fur. He'd patrolled the perimeter all morning and his fur was dripping.
N ot even the rain was enough to put a dent in his cheerful mood. Things were going well with his mate, the connection he'd shared with her that morning still sent thrills through him.
He’d been a little unsure about leaving her that morning but she was adamant that the dead birds were just teenagers playing a prank, and hadn’t seemed concerned at all. Besides he had spoken to Alec, who had readily agreed that a Deputy would follow her when she drove to and from work. At work being in a public place wouldn’t be an issue, and at home Mal intended to stay with her.
He shimmered and shifted back to human. He pu lled his clothes out of his family’s box; just about every wolf household had a dedicated box outside their house to keep their clothes, key and phones in when they shifted. He was thankful his mother had put a towel in there for him today.
He dried off and pulled on his jeans and t shirt. He wondered what Terri was doing. She was probably at work, he pictured her sat at her desk. She'd probably be wearing one of her plain skirts that rode up showing an expanse of her luscious legs as she crossed and uncrossed them. She'd be wearing one of her button up shirts that bunched and gaped slightly round her ripe breasts. He pictured the way she bit her lip when she concentrated... He felt his sex stir.
He should go see her, see i f she can take a long lunch...
His phone rang shrilly. He didn't recognise the number, although he had eight missed calls from it.
He pushed answer. "Yeah?"
"Mal?"
"Rosalee?" He frowned, why was his Alpha’s mate calling him? Although he knew Terri was fond of her he had barely spoken more than a few words to Rosalee before.
"Where have you been? ” She asked crossly. “I've been calling you all morning.”
"Ou t on patrol, what's up?"
She breathed in and out. “Look I don't want to interfere, but I need to tell you something.”
Adam had been adamant that she not get involved, he said it was up to the two of them to work it out. He had forbidden her from saying anything. Yeah right .
“ Last night when we were talking to Terri she kind of... well... she said she was thinking of breaking up with you.”
Mal and his wolf froze. What? Why?
She waited a moment b efore continuing, her words coming out in a rush. “She kind of said that the age difference was too much, and that she was ready to settle down and you weren't. She thinks you're only interested in sex...”
Why would she think that?
“ I didn't tell you this to be mean, I told you so that you could hurry up and fix it before it's too late... We okay?”
He forced hims elf to remain calm. His wolf whined. "Yeah of course."
“ I like Terri a lot so don't screw this up she...” Rosalee bit her lip, she thought of the snippets of her past Terri had revealed. “She really deserves to be happy.”
"Thank you Rosalee."
He hung up and stared at his phone. He wanted to punch something. Where were his damn brothers when he needed them?
He'd thought things were going so well. No he was sure they were. So where was this doubt coming from?
Although ... he hadn't actually told her she was his mate yet. He grudgingly admitted she could be forgiven for not knowing he wanted to be with her long term. He’d never talked about the future. But then they’d only been together for six weeks, he hadn’t wanted to scare her away. Humans generally moved more slowly than shifters.
He needed to make it clear to her what she meant to him. That very moment, he needed to tell her .
*
Mal strode into the library shaking the rain from his head, just like he would in wolf form. To his displeasure he found the front desk occupied by the puma shifter Damian.
Damian didn’t like Mal. He made no bones about it. Since he had started seeing Terri Mal had been in the library numerous times. Damian considered him to
N ot even the rain was enough to put a dent in his cheerful mood. Things were going well with his mate, the connection he'd shared with her that morning still sent thrills through him.
He’d been a little unsure about leaving her that morning but she was adamant that the dead birds were just teenagers playing a prank, and hadn’t seemed concerned at all. Besides he had spoken to Alec, who had readily agreed that a Deputy would follow her when she drove to and from work. At work being in a public place wouldn’t be an issue, and at home Mal intended to stay with her.
He shimmered and shifted back to human. He pu lled his clothes out of his family’s box; just about every wolf household had a dedicated box outside their house to keep their clothes, key and phones in when they shifted. He was thankful his mother had put a towel in there for him today.
He dried off and pulled on his jeans and t shirt. He wondered what Terri was doing. She was probably at work, he pictured her sat at her desk. She'd probably be wearing one of her plain skirts that rode up showing an expanse of her luscious legs as she crossed and uncrossed them. She'd be wearing one of her button up shirts that bunched and gaped slightly round her ripe breasts. He pictured the way she bit her lip when she concentrated... He felt his sex stir.
He should go see her, see i f she can take a long lunch...
His phone rang shrilly. He didn't recognise the number, although he had eight missed calls from it.
He pushed answer. "Yeah?"
"Mal?"
"Rosalee?" He frowned, why was his Alpha’s mate calling him? Although he knew Terri was fond of her he had barely spoken more than a few words to Rosalee before.
"Where have you been? ” She asked crossly. “I've been calling you all morning.”
"Ou t on patrol, what's up?"
She breathed in and out. “Look I don't want to interfere, but I need to tell you something.”
Adam had been adamant that she not get involved, he said it was up to the two of them to work it out. He had forbidden her from saying anything. Yeah right .
“ Last night when we were talking to Terri she kind of... well... she said she was thinking of breaking up with you.”
Mal and his wolf froze. What? Why?
She waited a moment b efore continuing, her words coming out in a rush. “She kind of said that the age difference was too much, and that she was ready to settle down and you weren't. She thinks you're only interested in sex...”
Why would she think that?
“ I didn't tell you this to be mean, I told you so that you could hurry up and fix it before it's too late... We okay?”
He forced hims elf to remain calm. His wolf whined. "Yeah of course."
“ I like Terri a lot so don't screw this up she...” Rosalee bit her lip, she thought of the snippets of her past Terri had revealed. “She really deserves to be happy.”
"Thank you Rosalee."
He hung up and stared at his phone. He wanted to punch something. Where were his damn brothers when he needed them?
He'd thought things were going so well. No he was sure they were. So where was this doubt coming from?
Although ... he hadn't actually told her she was his mate yet. He grudgingly admitted she could be forgiven for not knowing he wanted to be with her long term. He’d never talked about the future. But then they’d only been together for six weeks, he hadn’t wanted to scare her away. Humans generally moved more slowly than shifters.
He needed to make it clear to her what she meant to him. That very moment, he needed to tell her .
*
Mal strode into the library shaking the rain from his head, just like he would in wolf form. To his displeasure he found the front desk occupied by the puma shifter Damian.
Damian didn’t like Mal. He made no bones about it. Since he had started seeing Terri Mal had been in the library numerous times. Damian considered him to
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