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She gripped his wrist and held his palm to her face. “I don’t care about your scars, Adam. I’m deliriously happy to have found you.”
His gaze searched hers, and she saw the awe in the blue depths as he realized she was being entirely honest. She truly didn’t care about his scars, apart from being sad that he’d been injured and that he still had pain.
“Where are you going with your brother?” Adam asked as he walked to a dresser and pulled out a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. He rejoined her and gave her the shirt, and then tugged the jeans on.
“My herd was killed when I was very little. Row’s mom adopted me, and she’s been searching for reindeer shifters ever since. Apparently my people like to keep hidden. She had a private detective searching for them, and he finally found a herd.”
She’d been nervous about meeting her own kind. She’d spent almost her entire life surrounded by shifters who were very different from her. Alice and Row had always made her feel welcome, but she’d never quite felt at home. When she and Row had left on their journey, she thought she’d finally find a place where she would feel welcome, assuming they embraced her as easily as the bear sleuth had. But now, as she sat in the presence of her truemate, she knew she’d never felt more at home in her life. It didn’t matter that Adam was a wolf; it only mattered that he was hers.
Adam fastened his jeans as she pulled the shirt over her head. His eyes darkened as he moved between her legs and gazed down at her. She rested her hands on his hips, splaying her fingers across his flesh as he stared at her intently. “I’m glad you came to Wilde Creek.”
“I’m glad you didn’t try to eat me,” she said.
“The night’s still young,” he whispered, his voice a low growl.
She exhaled slowly, her pulse racing as the air hummed with arousal. She wanted to strip him from his jeans and explore his body with her fingers and tongue. She wanted to know what he sounded like when he came.
“Dani,” he said hoarsely, “stop looking at me like that.”
She grinned. “I’m totally picturing a Little Red Riding Hood thing here…my big, bad wolf.”
He growled and hauled her into his arms, turning to the wall and pressing her back to it. She wrapped her legs around his waist and linked her ankles. “Yes,” she hissed as he latched onto her throat, sucking her flesh into his mouth until she could feel the press of his teeth.
She could hear Row and Kammie talking quietly in the front room. He seemed to realize it at the same time, freezing against her and releasing her with a sigh. “I don’t want to leave this room, but we should probably go talk to your brother and Kammie before we go too far.”
She brushed the back of her hand across his cheek. “If you insist.”
“Let’s get them on their way and then we can see where the night takes us.”
“Back to bed,” she whispered.
“Fuck, Dani,” he groaned, pressing his forehead to hers.
It would have been so easy for her to reach between them and undo his jeans to free his cock and impale herself on him. She wanted to do that—to take him and be taken, to bond them together. But over that insistent need was the knowledge that her brother was in the next room and had very good hearing. She didn’t want her first time with her mate to be a hurried affair. She wanted him all night, with no interruptions.
After a long moment, he eased away from the wall, and she slid down his body reluctantly until her feet were on the floor. He went to the dresser, pulling more clothing from it and then offering her his hand, which she eagerly took. Her mind was spinning with all the things she wanted to do with him that didn’t involve clothing. Her mate was sexy as hell, and the last thing she wanted to do was have a conversation with her brother and Kammie. She hoped they’d hop out of the house fast, so she and Adam could get back to business.
They left the bedroom and walked into the front room, finding her brother and the she-wolf in the dark by the front door. Dani took the clothing from Adam and gave it to Row and Kammie, then returned to Adam’s side. He wrapped both arms around her, pulling her into his protective embrace.
Row made a face after Kammie had tugged Adam’s shirt over her head.
“What?” Kammie asked.
“You smell like another male in that shirt,” Row said.
Kammie rolled her eyes, and Dani giggled. Her brother was an idiot.
Row snarled in Dani’s direction, and Adam pulled her behind his back quickly. His voice was threatening when he growled, “Do not snarl at my mate in my house. I don’t give a damn who you are to her.”
Kammie, looking genuinely surprised, said, “You’re really mates, Adam?”
He nodded. “Yeah. What’s up with you and growling bear here? Do you need help?”
Row snarled so loudly that the pictures on the walls rattled. Dani had heard Row growl and snarl since she was little, so she was used to him and his bear having a bad attitude from time to time. It didn’t worry her, but Adam was tense. She could feel the fur of his shift prickling under her fingers as she rubbed his back in a calming motion.
Kammie said, “It’s fine, Adam.”
Adam cleared his throat before saying, “Dani said you were taking her to see her people, but that’s clearly not your concern any longer.”
