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“The games are four weeks away, Finn. I don’t think your balls will shrivel up until then.” He smiled and kissed my forehead.
“Probably not,” he agreed.
“I will make you a deal,” I told him.
“Like the one that let me lure you to the pack?”
“Something like it. We will hold off on this and focus on preparing for the games. If you don’t find your mate during the games, we will revisit this when we get back home,” I suggested. He looked at me.
“I have one condition,” he said.
“And what is that?” I asked.
“When we are alone, we don’t pretend this doesn't exist. I get to tell you I love you and I get to hold your hand and be close toyou. As long as we don’t cross any lines. And I get to make sure to keep other males away when we are at the games,” he told me.
“I think that is more than one condition. But I will agree to it, as long as I can do the same, with the exception if you meet your mate,” I said. He smiled.
“I give you permission to chase my mate away as well,” he told me. He gave me a long kiss. “To keep me going for two months,” he said. It would be a long two months, I thought.
“I should go,” I told him. He didn’t move, but kept me caged against the wall.
“Do you want to leave?” he asked.
“No. But I feel like it wouldn’t be fair of me to stay. I may be inexperienced with these things. But I don’t want to tease you,” I told him.
“Inexperienced… Amie, have you ever…?” his question remained half unfinished. I blushed.
“No. I was eighteen when I was rejected. Remember? After that, I lived with humans and then I met you,” I told him.
“Fuck. Maybe it was good that you stopped me. When we do this, it needs to be done right,” he told me. I giggled.
“I trust you on that,” I said.
“Stay. I don’t want you to leave. Not like this, not when we finally have got all of this out.” I looked at him and nodded. He stepped back and held out his hand. I took it and he led me to the couch. He sat down and pulled me into his lap. When he was sure I was comfortable, he put his feet up on the coffee table and leaned back. I felt him relax. I snuggled up in his arms and enjoyed the closeness, his body heat and the scent of forest which always surrounded him. “Go to sleep, Red. We will deal with everything when the sun is up,” he told me.
“Good night, Finn. Thank you for a perfect birthday.”
“Anything for you, love.” He kissed my hair, and I felt at peace.
Chapter 28
Finlay
After Amie’s birthday, things changed between us. For the better if you ask me. The tension that had been smouldering under the surface had been released and it felt like a relief. Our deal had me frustrated at times, but it did give me a timeframe for when I would finally get what I had longed for. I understood her fear, she had been let down by someone she trusted, someone who would be the one person she should have been able to rely on. But I had no doubt how all of this would end. No matter what happened during the games, when we got back home I would make her my Luna. Now I knew she felt the same for me as I did for her and with that, I knew the future was with her. I had also stopped holding back when it came to social touching. When we interacted on a day to day basis I let myself place a hand on her shoulder, or place my hand on her back when we were walking. Amie did the same. I had seen the looks my aunt was giving us, the smile on her lips told me she approved.
It was almost a week after Amie’s birthday and I had asked the top tiers to meet in our meeting room. It was time for us tochoose who would go to the games. Amie was already sitting in her chair when I arrived. I smiled and walked up to her. I bent down and placed a kiss on her cheek.
“Hello, beautiful,” I told her. Her hand went up and caressed my neck.
“Hi there. Having a good day?” she asked, I heard her smile in her voice.
“I am,” I told her and created a little space between us as I heard Sam and Medow come walking. I enjoyed our brief moments of intimacy. We took our seats at the table and Medow put Martina on the playmat we had set up. “Time to decide who will be going to the games,” I told them and they all nodded. “We have five places to fill for the game and we are allowed another ten people for support staff. Let’s make sure we get the best of the best. The floor is open.”
“You and Amie are the obvious choices for participants in the game,” Sam said and Medow nodded.
“As are you, Sam,” Amie added.
“I don’t know,” Sam said and looked at Medow. We all knew Medow was not a top candidate for the games. She had a lot of good qualities and I knew we were lucky to have her in our top tier, but her strengths were not relevant to the games.
