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“I think that really depends on if you’re a good boy or not.”
“Oh, is Ms. Cage putting her foot down?” Cole teased. “Enforcing the rules?”
Heat crept into my face and I narrowed my eyes. “Someone’s acting like they don’t want to hear my theories.”
Cole gave a bright, boisterous laugh before squeezing me closer to him. He stood up so abruptly with me still in his arms that I yelped and tightened my arms around his neck. He bent down to put me back on the loveseat.
“I’ll have to be on my best behavior then, won’t I?” he asked, brushing his lips over my temple. “I’ll go grab the bags.”
“Wait, I’ll come help,” I said, holding onto his shoulders as he started to withdraw.
“Rest. It’s been a long day of traveling,” he said, smiling. “Try out the bed, okay?”
He winked and gently took my hands off his shoulders. “Be right back.” Then he breezed out of the room and down the stairs.
Sighing, I wandered over to the bed. I pressed my hands on it, feeling the gentle give of soft memory foam and the downy bed covers. I turned down the fluffy comforter, toed off my shoes, then crawled in. It was big when I looked at it, but even more so when I was actually lying in it. Cole had a slightly oversized king mattress, but this one was like a king and a queen combined. And it was so comfortable. The soft mattress and heavy comforter enveloped me in a comforting cocoon. The untouched linens were cool to the touch, and the pillows cradled my head like clouds.
“Oh my god,” I moaned.
“That good?” Cole asked.
I started, lifting my head to see him in the doorway, holding our bags. He had an easy, content smile on his face.
“That was quick,” I remarked.
“Well, I’ve got to be a good boy.” He waggled his eyebrows. “I’m just going to hang up our clothes, then I’ll come join you.”
“Let me help.”
“It won’t take me more than a few moments. You just stay over there and be comfy.”
“If I stay here, I’m going to fall asleep.”
“Good. We need a nap before our outing tonight.”
“Outing?”
“Eugenio stopped by while I was unloading the car,” Cole explained. “Apparently, there’s some big feast thing to celebrate our arrival. I tried to insist we didn’t need it, but the kid was adamant that it’s tradition when another alpha is visiting and…well—”
“Better to not undermine yourself if they’re trying hard to give you recognition as an alpha,” I finished.
His jaw worked a little as he opened our bags and started unpacking.
“Something wrong?” I asked.
“I don’t know how I feel about going to a huge event like that with you,” he said. “I don’t want something to happen when I’m the only one there to protect you.”
“I don’t think anything bad will happen,” I said. “I don’t think your grandfather would allow something bad to happen.”
“You’re probably right,” he said as he hung our clothes in the closet across the room. “I think that warning my dad gave me is just kind of freaking me out.”
“Yeah.” I smiled at him. “But if your dad was truly worried about something happening to me, he would have told us not to come, right? Or he would have come with us. He just wanted us to be on our toes, not hide out.”
Cole nodded as he hung one of my dresses. “All the same, you stick close tonight, okay?”
“Like glue,” I promised.
He smiled at me for a moment before returning to his task. “Warm up that bed for me, and we’ll take a nice afternoon nap before we have to look like functional, competent pack leaders.”
