Page 27 of Claiming His Virgin Mate

Mine, the Tiger chuffed.

Suddenly, the air hummed with magic, and he turned his feline head to see the Alpha still. It was as if he was communicating with someone not there, he realized. Watching awestruck as the largest male Wolf among them tossed his head back and howled into the afternoon air.

Then the black Wolf was speeding back to the place they had begun their run, and Alex followed. His heart thundered. He hoped like fuck he was wrong, and everything was okay. But his stomach nearly turned in on itself with anxiety as he waited to see what Rafe did next.

The Alpha’s Change was faster than his and before Alex could blink, the man stood tugging on his jeans and grabbing his cell phone. Alex followed suit, while two other males stood in Wolf form beside their leader.

Rafe raised his hand to stop Alex from speaking, as if he were fool enough to interrupt the Alpha. Alex merely swapped his stripes for skin and waited.

“Kurt? You got him,” his blue eyes flashed to Alex’s, and the man felt his beast rise in fury.

He wanted to exact revenge on the male who had harmed his mate and caused her grief. Even if he had inadvertently paved the way for Alex to meet her.

Didn’t matter. His beast wanted blood. The Alpha barked off a few more commands and questions, hanging up only when satisfied. He turned to Alex, a grin on his face.

“We got him. The man is a rogue Wolf, a known associate of an old enemy of mine. He’s in our custody. Kurt has arranged transport, and he will be brought to justice.”

“I have to tell Maggie,” Alex said, heart thudding in his chest.

“Yes, I understand. We will take care of Joelle. She can stay the night in the Pack house, my Carlotta would love to have her, and the pups adore her as well.”

“Thank you, Alpha,” Alex returned.

He was grateful the man offered to care for Joelle. She was his Pack after all, but to Alex she was more than that. She was his sister.

“You can trust us, you know. Pack is family,” Rafe nodded.

“Yes, Alpha,” Alex nodded, but he wasn’t really thinking straight.

He wanted his mate. To deliver the news in person so that she might find some modicum of relief. Alex would do anything to ensure her happiness, he realized.

“Um, Alex?”

“Yes Alpha,” he turned to face Rafe.

“You might want to put your pants on before you drive off. Maccon City has a no nude driving policy and our Sheriff’s Department does enforce it rather strongly,” he grinned again.

“Fucking hell,” Alex nodded and grabbed his jeans shrugging them on as he ran to the Jeep.

It was like a switch went off inside of him, and he needed to get to Maggie as quickly as possible. To share this news firsthand with her. To let her know she was okay now. Safe. Edward Coleson was in custody, and she and Joelle would be just fine. He would make sure of it.

Mate. Mate. MATE!

Chapter Nine

Maggie checked her phone as she stepped inside the apartment she still shared with Joelle over the office. It had been treated to much of the same renovations as the rest of the hotel, and she secretly loved the new bathroom.

In fact, she had been dreaming of indulging in the new luxury shower system all day. Smiling as she passed the dozens of red roses and chocolate towers that had arrived every day that week, she shook her head.

Alex was really something else. Ever since the other day in the office, he’d been playing old-fashioned suitor, sending her gifts and walking her to her door every night after work.

She had to admit the new computer system and amazingly fast internet service he’d had installed made it so much easier for her to work on the app.MyConciergewas really coming along. In fact, it would probably be finished by the time the summer season began. Once they found a designer who could help with the graphics part of it, they could roll it out into beta testing.

Anticipation hummed along her nerves and danced up and down her spine. Finally, she was doing what she always wanted. And the hotel was looking better every single day. It was like a dream.

More like a fantasy, she thought as she popped a decadent red velvet truffle into her mouth and shrugged out of her clothes. Maggie turned the shower on, sighing aloud as the three shower heads began to pour water in the perfect temperature.

Stepping inside the flow, she hissed as the heated streams of water washed over her. Thoughts turning to Alex as she washed herself, Maggie bit her lip. To her dismay, he hadn’t pushed her for a repeat performance of the other day, and she’d been on tenterhooks waiting for him to make a move.

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