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“Good morning,” she said as she came in, dressed in nothing more than one of my shirts. Her hair was wet from the shower.

“Good morning, mate,” I said and curved my hand over her shoulder where my mark lay under the cotton.

“I woke up and wondered where you were. Juven was snoring.”

“He does that sometimes. Are you hungry?”

She nodded. “Yeah. I am. What did you make for me? You’ll have to teach me how to cook some things you like. I don’t know how to make much.”

“We have time to learn,” I said, kissing her plump lips.

“Yes, we do. I have stuff to do. End my lease. Move my things in.”

“Don’t worry. You have two mates to help you with anything you might need.”

“Thank you.”

We ate breakfast together on the back porch in the sunlight. Once she was full, she sat on my lap and kissed me like she had the night before. I would have to learn the meaning of all her different kisses. What a great thing to study.

“How do you feel about making love outside?” she asked, nibbling on my neck.

“I feel that’s something we need to explore.”

“Me too.”

“Aren’t you sore?” I asked, bypassing the shirt and grasping her hips as she turned to straddle me.

“Deliciously so, but I can’t help myself.”

How could I deny my mate what she needed?

We made love right there on the back porch, the trees and mountains our only witnesses. She lay on my bare chest afterward, breaths heaving as she came down from the climax—both of them.

“Let’s go wake up my other mate. I’m sure there are things to do around here.”

I chuckled. “There are plenty of things to do, but we don’t have to work today. We can relax and just be with each other.”

“But I’m here now. I want to work in the greenhouse and cook and help people like you do. If I’m going to live here, I want to jump in.”

“Then let’s go wake up those lazy bones of his. We’ll do whatever you want today.”

“Thank you, Shaman. I’m so lucky we met. Never thought an app would lead me to such happiness.”

Chapter Twenty-Three

Amber

Their home was fully furnished and most of my stuff was the neutrals of my old life, so I donated them, packing up only my grandmother’s dressing table and all my clothes and most of my kitchen items. Which didn’t amount to much. But Shaman was teaching me to cook, and it turned out I liked it.

Only a half hour away, I supposed I could have stayed at my job, but then Juven asked me straight out if I wanted to. He was concerned about the drive in the winter when there would be snow at their elevation, but he said if it was something I wanted to do, they’d drive me when the weather was bad.

I started to tell him that of course I wanted to keep working at the library. Honestly, I liked it very much but when I considered how it tied me down, I realized that it was time to make a full change. So, I turned in my two weeks’ notice, and my boss was appalled. I hadn’t even known she was aware of me in particular. I worked with my clients and didn’t raise any kind of fuss, blending right into the walls.

“Amber, you can’t leave.”

I blinked at her. “I can leave. In fact, I am going to. I’m moving.”

“How much of your work do you do with the actual books?” she asked. “Versus the internet?”

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