Author: Aileen Erin
Category: Paranormal
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“Not yet.”
He was right. We still had a chance, but it felt like I’d already failed. I’d gone to the compound and I hadn’t accomplished anything.
As we pulled onto the worst road in the history of roads, I gripped Dastien’s hand tightly. It was good to feel him, to be with him. He calmed me.
Dastien stopped the car as we reached the clearing, and went into the back of the car—pulling out the bag of food and a blanket. While he was busy, I hopped down out and started walking.
He caught up in a second. “Let’s go by the pond.”
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“Okay,” I said.
This was the first time I’d been around him since I accepted that he was my mate—since that first vampire attack—that I couldn’t feel what he was feeling. It was both disarming and unsettling. It was like there was a great cavern between us and I couldn’t reach across to him.
I’d thought I missed him before, but being next to him, I missed him even more.
He glanced up at me from where he was putting the blanket. His eyes hadn’t dulled from glowing yellow. I didn’t have to be able to read him to know that this was bothering him, too. He was way more obsessed with our bond than I was.
“Are you okay?” I asked.
“I wish we could break the jars now. I don’t like this distance. You’re here but you’re not, and it’s driving me crazy.”
I sat down heavily. “Me, too.”
He sat next to me and pulled me into his lap, pressing his forehead to mine. “We’ll be okay. It’ll take more than this to take us down.”
“I know.”
“You were hurt, and that hurts me, but I’ll be here for you. No matter what.”
His words made me feel a little better. “Do you think we’ll ever get to live here?”
“I know it. I will make it happen no matter what.”
He was so determined that I almost believed him. Almost. “Some things won’t be in your control.”
“I don’t care. If that’s what you want, I’ll make it happen. Trust me. This will be okay. It might be a while, but we’ll make it okay.”
I nodded and rested my head on his shoulder. “Do you think that our bond will come back?”
“Is that what you’re afraid of?”
A part of me was. A lot of our relationship was based on our bond and being mates. If that was suddenly gone, if I never got back to who I was before, would he still be with me? “Yes. If I can’t be your mate anymore—”
He shook my shoulders until I looked at him. If I’d thought his eyes were glowing before, I was wrong. “You are mine. There’s no backing out of it for any reason. I liked you when you were human. Seeking you out in the bookstore. Following you to that stupid party. I couldn’t stay away even then. And you’re still a wolf. I can feel her there, under your skin. You’re going to be fine and even if you weren’t, I’d want you just the way you are.” He stared into my eyes and for the first time, I broke away first. “Got it?”
I chewed on the inside of my mouth as I let his words sink in. “Yeah. I got it.”
“Good. Now let’s have a snack and talk about happy things. Like where we should put the house. How many bedrooms? That seems like a good negotiation. I was thinking seven was a good number.”
I shoved him. “Seven? How do you figure that?”
“One for us, two for guests, four for kids. Although, maybe we need ten. Ten would be better, right?”
“Ten? Who the hell is going to be visiting us? How many guests can we have at one time?”
He grinned and his eyes dimmed. Not all the way back to amber, but closer. “Not for more guests, cherie.”
I laughed. “You’re out of your mind.”