Page 24 of Burned By My Mate

“What is it?”

“Shifters have mates. Fated mates. They only love or want their fated mate.”

“Okay…”

“You’re mine.”

“What?”

“You’re my fated mate. We’re destined to be together.”

“And you know this how?”

“I can smell it.”

I blink, my mind going blank.

“I’m sorry. What?”

“I can smell you. Shifters can smell their fated mate. It’s a very distinct smell. Very addicting.”

“Okay… so we’re supposed to, like, date now?”

I’m so far out of my depth, and I don’t know how to react or what to do now.

“It’s more than that. We’re linked. I’ll only ever want you. I’ll only ever love you. I know that it’s different for you since you’re human and that it might take longer for your feelings to develop.

I stare at him, because the truth is that I can already feel it. I’m safe with Logan. He’s been driven to protect me, keep me safe, and take care of me since we met. He’s always cooking for me, bringing me clean clothes, taking me shopping, and looking out for me.

He’s been showing me all along how important I am to him.

“There’s more,” he says. “Shifters also have this thing called the mating heat.”

“What the heck is that?”

“Every month, on the night of the full moon, shifters and their mates can feel the mating heat. It’s this pull between the two.”

“Pull?” I say in confusion and he sighs.

“We won’t be able to keep our hands off each other. Or I won’t be able to anyway. I’m not sure how it will feel for you since you’re a human.”

“Okay. When is it?”

“Tomorrow night.”

“Huh.”

He’s studying me so intensely, and I bite back a smile. He looks so worried, so anxious to see how I’ll react, and I kind of like seeing him all riled up and on edge.

“Okay.”

It looks like his head is about to explode, and I swallow down a laugh. The truth is that I need to figure out my feelings for him. So much has happened in the last few days, and it’s hard to get it all sorted in my head.

I mean, my house burned down, and I lost almost everything.

Then I met this grumpy man, and we got off on the wrong foot.

I moved in with him, and we were threatened again.

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