Their Runaway Mate by Selena Cross Read Free Book Online

moment with this remark and Carter automatically wanted to comfort her, but he still didn’t understand.
    “But that doesn’t make sense, you’re twenty-five. How have you remained a virgin this long?” he winced at his harsh way of saying it, but saw no other way to put it delicately.
    “My parents died before I graduated high school and I had to work to raise my little sister because we had no other family. I guess I just never had the time or desire to be with anybody else,” she was embarrassed for her admission and Carter knew he was making it worse by just gawking at her, but he just couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
    “So you’ve never even kissed a man before?”
    Her blush came back. “Once in high school, but his braces cut my lip and I haven’t wished to relive the experience since.”
    A part of him wanted to chuckle at the scene that painted, but he knew better.
    He was completely floored, here he was relaying all his sexual escapades to her as if they were nothing and she was a complete and utter virgin. He felt like a heel. For the second time since he’d met her, she’d managed to make him look like an outrageous ass and all she’d to do was be her innocent little self.
    Then an idea popped into his head, he and Drew would be her first for everything. With that prospect, his cock perked back up and seemed to come back to life again. It wasn’t very often that a man found his mate and she’d be completely free from ever being touched by another man, especially within Packs. All the males in the Pack shared unmated females regularly during their heating season, so most males were just glad they’d found their mate and didn’t worry about how many others she’d been with before.
    He uprooted himself from where he stood and took a seat next to her on the bed. He could see how nervous she was and now that he’d gotten over the initial shock, wanted to reassure her a bit.
    Taking one of her hands in his, he laced their fingers together. “Anna, I know all of this is a bit frightening for you, and up until just a few moments ago I didn’t realize how frightening it really was. I know I haven’t made the greatest impression on you and I understand you not trusting me, but I’ll never harm you in any way.” Carter took a large breath because he knew the next thing he said was going to be hard, “I’m willing to wait for you to grow to trust me before we do anything. The last thing I want to do is push this mating on you.”
    “But aren’t you already?” she whispered, probably hoping he wouldn’t hear it.
    “In a way, yes, I guess I am, but Drew and I’ve been waiting for you for a very long time and we don’t want to give up our chance of having a family.” She opened her mouth to say something, but Carter cut her off, “I’m not talking about having pups. I’m talking about us all just being mates. If you don’t want to give us pups right away and want to wait a while, we would be fine with that as long as we had each other, you, Drew, and me.
    “Just give me two months to prove myself to you, Anna. Two months, and if you still don’t want to be with us, we’ll let you go.”
    Minutes ticked by and Carter thought he was going to explode from the anxiety. Why had he said he’d let her leave them after two months? Why did he feel the need to have her trust him?
    Finally, she broke the tense silence, “Okay, I will try.”
    A sense of relief and of dread filled him at the same time. What if he screwed up again within the two months? What if, at the end, she decided to leave anyway?
    Resigning himself to accept the terms that he already laid out, he kissed her hand before he let it go and stood up. He had to convince her that she could come to care for Drew and him. He couldn’t lose her.
    “I’m going to give you some privacy so you can freshen up or whatever. Drew and I have an important meeting today and probably won’t be home until dinner.” As he reached her