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Leo
I’m clinging onto my girl as I drive this shit car down the icy highway as fast as I can. The tires are practically bald, and the protective side of me wants to give her a lecture on road safety, but she’s in no condition for that.
The poor girl keeps shaking. She’s trembling non-stop with purple lips. But it’s that nasty gash on her nose that I’m really worried about.
I keep looking down at it as I cradle her to my chest, hoping the warmth of my naked body is enough to keep her from entering hypothermic shock.
“We’re almost there,” I whisper to her as I yank the car off the highway and head onto the road that leads to my property. There’s so much snow. The car is barely making it through. It’s groaning and squealing as I push it beyond what it was designed for.
Come on, I say, willing the engine to make it.
My cabin is in view when it finally dies. The engine just gives out with a pathetic sputter, and the heater turns off. The dashboard goes dark.
“What happened?” my girl asks as those stunning green eyes dart up to mine. She’s so breathtaking. Even with her face covered in blood, she’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
There’s no doubt in my mind that she’s my mate. No doubt at all.
My grizzly smelled her on the cold wind and we both knew immediately. It was like a shock to the system. Her scent burned like fire as it blazed down our throat.
“The car died,” I whisper as I hold her a little tighter. “But my cabin is just up ahead. I’ll carry you to it.”
“Okay.”
I slide my arm under her legs and around her back. I kick the door open and then carry her, running toward my cabin through the thick snow.
Even though I’m naked, the cold doesn’t bother me. But I know it’s different for her. She’s already been out here for way too long. I have to get her warmed up inside before frostbite begins claiming parts of this stunning body that I’m already becoming obsessed with.
Why is she wearing a wedding dress?
That question keeps nibbling at the back of my mind, but I push it out every time it rears its ugly face. I can’t focus on that right now. I need to get her to safety first.
She’s clinging to me as I open the front door and bring her inside.
Her teeth are still chattering as I look around. The fireplace is cold. The bath is going to take too long to fill. She needs warmth and I’m the best option to give it to her.
I bring her to my bedroom and lay her on the bed.
“I’ll be right back,” I say as I run to the bathroom, dump some bubble bath into the tub, and turn it on.
Before the water even hits the ceramic, I’m back in my room, going to her.
She looks shell-shocked as she sits on the bed, watching me with stunned eyes. Her hair is a wild mess, she has dried blood coating her skin from the top of her nose all the way down to her chest, and her wedding dress is a bloody nightmare. She looks like a bride from a Stephen King novel.
But even still, I wouldn’t want anyone else.
She’smine.
That word reverberates through my body as I stare at her. She’s my mate. The one I’ve been waiting for. The one I’ve been dying to touch and hold and kiss.
And she’s finally here.
“I need to get you warm,” I tell her, trying to keep my voice calm and soothing. She doesn’t fight me or say a word as I take the wedding dress off her, stripping her to her lacy white bra and underwear.
The sexy sight makes my chest tight, but I force myself to look away. To ignore it. To focus on her needs, and not my own.
I pick her up again and slide under the blankets with her. She’s ice cold.
We cling to each other for several long minutes as the heat from my body engulfs her, slowly thawing her out.
