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I was on a roll. Needing to tell him as much as I could.
“I took my brothers’ partners to the club since I was bored and wanted a fight, and I knew my brothers would give me one when they got there. It was lucky Soren, the club owner who is a vampire and loves me, got everyone out before the hurt went down. But then you kidnapped me….” A huff of air spilled out of me before I dragged in another deep breath.
I shook my head and hugged myself, rocking forward and back on my feet. “I’m getting off track. I do stupid stuff like that all the time when I’m bored—not getting off track, I mean like at the nightclub—and it can bring a world of danger into my life and in return your life, but that’s if….” I shook my head again.
Should I carry on? It’s not like he’s running for the door yet.
Fuck it.
“My job is dangerous too. We don’t only work in the family businesses, which can be so freaking boring as well, but my brothers and I work for our shifter council in eliminating anyone they tell us to. Bad people. But we don’t kill just those they tell us. We’ll slaughter anyone who does us wrong or tries to hurt us or anyone we love.”
By the time I was done—at least I thought I was done, but I wasn’t too sure—I was panting.
I looked off to the side but peeked at my mate out the corner of my eye.
He rolled his head around, and I heard a crack in his neck. “Who’s this vampire that you were talkin’ about?”
I jolted in shock and stared at him. “Huh?”
“The vampire that loves you.”
My heart danced up into my throat, but I swallowed it back down. “Are… are you jealous?”
Oh my God, that was the cutest thing ever. No one ever got jealous over me. No one cared enough to get jealous. Then again, I hadn’t liked anyone enough to want them around long enough to get jealous. It was possible that if they’d gotten jealous, I would have punched them.
But with Corbin—my sweet, angry angel—I loved that he got jealous.
“Was he that guy with long hair standing at the bar?” he asked roughly.
I couldn’t tell him. I didn’t want him to get hurt. Not that I thought Soren would, but there was a chance Soren would drink from him, and if that happened, if Soren touched my mate, I would kill him, and that’d make me upset. Even my belly revolted at the thought of Corbin being touched and me killing Soren.
So, instead of answering him, I asked, “Aren’t you scared about being a fated mate?”
“No.”
My insides danced in glee like my fox was.
“Why?”
Stop questioning him, you fool. He’ll run for sure if I keep checking if he’s certain about me and us and our future.
“Decided last night that I wanted to see where this was going with us. Being a fated mate explains why I already feel so strongly, and it sounds a lot like marriage without divorce. I reckon I’ll take you up on the offer of keepin’ you forever since I already don’t like the thought of not seein’ you. But it ain’t like we gotta rush this and bond right now. I don’t want you to think I’d be accepting you just to fuck you.” Corbin took a step closer, and I vibrated with need, even just to touch him. “As soon as I saw you, Riker, I knew there was somethin’ different and special about you. I won’t want to change who you are. But I’d try and advise you if I think somethin’ you’re doin’ is a risk to you or me.”
He stopped close, but not close enough that I could reach out and lay my hands on him. Hands that itched to have our mate’s skin under them.
I wanted to rub my face against his warmth too. Not only in my fox form, but as I stood now. We wanted him stinking of our scent.
I won’t want to change who you are.
He’d said it and I believed him.
“Come here, Riker,” he clipped.
I bounced, ran the few steps, and jumped into his arms. He caught me with ease, one arm under my ass, the other at the back of my head to pull me into him for that much-needed kiss.
I moaned into his mouth and parted my lips after the first touch. I needed his taste to mingle with mine, and holy guacamole, he tasted fine.
He groaned into my mouth when I scraped my nails over his shoulders. He threaded his fingers through my hair and tightened. A sharp sting had me grinding into him and nipping at his bottom lip.
