she
practically shoved them into the car that was going to take them to
the airfield. Kasim was driving them, his white teeth
flashing brightly in his dark face as he gave her a salute before
pulling out. Damn but he was a handsome man, all ebony skin
and muscles, with those really cool long dreads. Unfortunately, he
tended to act all big brotherly to her too. Waving at the car,
Bethany couldn’t even see if anyone was waving back, but she didn’t
stop until it was out of sight.
"They'll be fine." A heavy arm
slung around her shoulders as she sniffed away the last couple of
tears that were threatening to fall.
"I know," she said, not
looking up at the big, sexy man standing beside her. Now that
he was so close, her beast uncurled inside of her a little, as if
putting up her head and sniffing the air. Bethany ignored
it. Yeah, she got that he smelled good, but seriously, there
were other men that smelled good too. Maybe not as good but she
still wasn't buying this whole 'mate' thing. Once he'd popped
her cherry, she was looking forward to seeing what else was on the
menu. "It's just weird... but it's not like we're used to
normal."
His hand caressed her upper bicep,
making her feel warmly comforted. Bethany mentally gave him
points for not just blurting out some kind of lame platitude.
She'd heard a lot of those since they'd been rescued, all
well-meaning but not exactly helpful.
"It'll take time. We'll take
good care of you while we're gone."
"Yeah?" she asked, looking up at him
and giving him a brilliant smile. The shock in his face at
her flirtatious expression nearly made her laugh out loud.
"You can start with dinner. Tonight. Just let me
know when and where."
Quickly, she pulled away
and trotted back towards the infirmary so that she could visit
Bailey and let her little sister know how the send-off had
gone. She chuckled as Mr.
I-Don't-Know-It-But-We're-Getting-It-On-Tonight called after
her.
"My place! Six
o'clock!"
Chapter 3
Steele hadn't felt this nervous about
going on a date with a girl since... well, ever. Then again,
he'd never been on a date with his mate either. His wolf was
bounding around inside his head, giddy enough to nearly make his
head ache, jumping for joy at how today had turned out.
He'd been planning on taking things
slowly once her brothers left, once it had been made clear that he
wasn't going to get anywhere while they were around. It
didn't seem like they had a personal objection to him, more just
that they felt the need to hover and make him work for it.
Like they would for any man that was interested in her. The
fact that they didn't try to run him off, that they were taking the
time to get to know him and make sure that Bethany did the same,
was encouraging, but it had been driving his wolf crazy. Not
to mention his body.
The stories he'd heard about the
biological imperative of the "mating call" hadn't been
kidding. The first day hadn't been so bad, the second day
he'd only had a hard-on when in her vicinity, but today he was
starting to feel the need to always be in her vicinity. And
if he'd taken some kind of male enhancer, he would have had to call
his doctor over an hour ago because the damn thing didn't know when
to quit. He'd been hard ever since Bethany had invited
herself over for dinner.
It didn't hurt that the more he got to
know her, the more he liked her.
She was funny, incredibly loyal,
smart, caring, and not even a little bit afraid of going toe-to-toe
with him. That last part might be what he liked best about
her.
Which didn't help the situation with
his dick.
Bethany didn't care that he was
Alpha. She ignored his orders half the time - most of which
had to do with telling her to stop flirting with the other men in
the pack. Not that any of them were flirting back, which was
the only reason his wolf hadn't torn any throats out. Last
night he'd had to go for a good long run in the forest
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