There is no one here but you and me. I shall never tell another if you decide I am not manly enough for you.”Kate giggles, and the sound is sweet to my ears. “Thank goodness. I was so worried about that,” she teases, and when I clutch my chest as if wounded, her laughter escalates. “Sometimes I wonder if you’re ever serious, Harrec.”“Only when I must,” I admit with a grin. “But I am very serious about how much I like you.

Know that even if I am a hunter who can be foolish at times, I would cherish everything you would give me.” I put my hand over hers. “And if I say or act a certain way, it is because I am addicted to your laughter.

(...) You would be strutting about, waving your cock as if it is the most clever of creatures for spawning a kit in a female, just like those two do.” He waves a hand at Cashol and Zolaya.I snort. “You did the same when your Mah-dee resonated to you.”“I did,” he agrees, good-naturedly. “I was so proud of my cock you would think it had dragged on the ground because of its size.”Rokan just chuckles. “Now there is an image I will have in my nightmares.

She rests on the floor in a pile of furs, and as she hums to herself, she unbraids her hair. It is such a simple, achingly beautiful moment that my chest hurts just to watch her.I want this. I want to be with her, at her side when she prepares for bed. I want to watch her hum as she unwinds her plaits every night.

Oh, come on. It’s just a braid. If you hate it, you can take it out. And I’ve done lots of guy hair before.”He grins. “Very well, but if it looks ridiculous, you must remember so we can tell my Claire all about it.”I chuckle at that unexpected response. “I’ll do you one better. If it looks completely silly, I’ll recreate it when we get home so Claire can have a good laugh.”His face lights up at the thought of making his mate smile

But I’m allowed to flirt if I want to. You don’t own me, Taushen. You’re not my father, either.”“I do not want to be your father,” I snarl, beyond frustration. I am so full of need for her that I ache, and she speaks of her father? “I want to be your mate. The one who gets all your touches, all your caresses. The only one.

I’m single, remember? No one to watch my back.”I would watch it for her. “I will go to the ends of the land if you wish to. Anywhere you want to go, we will go.”Her smile curves her mouth, and then she gives a soft chuckle. Her sweet, happy, true chuckle that makes my chest ache with want. “What if you resonate?”“She can wait.

I spy with my blue eye—”“I told you. It’s ‘my little eye.’”“My eyes are not little. Not like yours. So I will spy it with my blue eye.

Don’t tell me you didn’t see those girls checking you out.”“Checking…out? What were they checking?” I frown.“Your butt, most likely.” She pulls her hand from mine and pats my bottom. “It’s a really nice one.”I can feel my face grow hot. “Well, I am yours. They can look all they want, but I belong to you.