CHAPTER35
?KISS ME?
?RAF’ERE
Her mate?
Surely I’ve misheard, my brain twisting my wants into some hallucination to stop this pain inside me as I know I’m leaving my mate behind.
“Marta,” I say, turning to her.
My tiny human, shorter than most of the other humans, is flushed red and looks angry.
She holds the necklace, my mating gift, up from around her neck.
“Did you really think you could give me this and just sneak away? You’ve really got somecoglioni1if you think that’s the case.” She stomps to the bottom of the cruiser’s steps.
“Marta, I’m not good for you—you should be happy, you should be free here with the other humans to live the life you want—”
“I want my damn mate, I want you!” she pleads.
“But…”
“No more buts. This is me deciding for myself!Sure, you kidnapped me…”
“He did what?” a human woman behind Marta whispers.
“And there are things we both could have done differently. God, and do I hate the way you dress. You don’t fucking need this—”
She gets on her tiptoes and rips the cravat from my neck, throwing it to the ground. I clutch at my bare neck, shocked at her display.
“You don’t need to hide behind all this frilly bullshit because of your scars. You don’t need all the bonkers, totally enjoyable, sex toys either!”
“She said what?” Another woman inclines her head at Marta’s display.
“You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen!What more do you want from me?I want you!”
“I just want to make you happy!” I interject.
“Youmake me happy, you big gray ding-dong!” Her voice trembles. “So don’t just leave me here, fight for me! Fight for us!”
I look at the audience that’s formed around my cruiser, then back at Marta.
All the expectation in the world shines behind those big brown eyes of hers.
Marta wants me. Despite my flaws, despite my scars, she chooses me.
“Kiss her, dammit!” a girl from the crowd yells, and I do exactly that.
I bridge the distance between us, pulling Marta into my arms.When our lips touch, the crowd of humans rushes around us, cheering.
But it’s like they aren’t even there. I deepen the kiss, tilting my mate back.
Marta is my forever, and I’ll never be without her again.
“Oh my god, did he just dip her? This is so fucking cute!” Another voice rings through the buzz of applause.
Our lips break apart, and she looks up at me with loving eyes.
