kai was sure he heard Felix make it, but he said nothing else as he turned off the light and went to bed.
Kai’s face was burning up, and so were his ears. Shit. Was he coming down with something after just getting here? He wasn’t happy about the whole therapy thing or spending time with the pack, but shit; a vacation was a vacation.
It’s not the flu,his alpha laughed.
Then what the hell is it?
Embarrassment, dumbass. You got caught caring about our mate.
Like hell.
Kai wasn’t sure what came over him, but it wasn’t any of that weird, deep feeling shit his alpha had the nerve to say. They were the ultimate alpha! They didn’t need feelings.
That was before. Now we have a—
Don’t say it!He groaned.
MATE!
“Ugh, I hate you.”
Chapter 23
What time was it?
Kai’s eyes pinched open, and his head throbbed from the light peering in through the window and from Felix’s phone. He was using his flashlight to go through his luggage, looking for clothes and all his fancy hair and face products.
Kai groaned, throwing a pillow at him before putting another over his head to block out the light. It had taken him forever to fall asleep, and now he woke up too soon. Maybe choosing Felix over Jude to bunk was a mistake. Especially since Felix had more pillows than there was room on the bed.
