Page 100 of The Wolf King's Mate

Aspen tried to lower me to the bed, but I just collapsed on the mattress. My stomach could wait until morning.

I reached out to my brothers mentally.“Did they find the rogue?”

“Not yet. I’m sure he’ll turn up, though,”Clay said.

“I should’ve stayed.”

“You were dead on your feet. Even you have to sleep sometimes,”he countered.

“I should’ve slept in the forest.”

“Your wolf needed his mate, and he wasn’t taking no for an answer. He deserved the break. He took down two rabids and a bunch of rogues on his own. If the other guy goes rabid, we know where to find him,”Hunter put in.

“I can’t let that happen.”

“I don’t think you can stop it right now,”Hunter said bluntly.

I growled, but he wasn’t wrong.

“Get some sleep. When you wake up, you can track him again,”Clay said.

I agreed reluctantly, and sniffed the air. Something smelled off. My forehead creased when I realized Aspen wasn’t right next to me anymore.

“Princess?”

“I’m making dinner for your high-maintenance ass. Go back to sleep,” she called out from the kitchen.

Her words surprised me.

My wolf rumbled so fiercely, he almost purred.

If I could’ve heard him speak, I swear he would’ve sounded like a caveman, with a good old, “I choose good mate.”

I tried to stay awake, but couldn’t stop myself from dozing.

It felt like only a moment had passed when Aspen’s hand was on my bicep again, shaking me lightly. “Come on, big guy. You’re starving.”

My stomach rumbled again at the scent of something delicious. “Is that… grilled cheese?”

“A whole stack of it.”

“I want to fuck you so badly right now,” I mumbled, grabbing the sandwich off the top of the pile.

“Maybe tomorrow.” She ruffled my hair lightly. “There’s blood in this too.”

“I was in a hurry. Someone surprised me with their parents. I don’t know how to talk to parents.”

“It went as well as it could’ve in the situation. Don’t stress about it. It’s not like they can take me from you.”

I made a sound of agreement, already working on a second sandwich.

She played with my hair until my plate was empty and I was falling back asleep, too exhausted to even pull her into my arms.

My wolf was right.

He had picked a good mate.

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