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We shuddered in unison.No one wanted that.

“I was just heading to see Mom, but I could come with you to your house instead,” I suggested.

His hand came up before I’d finished talking as if to brush off my idea.“No, it’s fine.I don’t think I need you and your mate in the same place doing… what you’re thinking about.”He groaned dramatically.“Can’t you think about anything else, like a normal stalk?”

I grinned at him.“Don’t be silly, this is all I wanna think about.My custard and his cream, it’s—”

He shoved his hand over my mouth, his eyes wide with terror.“To Great Rhu, no more!It’s not normal and I’ve had enough with Tim!Don’t need you to be spouting this nonsense at me.”

“Nonsense?”I mumbled against his palm, then shook his hand free.“It’s not nonsense.It’s all about finding your mate and getting rhubarb happy!”I exclaimed, insulted.

“Whatever you say.I have to go, it seems that your pride has arrived at the house and caused a bit of a commotion.”He groaned.“Now what!”Then he was striding off in the opposite direction to where I was headed.

What’s going on Burke?

Silence.

Burke?

More silence.

Burke answer me… or I’ll spank your bottom.Did that sound weird?Too kinky?

Ohhh.

Panting filled my head, and I came to a halt.What are you doing?

I’m struggling to hold on to Apollo.He’s got the scent of something and it’s sending him doolally!

Oh, that doesn’t sound good, so I’ll stop pestering you.

Not pestering… and the spanking…

A wave of heat hit me in my stalk, and I grinned all the way home.At the door, I reconsidered the state of my sweats when I glanced down, feeling my stalk waving around looking for its ballsy-bull.Well, this wasn’t going to work in front of my mom.I tried to think of non-ball things, like a sudden attack of wilt.

“Why are you hovering outside the door?”I glanced up, seeing Mom in the doorway, and I wilted like I’d had a blast of icy cold.“Is it ‘cause you know I heard the news from Ma Baker three doors down that my son got himself a mate?And not a rhubarb,” she screeched.

Yep, totally called it.I patted her arm.“He’s a bull with the biggest…” oh yeah, maybe that was gonna be too much of an overshare, “heart.He’s adorable, Mom, you’re gonna love him.”

She poked her head out the door past me, looking up and down the neighborhood.“Then where is he?”

“He’s dealing with a crisis.”It was the truth, so I didn’t feel bad.“I’ll bring him around tomorrow before work.We could have dinner together.I’ll cook.”

“He doesn’t eat himself, does he?”She shuddered at the thought.

I had a whole different image in my head, but I didn’t imagine my bull was that flexible.I was…

“Nope, he’s a veggie, like us.”I guided her inside, making sure to work on keeping my thoughts to myself.“Let’s see what you got in the cupboards.I’m sure we’ll find something.”

Chapter Fourteen

Burke

“Stop thinking with your dick and get your other head in the game,” Maximus scolded me as he came back into the kitchen of the rhubarb house with Crimson.“This is serious.”

I hung my head (the big one) and the little head sulked.But my pride leader was right.This was serious.The trouble had only arrived when we did.Now, two stalks had gotten attacked and one of our lions had lost his shit.

I wanted my mate’s arms around me, but I didn’t want him to think I was a needy bull who couldn’t cope without him.Shit, maybe, just maybe, I was a needy bull.

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