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His bags were easily packed, the dirty clothes in one, the remaining clean items in another, and unlike the other days of the summit, he wore a pair a of jeans he could easily move in, compared to his slacks, and a t-shirt rather than his button downs. He wasn’t about to let his clothes restrict his movements, not when he had Aubree to protect until they were beyond this place.
He grabbed the tray, not caring the food was mostly cold by now. He’d ordered them both waffles, not thinking this would happen, but wanting the sweet taste of syrup on his tongue to see if it matched the sweetness of her scent. He knew now it wouldn’t come close to matching his mate’s sweetness, but he could still enjoy it.
“Stop it unless you want me climbing into your lap, Heath,” Aubree warned, moving out of the bathroom towards him. Her hair was braided again and for once, he liked it. “What does that mean?”
“You’re quite adept at this linkage you know,” he teased pulling her onto his knee before lifting a bite of the cold waffles to her lips. “I hated your hair being up all the time, where I couldn’t touch it, see just how soft it really was.”
“And now you don’t mind that it is after running your hands through it while making me yours?” Her little lifted brow made him laugh; certain Katya was going to adore her nearly as much as he did.
“I don’t want other men tempted to touch it, up like this, they can’t without getting too close, and I’d never let them live if they got that close to my mate.”
“And how close will be too close for you?” she asked, her voice a bit wary and he swallowed down the wave of jealousy rushing through him that made him want to keep her all to himself.
He wasn’t going to be that type of mate. Protect her at all costs, yes. Stifle her, no.
“If they are close enough, they can just reach out and touch your hair as it is now, they’re too close, little doe. I won’t want them that close, and neither will you,” he said, putting a soft smile onto her lips telling him he was right. “I can’t say I won’t get growly if you go hugging other men, even if they’re just my brothers, but I will never harm you, hurt you for it. We will meet a lot of people and you can dictate how close you want them, how you prefer them to greet you, little doe. If that means they simply acknowledge your presence with eye contact and a nod, then I’ll make sure they know not to touch. If you want to shake hands, that’s fine. I don’t believe in the bullshit air kisses crap others do, so if any woman tries that with me, I expect you to save me.”
“And how will I do that? Climb you like a tree?” she joked, making his cock swell as thoughts of her climbing him rolled through his mind. “Save it for when we’re home, big guy.”
“Keep looking and wiggling against me like that and he’s just going to get bigger,” he countered as her ass grazed his hard length. He grew serious once more as he fed her another bite. “Everything I do now is to protect you, Aubree. I will never try to control you, simply caution and suggest things that will keep you safest.”
“I can live with that, especially if it means I get more of this morning and babies out of you.”
“Our first is probably already taking root inside you right now, which means getting you home so our wolves can enjoy themselves before you can’t shift until he’s born.”
“He’s born?” she asked curiously.
“Our entire family tree has always had a boy first. All of my siblings had boys first. I was born first in my family. My father was an only child which was odd, but he was a boy obviously. My mother even had an older brother, so yes, I know it’ll be a boy first and then if you want all girls after that, I’ll do my best to give them to you.”
“I don’t care what they are, as long as we’re happy,” she whispered against his lips, and he sipped at them until he knew they had to leave, or risk being found in close quarters.
He moved to the door with their bags, handing them off to Wallace who was at the end of the hallway with Sebastian. He’d clearly followed his directions from earlier, bringing their guards in now rather than waiting for the morning.
Wallace’s eyes slid to Aubree, spotting her mark before finding the one on his neck and Heath smiled, drawing her closer to his side.
“This is Sebastian, he’s been here with me all week, and this is one of our other guards from the Alpha Squad, Wallace,” he told her and her soft smile at them surprisingly didn’t make him jealous, it made him proud. “This is my Aubree. My mate.”
“Pleasure to meet you finally, Aubree. Heath’s family will be thrilled he’s claimed a mate at last,” Sebastian said making Wallace’s brow lift slightly and Heath chuckled, pressing a kiss to Aubree’s temple.
“Especially my parents once they know that you’re just now eighteen so you can provide them with more grandbabies,” he said, and the shock on their faces told him they completely understood why they were leaving a day early now.
Chapter 9
Aubree’s stomach tightened with worry the further down the steps they moved. Even knowing the two men were with them, that there was at least one more downstairs waiting to join them didn’t calm her. Yes, Heath was a beast, he towered over Alpha Josh’s six-two, but Alpha Josh was even older than Heath was, also an alpha, and their entire guard was right here.
“Relax, little doe,” Heath said softly to her, drawing her gaze up to him. “Both my Alpha and Bravo Squadrons are here, either on the grounds already or just beyond the gates still. We may be smaller in numbers than the scum’s guard, but we’re better.”
“I don’t want to lose you,” she whispered, settling into his tight hug as fears sliced through her at the mere thought of it.
“Never, my heart,” he swore, his kiss soft and sweet, leaving her wanting more.
They reached the bottom of the steps, finding another man that was just as large as Sebastian, with similar features blocking the path up them.
“This is Simon, he and Sebastian are brothers, not twins though their mother calls them her Irish twins because they’re less than a year apart in age,” Heath told her calmly and it was clear that he already knew she was his mate from the looks and smile the man gave her.
“Welcome to the family, Aubree. We’re ready whenever you are, Heath,” he added and Heath’s hand tightened in hers, reassuring her once more as they moved towards the meeting room where the summit was ongoing.
“I thought we were just going to leave,” she whispered to him when they reached the doors.
