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Are you sure you re only nineteen? Elan asked as he stepped into the room with two steaming
plates of lasagna. You handled that like a pro, always leave them wanting more. But the relationship
stuff you handled better than most three times your age.
Thanks, I m deciding that honesty is the best way, I said as I took a plate from him and sat
down. I tried keeping things inside that I should have told him and everything spun out of control
because he was doing the same. If we were just honest with each other instead of playing games and
misunderstanding each other, we wouldn t have ended up in such a bad place.
Again, I ask if you re really only nineteen, he chuckled. That s a very mature perspective for
someone as young as you are.
Age is just a number, I mumbled as I shoveled some food into my mouth. There are people
twice my age who haven t been through as much as I have. Maturity isn t always about age and age
doesn t mean that someone is really an adult.
Yeah, but I didn t even remotely have my shit together like you do at your age. It s impressive.
Gabriel s a lucky guy.
I blushed at the comment and kept eating because I didn t know what else to say. Part of me hoped
that Gabriel felt the same way. I really hoped he did.
Gabriel
Couldn t stay away for one night, huh? a fae warrior asked me as he slipped out of the shadows
and into my line of sight.
Would you if that was your mate and he was scared? I replied, raising an eyebrow at him as I
eyed him over. And had two hot fae warriors guarding him?
Gabriel
Nope. I m surprised you held out this long, he chuckled. I m Brio.
Gabriel, nice to meet you, I said as I shook his hand. I know this is on Barnabas s estate, but I
just wanted to see for myself that he was safe.
I just got back out here. Elan took the shift after dinner so I could eat. Your mate was reading
some massive old book and gasping every so often. I m assuming he was learning new things about
being a Kappa.
He s so funny when he s studying. I smiled, picturing him just as Brio described. He gets so
excited when he reads something new.
He s like a sponge, sucking up everything he can as he goes. And if he finds he likes a subject
he ll write it down in this notebook he keeps of things he wants to learn more about later.
You re a lucky man, Gabriel. I d love to have a mate so full of life like that.
I am but things haven t been easy, I admitted with a sigh. I find him and he s legal by our laws
but not by wolf law to claim. I ve been losing my ever-loving mind and I ve been taking it out on him
instead of explaining things to him. We ve had some miscommunications as to how wolves act at
times too. I thought he was playing childish pranks but instead he was marking his territory.
Did he pee on you or something? Brio chuckled.
No, he kept masturbating in my bed and leaving his scent everywhere for me to find. I thought he
was being a brat for denying him a physical relationship. I couldn t touch him and trust myself not to
claim him. I mean, you ve seen him. He s gorgeous. Everything in me is screaming to seal the deal
before someone can come in and sweep him off his feet.
Yeah, that would be tough. I m glad we don t have laws like that.
I mean, sure we have laws to protect the young against older people but an adult is an adult. We
don t bite or claim like you guys do. If we find our mate during sex, that s it, we re bonded.
I guess everything has its positives and negatives. I saw his confused look and explained. You
guys could miss your mates because you didn t sleep with them. We know by scent. So yeah, there s
extra hoops to claiming them and following the rules, but if I was in your place I d be so scared that
I d miss my mate because I didn t fuck them.
Yeah, it s a concern, he agreed. The fae tend to be very open about sex. It s just sex sometimes
so we tend to do everyone we can hoping we ll get it right and find our mates one day. But our mates
can be human and there s billions of them. We can t sleep with all of them. I think being on this plane
has helped though.
How so?
Queen Magdalena has the sight and gets glimpses of the future or visions at times. She s sent
some of us on random assignments where people have found their mates. I think that was blocked for
her when we were on the other plane. It gives me hope that one day she ll send me somewhere
knowing I ll find my mates.
Help is always good, I agreed with a nod. Which window is his?
Third one down. Are you going in? Because we were told no one was to get near him since it
sets off his powers and that won t keep him calm.
No, just want to see him with my own eyes. I don t think I can sit out here in this cold much
longer without worrying that my balls might shrivel up inside of me.
I can extend my warmth cocoon to include you, he offered.
Thanks but I don t want to distract you from your patrols. If we re hanging out then no one s
paying attention.
You know that s not true, Brio chuckled. You ve been a warrior long enough to know we can
do both.
Yeah, but he s my mate. I don t want anyone focused, even partially, on anything but him.
Fair enough. Nice meeting you.
You too. Keep him safe for me?
You have my word.
I nodded and walked away from him, heading to the window Brio had said. When I got there I had
to bite back a groan. Caven was lying on his side, facing the window, with the bedding pooled around
his waist. One slim leg was sticking out and my hands shook with the need to caress him.
How many times had I stood in the doorway of his room and watched him sleep, desperately
wanting to be right there next to him?
I hadn t thought it would be this hard staying away from him now that we were talking things out
but it killed me to be on this side of the window.
All I wanted was my mate and he was right there and I couldn t be with him. Things were never
easy and I just prayed I could hold on to my sanity a little bit longer. I had to for Caven. I could do it
for my mate.
Chapter Five
Caven
I woke the next morning with a gasp as I caught a familiar scent. I was up and out of my bed, not
paying attention to much other than the smell of my mate. As I raced through the house, I ignored
anyone else and ended up outside my bedroom window where Gabriel s scent was strongest.
He was here, I growled, sniffing the air to confirm it. Four hours ago.
That s impressive, Brio chuckled from behind me. Yeah, he came after you fell asleep and
said he was just going to check in and lay eyes on you for himself.
He stayed longer than that to have this much of his scent still here, I replied hesitantly.
Oh yeah, Brio chuckled. He stayed until the end of my shift outside and then through most of
Elan s. We used our magic to help keep him warm when we saw he was shivering. He said it was too
hard to leave you. He s worried about you and that you ll change your mind about letting him claim
you.
He shouldn t be, I whispered, shivering myself now that I was done with my adrenaline dash to
follow Gabriel s smell. I also realized something else& I was naked. I should get dressed.
I like the view though, Brio purred as he eyed me over.
I m spoken for, I snapped and turned away from him and jogged back towards the front door.
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