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“Do I smell? I need a shower?” I asked, giggling like a lovestruck boy. I knew exactly what my alpha was talking about.
“No. I smell your need for me. After…I forget how many times during the night, you’re still starving for me. I love that.”
I leaned on my elbow and kissed his full lips. “I’m not the only one.”
“No, you’re not. Let’s get showered and get down to breakfast. My bear wants you fed first.”
We showered together while making love again. I had to go into my room to get my clothes but brought them into his since I knew I wouldn’t be sleeping alone that night. It wasn’t until I had dressed under the roaming gaze of my alpha that our circumstances hit me like a brick.
I stopped with my fingers on my zipper. My heart thrummed between my temples.
“What is it? Sheppard? Are you okay?”
We didn’t know each other well. His bear must’ve alerted him something was off. “Um, I’m overthinking as usual. Let’s go have breakfast.”
We finished getting dressed and went downstairs, hand in hand. When we got into the dining room, Franklin immediately beamed with happiness. Despite what I’d heard was his sad love story, his joy for us shone through. “It’s always the run that does it,” he murmured to himself while waving us into the kitchen. Breakfast was served buffet style and we ate at the small round table in the kitchen. The view was spectacular, and so was the sunrise over the hills and valleys in the distance.
Franklin had gone overboard but, since our appetites were voracious, we managed to polish off most of the meat and eggs and a good half of the muffins and cinnamon rolls. Franklin mentioned that the rest would be donated to the shelter again, and he hummed while he packed them up in a basket. This time, someone would stop by to pick it up, so he didn’t need us to make the trip into town.
The owner was one of a kind.
“Sheppard, shall we take the walk we talked about doing yesterday before we visited that nice town?” Locke asked.
“It’s a lovely morning.”
Locke turned around. “Franklin, would you like to join us?”
Franklin laughed a bit. “A stroll with the newly mated couple? I think not. I remember those days. Soak them up, males. Believe me. Time is short. Life will fly by. Go on, you two.”
We decided to head back toward the forest where we had run as animals the night before. We didn’t make it far before I was pressed against a tree with my alpha devouring me. His lips were hungry though he’d had me all through the night.
“I can’t get enough of you, omega.”
“You might have to,” I said as a tear streamed down my face.
“What? What does that mean?” He pulled back, cupping my face in his hands.
“We’re here, and it’s amazing, but, er, what happens tomorrow? I’m on an airplane back home before dawn tomorrow. You have your life and your business. I love this, and I’m over the moon that I found you but…”
“But what, omega mine? Did you think that this was it? One amazing weekend, and that was it? You bear my mark, little rabbit. My mark means something. Does it mean nothing to you?”
I gasped. “It means everything, Locke. I’ve waited and wanted a mate for so long. What’s going to happen to us? I don’t want to miss you and sleep in an empty bed. Hell, I don’t know how I’m ever going to sleep alone again.”
He chuckled. “I’ve thought about that, too. I’ve thought about all of it, Sheppard. We’ll make it work.”
“How?” I barely let him finish his statement. I clung to his shirt with fisted hands, scared but silently vowing never to let him go—at least, for very long.
“To get something amazing, you have to make changes. You have to give up something. That’s what I’ve learned over the years in business, and I think it’s the same in this situation.”
I blew out a long breath while he moved to kiss my neck, making my thoughts fuzzy. He pressed me against the tree with his pelvis, the sign of his need hard against mine. I tilted my head back to give him better access as he moved my shirt collar and grazed his lips over my mark. “You’re not helping me think straight,” I said, letting out a moan.
“You don’t have to. Let me do it for you.”
I moaned his name again. “How can you think like this?” I reached for his hips and ground against them.
“I’m not, actually. My bear is. He promises this will work. One way or the other. You’re mine. Fate brought us together. I’m not letting anything tear us apart.”
“Locke, I’m leaving tomorrow, and so are you.”
