“Don’t kill him if there is any chance that Sally can bring him back,”she pleaded with her mate.
“He murdered someone, Jennifer. I can’t ignore that.”
She wanted to yell at him that she didn’t care if he murdered the whole dang continent, he was her best friend’s mate and Sally would be devastated or dead. She wasn’t really sure which. Even though Sally and Costin were bonded, no one knew to what degree the bond had been damaged or completely severed.
“I love you,”Decebel told her.
“I love you back.”
“Behave,”he growled.
“You know most mates tell their females to be careful,”Jen teased.
“They aren’t mated to you, baby.”
Jen gave him a mental kiss and then headed off to find her daughter. She needed some Thia snuggling time desperately.
Jacque felt Fane’s frustration before she said anything.
“You closed the bond.”
“Not completely,”she countered.
“What are you and Jen up to?”Fane asked, suspicion lacing his tone.
“Wouldn’t you like to know,”she teased.
“Jacquelyn,”Fane growled at her. Why was that hot? Jen must be rubbing off on her.
“I’m safe, isn’t that what matters?”
“How’s our son,”he asked, ignoring her comment.
Jacque walked into their suite right when he asked and saw her mom rocking Slate.
“He’s asleep, and he’s beautiful,”she told him, dodging yet another attempt at him trying to catch her in a lie. She knew exactly what her mate was doing.
“Have you had any problems with him nursing?”Now he was just reaching because, seriously, who asks that?
“Are you just trying to get a conversation started involving my girls?”Jacque asked.
She could feel his frustration. Giving up, he filled her in on the Costin situation and Jacque felt sick over the human’s death. She wondered what Jen had to say about it.
“Get some sleep, Luna, I can feel how tired you are,”he told her finally.
“You too, wolf-man. You sound exhausted.”
“I miss you. I miss Slate. And I’m just frustrated with everything.”
Jacque understood where he was coming from.“I miss you too. Be safe. I love you.”
She felt his lips on her forehead and closed her eyes, enjoying the sensation. When she opened them again, her mom was smiling at her.
“Little chat with your mate?”
Jacque nodded. “I was strategically answering questions, hoping to avoid having to lie.”
“Why don’t you just tell him that you have to be with her? I told you what I saw,” Lilly urged.
