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Onyx's smile widened as he leaned in to whisper, "He's ordering you flowers for the bedroom, living room, and your office in the safe house. Shh. I didn't tell you."
"You snitch." I laughed, and he joined in.
"He's gonna scold me for telling you, but I don't give a fuck."
"I'm glad you're getting along," I confessed with a comforting smile. Onyx nodded as he looked forward, his hand stroking the palm of mine.
"You know, the years of torture and having one another and Aurelia...I never actually thought we'd find a pack that understood us," he confessed. "A group of wolf shifters that aren't trying to destroy you in the shadows, or that’s all about hierarchy while anyone who's not a Beta or Alpha is considered useless. I expected we'd either be dead, or with one another, but to be a part of the Forbidden Pack has been a comforting experience thus far."
"Aside from the interference with the various bullshit Papa Dearest initiated."
"Aside from that bullshit," he agreed but looked over at me. "Are you worried about him?"
"Truthfully?" I asked and watched him nod. I gave him a half-smile as I looked forward to avoid his gaze. "Ya. Stupid to worry about someone who abused you for years and is the reason for all the fucked-up trauma in your life...but...I can't justify it as enough for him to be worthy of dying. I mean...I'm sure it's fucked up. My thought process. I should be begging for him to die faster or something, but I guess without the suffering, would I have ever found you?"
I returned my gaze to him, staring into his black orbs with rings of silver.
"Would we have met? Or even meet Aurelia? We'd never have met Dimitris, Neo, Saint, and Jayce, and I doubt I would be close to Viktor. I wouldn't have fallen in love with cage fighting to relieve myself from all the stress or heightened my magic enough to be William. Who knows if I'd be alive...or even get a chance to figure out who I am. I guess my life would have been a whole lot different without everything that happened, and frankly, I doubt I'd carry as much gratitude for life," I confessed. "You really appreciate the good in your life when you've suffered a lot of bad."
"Isn't that the truth," he whispered. "Don't worry too much about Roberto. I'm sure whatever happens, Mother Moon knows best."
"Ya," I replied as we shared a compassionate look. "Thanks, Onyx."
"Go have fun," he encouraged and leaned in once more to give me a firm kiss on my lips. "I love you."
"Love you more." His words made my heart flutter, but it was him moving even closer to press his forehead against mine that filled me up with immense warmth.
I snuck in one last kiss before I waved goodbye and the valet worker opened the door for me. Onyx watched me head into the mall before he drove away, leaving me smiling from ear to ear as I watched his car disappear.
"No wonder they say when you're madly in love it shows from head to toe."
I looked over my shoulder to see Aurelia leaning against the glass doors.
Her neon ombré hair was tied in a ponytail while she wore a lace crop top that fit her breasts perfectly. She paired the top with fitted black pants and wore black Louboutin heels. Between us, she clearly would look like the "male" if we were still in a relationship, and the whole ensemble gave me a couple of ideas.
"You're letting your imagination wander again," Aurelia announced with a slight smile.
"How'd you know?" I asked and crossed my arms over my chest to emphasize my sass.
"You bite your lip when an outfit turns you on," she tossed out with a wink and pushed off the glass door to open it. She gestured for me to enter first. I pouted my lips and decided to take the lead while muttering, "I thought I stopped that."
"Nah," Aurelia stated with a gleeful laugh. We headed inside, and she gave me a side hug. "So what sorcery did your mated bulk of a fucker pull to get this mall completely shut down for us?" she inquired and further leaned in to whisper, "After fucking you senseless."
I groaned and let out a huff.
"Viktor was actually the one to book the mall out. He's on leave to deal with some personal shit, and Onyx was just hard based on my breathing," I summed up.
"Breathing my foot," Aurelia laughed as she let go of me to skip forward and spin around to walk backward - a habit she did just so her attention would remain on me while we talked. "You looking hot like you're about to walk down a runway with a pinch of mate bond juju and viola. You become irresistible dessert."
I laughed and shook my head. "He was so turned on he almost threw his phone into the toilet."
"Damn," she gasped while wearing a devilish grin. "You have him completely under your spell."
"Spell of trying to get ready to see my best friend," I declared. "Fuck, I've missed you. It feels like eons when it's only been a few damn days. I've surely aged a year or two after all the madness."
"Don't blame you," she confessed. "Things have been rather crazy. I heard Roberto's away for business?"
"Ya," I whispered. I didn't want to lie to her, but I couldn't afford to tell her about Roberto's condition as of yet. "First Papa Dearest, and then Viktor. Makes me feel as if something bigger is happening behind the scenes, but I have no clue what.”
