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She wrapped her hands around the lever and leaned much more than she needed to.
I fought a grin as she prepared to put her shoulder into the motion, but I lifted a hand to her elbow to stop her before she hurt herself. “Easy. I fixed it, remember?”
“I thought it would still be heavy.” She shot me a questioning glance.
“Nope.”
She eased up on her position. “Better?”
“Much.”
After a quick breath out, she pulled on the lever. It moved smoothly, and the stone slid out of the entrance, opening our cave the rest of the way.
She released the lever and stumbled a bit, the back of her body pressing harder against my front. “Damn, thatwaseasy.”
I chuckled. “I told you, it had been broken for a while. I didn’t expect to be fated to you, or I’d have fixed it long before you arrived.”
She flashed me a frown. “Who did you think would be fated to me?”
“We had never seen you, so our guess wasn’t based on you, but on us. Worren was among those most desperate for a female, so many of our pack assumed you would be his.”
Her nose wrinkled. “I would hope fate wouldn’t pair me with someone just because they weredesperate.”
My lips curved. “We werealldesperate, Ez. And frankly, most of the pack didn’t think it was possible for fate to pair us with humans who had come from beyond the veil. Those who did assumed fate would pair the female with the most desperate of us, or the most attractive of us.”
“And which of those categories do you fit into?”
I grinned. “Somewhere around the middle of both, I’d say.”
“How do you decide which guys are most attractive, since you’re all so tall and muscular? I think it’s pretty equal, but that’s just me.”
“Despite our sizes, there are a few different body shapes and hair colors. Those with the lightest and darkest hair are typically considered the most attractive.”
Her eyebrows lifted. “That seems kind of ridiculous to me, but I guess it makes sense that you’d have your own definitions of beauty. What do the most attractive women look like?”
My chest rumbled. “Women.”
She laughed. “No, really.”
“It’s been so long since we’ve had women, the old standards have faded. The most desirable females had the most vibrant hair long ago, but your hair could be the same shade as mine and every male would still be dying to claim you.” I captured a strand of her hair and ran my fingers down the length of it, lifting it to my nose and inhaling her scent deeply. “Veil, you smell incredible.”
“So do you.” She leaned the back of her head against me, and tilted it so our eyes met. “I smelled you in the Broken Woods before you found me. I thought your world just smelled really good until I realized that was your scent.”
Satisfaction flooded me. “I smelled you the moment you landed in my world as well.”
She nodded and lifted her head. “I’m still not sure what to believe about fate.”
“I’m sure enough for both of us.” I brushed my lips against her shoulder, wishing it was bare. “Eventually, you’ll agree.”
She smiled. “I kind of wish your confidence wasn’t so damn attractive.”
My lips curved. “I’m glad it is.” I kissed her shoulder again. “How did your planning go?”
“Pretty well, I think. It’s going to be hard to introduce the human way of living to your people, but I think they’ll figure it out. You sort of have.”
“Sort of?”
“Well, you’ve accepted the boundaries I set, so sort of. But I still don’t think you understand most of my humanness.”
