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“I do.”
“Come back?Maybe not tonight, but tomorrow?”
“Yes,” he answered immediately, capturing her lips one more time, and damn near bending her in half.
“Rami!Phone call!”Terrie called from the front, and he pulled up.
Still unwilling to let her go, his hands rested on her sumptuous hips as he inhaled, trying to calm his beast.Noemi laid a gentle hand on his chest, rubbing the spot as if she somehow knew that would ease his Lion.The animal chuffed inside of his mind’s eye, settling now that he’d seen to it, she was safe and would be watched by one of his Pride.
“What time will you be finished tonight?”
“Well, I lost some time this morning, and I have tomorrow’s baking to prep.But I’ll be ready to leave by eight.”
“Terrie will take you home.”
“Terrie?But she’s a child-”
“Uh, she studied self-defense with her brother.I would do it myself, but I am on stakeout tonight.”
“I see,” she frowned, “Well, if it will make you feel better, I guess it is okay.Be careful, will you?”
“It does make me feel better,roohi.You be careful too.”
Later that night…
“You called her what now?”Officer Timothy Swavely scratched his head and cocked it to the side.
“Nothing man,” Rami grunted.
Why the fuck had he told the man about his conversation with Noemi anyway?Stupid.Real stupid.
But the fact was he’d called the womanroohi.He’d grown up hearing his father call his mother that, along with a slew of other Arabic terms of endearment.For some reason, when he’d looked into Noemi’s azure gaze, it just clicked.
Roohiliterally meantmy soul.His Lion chuffed, agreeing with the sentiment from the place he rested deep within Rami’s mind’s eye.Even though his human side wasn’t quite ready to face that, or to examine the reasoning behind his sudden attachment to the attractive normal.
Fuck.It was going to be a real issue.He needed to get approval from his Primus before revealing his Shifter secret to the sweet human.With the Shifter Council meeting coming up at the end of the month, Rami would probably have to request a formal hearing there too.He would need their consent as well.
This kind of shit was complicated, and honestly, maybe he was jumping the gun.The woman barely had time to settle into her new life and work.How was he going to spring all this on her?Never mind his Nana had gone positively berserk when he mentioned meeting the female when he’d stopped home for a fresh shirt.
“You talked to the Southern girl from the bakery?Oh, Rami, and?”
“And what?She was the victim of a crime, Nana.”
“So, that is why you rushed from the station to see to her and why you had to take her home?”
“Are you spying on me again?I thought we set boundaries last time, Nana,” he’d warned.
“Shush, you are my grandson, I want you safe and happy always.But Rami, you think about her, yes?”
“Yes, I’ve been thinking about her ever since I saw her,” he responded honestly.He knew no other way to be with his grandmother, intrusive though she may seem.
“Good.”
The old woman had left it at that, but Rami wasn’t able to take his mind off the pastry chef as easily.They’d kissed.And it was great.Like really, really great.
BFD, he snarled at himself.He was behaving like he was in junior high!Rami needed to slow his roll and allow things to progress naturally if at all.Chances were, he wouldn’t even remember her name in a day or so.
Grrrr,his Lion snarled,not fucking likely.
