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“What are we going to do when we get back?” I whispered to him.
“I’m going to kick Teris’s ass when he attacks me,” Remmo said calmly. “And then, we’ll figure it out.”
My whole body clenched.
Shit, I hated that idea.
“I won’t let him attack you,” I said.
“You won’t have a choice. I kissed the female he was mated to, so there will be a fight.”
“No, Remmo. I—”
He squeezed me tightly, cutting me off. “I knew the consequences when I kissed you, Iloli. Let me face them.” His lips brushed the top of my hair, and then my forehead too. “Are you ready to get moving?”
“No.” I let out a puff of air. “I’m going to think of a way around another damn fight.”
“Think while we move,” he said, giving me a quick, soft smile before he shifted forms.
Though I wanted to curse him out and stay right where I was until I had the answer I wanted, I shifted too, and off we went.
As the day passed,my mood darkened.
Because I’d come to a realization I hated—and developed a plan that made me want to barf.
Teris would beat Remmo in a fight if it came to that. And the sabertooth bastard was vicious. He’d kill my basilisk if he got the chance.
The only way to avoid that would be to reestablish my bond with Teris.
That thought made me nauseous. Really, really nauseous.
But I couldn’t watch Remmo die.
The only alternative I came up with would be to mate with Remmo. If our lives were connected, Teris wouldn’t dare hurt my mate.
But Remmo and I…
We were just friends.
I wasn’t in love with him, because I refused to let myself feel that. Or anything near that. The only people I’d ever loved had hurt me in every damn way there was, so…
No, love wasn’t an option.
Mating wasn’t, either.
Even if I had wanted to mate with Remmo, I couldn’t do that without knowing the gossip about him. He hadn’t told me anything more about his past than I had mine—so we knew some things about each other, but not a ton.
As far as I knew, he was just one of the many cold unseelies trying to learn to control themselves perfectly up until a few months earlier.
But what if there was more to him? What if he’d dated one of the other girls or something, and hadn’t told me?
My paranoia had me making up stories by the assload, so yeah.
Mating was a no-go.
Which meant I was going to have to kiss Teris.
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