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“Yesterday you nearly fully drained yourself before you started pulling from me and the pack. This time, you pulled equally. Plus, you weren’t trying to talk to someone so far away through a mate bond. You had a physical grip on Meredith. It made things easier.”
“I guess that makes sense.”
“But I’m still hungry, which means you are, too. Come on, cherie.”
I took in the sight of him as he held out his hand. He was over a foot taller than my five feet plus a few and ripped. Without his shirt on, I had a delicious view of his sculpted abs. His arms were thick and chorded with muscle. I loved how his hair had grown out in the past few weeks, long enough for him to tuck it behind his ears.
He was everything I wanted. “You sure you want me forever?” I asked. I opened myself to the bond so I could feel what he was feeling.
“Absolutely.” No hesitation or question.
My heart stuttered at how happy he made me. “Okay.” I breathed deep. “Okay.”
I took his hand, but he didn’t pull me up. “What?”
“And you? Are you sure you want me?”
I bit my lip to try and stop the smile that spread across my face. “For as long as you want me.”
“Forever then,” he said as he pulled me to my feet.
“Okay. Forever.” I stood on my tip-toes and pressed a quick kiss to his lips.
He said something in French.
“I don’t know what that means.”
He laughed again, not telling me.
Damn it. That meant I was going to have to learn the language.
“Now, let’s really go get some food.”
“Okay.” I would’ve agreed to anything he said in that moment, with those dimples in his cheeks and love in his eyes.
He pressed his forehead against mine. “Thank you.”
“For what?”
“For being you.” He sighed in a huge dramatic way as he stared down at me. “This is good. We’re good.”
I cupped his cheek with my hand. “Are you okay?”
“I am now.”
“And before?”
“I was worried. We had the full moon coming in a couple of days and the Tribunal after that. We didn’t have time to get you used to the idea of being a wolf and you were so scared. I didn’t want to push you.”
“I’m sorry.”
“No. Don’t be. This is a good day. For the first time since I bit you, I feel like we’re going to be okay.”
I thought about it for a second. It was like a huge weight had been lifted that I didn’t even know I was carrying. “Me, too.”
I ran my fingers through his hair. My heart was full. So full, I didn’t know it was possible to be so happy. So in love.
He pressed one more kiss to my lips, and then to my forehead, before grabbing my hand in his. “Ready?”
