Page 14 of Remy & the Wildcat

She relaxed as he spoke. He wasn’t looking to take over and be the boss, he was looking for his truemate and to lead with her. It’s exactly what she’d needed to hear.

“I’m so glad to hear it, honestly.”

“Will your pride accept me, though? I’m not a wildcat.”

“There’s nothing in our laws that says only wildcats can be part of the pride or part of an alpha pair. Hell, half my people don’t even believe in truemates and think males and females should just choose a mate and start a family as soon as possible.”

“There are wolves like that too, but I’ve always wanted to wait for my truemate. I knew she’d be special and just the right person for me, and turns out I was right.”

He gifted her with another of his sweet smiles that made her feel all warm.

He let her borrow his cell and she texted both Liam and Dana to explain she was in Allen and had found her truemate, and that she’d be bringing him back to the pride later in the day.

She yawned as she set the phone between them.

Remy brushed his fingers lightly down her jaw and she shivered.

“You look like you’re about to drop,” he murmured.

“I think I was just running on stress for a long time, I haven’t been sleeping well.”

“Let me make up the bed for you.”

“Only if you join me.”

His eyes darkened slightly and she caught the hint of his arousal, which made her cat sit up with a curious purr.

What if they mated each other tonight? What if she did something impulsive like ask him to mate with her so they could belong to each other, and he’d be her alpha male while the full moon was still in the sky?

What if… she yawned again and her cheeks heated.

“You’re so tempting,” he said, leaning in close and kissing her gently. “Let’s go to bed. We can talk in the morning.”

“Talk?”

“At the very least.”

The couch pulled out into a bed, and after shedding their jeans and shoes, they climbed in together. He curled around her back with his hand on her stomach, and she snuggled into his embrace.

“You’re very tempting too.”

“Hmm?” he asked.

“You said I was tempting. You’re tempting too.”

He chuckled in a low, soft way and kissed her neck, which made her shiver again. “We’ll still be tempting tomorrow.”

When Remy woke in the morning with his beautiful mate in his arms, he decided that there was nothing better than the way she felt against him. His wolf was happier than ever and so damn thankful to have found her. It boggled his mind that if he’d simply chosen to skip Kash and Bella’s mating ceremony, that he may never have met Thyme. Hell, if her half-brother had his way, he apparently would have tried to kill her so he could take over the pride.

“I have some thoughts,” he said as they dressed.

“Good thoughts?”

“One-hundred-percent. I was thinking that we could check in with Alpha Jason about the locations he’d gathered for me and then go on a road trip, make our way to your pride but stop first at the towns. Assuming they aren’t super far away, that is. I don’t know how soon you want to get back home.”

“I’d like to check in with the elders, but if we can hit any of the towns along the way that would be amazing. It would be cool to have a plan in place before we got to Marin.”

He nodded. “The other thought was that I wanted to know if there’s any kind of timetable with our mating.”

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