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“If I ever take a mate, I’m going to choose someone who listens to me. Someone who lets me take the lead when they don’t understand something as well as I do, and doesn’t take charge in a situation that should clearly be my call.”
He blinked again.
I taped my box shut, then left the tape gun on the counter for Tori. There were a few boxes left for her, but she’d only need one. “I’m taking my shit down to your truck.”
He grabbed it before I could, then stacked the open kitchen box on top of it. “I’ve got it.”
“Great.” I didn’t force a smile.
I was too damn tired.
“We need to run,”my wolf said.
Maybe she was right. One way or another, I definitely felt like I needed a break from my new soulmate.
eight
LOVE
Madd wasquiet on the way to his pack’s neighborhood. I was too, after getting the address for the house Tori and I were potentially going to live in, and sending it to her.
My forehead leaned up against the glass window, and I dozed a little. After a sleepless night, I needed the rest.
When he turned down a road on the far edge of town, probably twenty minutes away from my place, I opened my bleary eyes and looked around me.
Madd’s neighborhood was much different during the day.
Each house was pretty in its own way, all of them forming a few massive rectangles with monstrous stretches of thick, green grass in the center. There were dozens of houses, all of them spaced out so far apart that they all had their own privacy and a few acres of land.
I’d never seen anything like it before.
I recognized Madd’s house when he parked in front of it. He was tucked away in the furthest corner of the neighborhood, with theback of his house facing the forest. He parked in the garage, and left my boxes in the back of his truck when he led me inside.
“If you need to get some rest, the couch is open.” He gestured toward it. “Or my bed, of course. There’s not a spare in any of the rooms. I’ve never needed one.”
“I’m fine, thanks,” I said, looking at his space with new eyes.
Everything was done in neutral, natural colors that reminded me of the forest. It was laid-back, and I loved that. The furniture looked comfortable and nice. There were massive windows everywhere that looked out at the trees surrounding the property, and the forest at the back.
Seeing the trees made me yearn for them.
My wolf, even more than me.
“I’m going to shift,” I told him, heading toward the back door.
“Perfect.” Madd didn’t bother asking for permission to join me, simply following me across the room.
I didn’t try to start a conversation with my wolf about not flirting with Madd’s. She was going to be all up in his grill no matter what I asked, and she was just as free to do that as I was to put distance between us.
Madd’s wolf would be equally all over her, if not more, so the flirting didn’t seem like a huge deal. They couldn’t seal the bond without both of us consenting, so it wouldn’t make my decision for me or anything.
We slipped out the back door, and I inhaled deeply.
The forest smelled incredible.
Like pine trees, rain, and…
Madd.
