Jude wanted him to go and work for him… no with him. It would be everything Rain had always wanted and had worked his ass off to achieve…
Stop it Rain. You’re going off topic because you’re scared to think about this… are you in love with Wyatt? That’s what’s important right now.
“Little mouse, please, you must come back to me. My heart is breaking knowing you’re out there, where I can’t find you… and I know you say you’re not hurt, but my dragon demands to know this is true. Please come to me.”
My gods the way Rain’s own heart broke hearing the sadness from Wyatt and the urge to race to the man gave Rain hisanswer… maybe… was it too short a time? Should he make sure what he was feeling wasn’t just because they were mates?
“Please, little mouse. I need my mate. I… I know it’s soon… maybe too soon, but hear me out before you discount what I’m saying. I mean, I know we’ve not really known each other long, but I also know I love the sound of your laugh. I love the little crinkle you get between your eyes when you’re thinking about something. I hate when we’re apart and I’m useless to the team because all I can think about is when we can be together again. I don’t care that you took off when you did. Truth be known, I’m glad, because the thought of you being hurt… gods, it terrifies me. Damn it, Rain, I wanted to tell you this when we were together again. I wanted to make the first time I say I love you a moment in life you would never forget… and yes, my little mouse, I love you.”
Rain gasped within their link, but said nothing.
Wyatt must have heard him, because he quickly continued,“I remember when I was a young boy, my dad and I were talking and he mentioned how much he loved my papa. I asked him how he knew, and he said, ‘Son, when all you can think about is that person and when you can be together again, that’s love. When you think about your future and all you can think about is what part that person will play in it… that’s love. When the person you’re with makes you feel like you can climb the highest mountain and do anything you set your mind to… that’s love. When the thought of anyone else touching or being with the person makes you want to shift and show them the damage your dragon can do…. that’s love. Love is more than just feeling it’s wanting to do something to make that person’s life even better because their safety and happiness means everything toyou.’ I feel all those things, Rain. I feel all of that and so much more.”
Rain felt the truth in those words and realized something right then and there… he really did love Wyatt. Because if all those things described love, then it was exactly what Rain was feeling.
Rain was in love.
Holy shit, he was in love!
Rain didn’t think twice as he started making his way out of his hiding place. He was in love and he wanted to tell Wyatt… and not with their mind link.
Rushing to the outside Rain looked to the left and then the right before lifting his long nose and taking a deep sniff of the air around him.
Yes!
Catching his mate’s scent, Rain ran as fast as his tiny legs would take him. Fuck a duck, why was the man so damn far away?
Then Rain saw him!
Wyatt! His Wyatt! His wonderful, beautiful mate!
And Wyatt saw him coming…
Movement….
What was that?
Rain knew he saw something… no someone! There was someone behind his mate… and he had a gun!
Not even thinking about it, Rain veered just a tad to his left and leaped as high as he could, mentally shouting, “Wyatt!”
The sound of the gun going off brought ice to Rain’s veins.
CHAPTER 14
Wyatt dropped and rolled before getting back on his feet and rushing to the man that had just tried to shoot him in the fucking back, but was now slapping at his arm, neck and face.
Seeing his mate jumping as the man slapped only to land on him again… looked as if he was biting down before leaping to another spot. “Damn it, Rain, move!”
Thank the gods, his mate had listened.
Rain leaped from the fucker and Wyatt was on him, punching the son of a bitch in the face as he snarled, “You fucking coward son of a bitch!” as he hit the bastard again and again, “Shoot me in the back? You tried to shoot me in the back? I’ll fucking rip your gods be damned head off.”
“Wyatt, enough! Enough!” Orca shouted as his beefy hand snagged Wyatt’s arm and pulled him back.
“He tried to shoot me in the fucking back and he damn near shot Rain!” Wyatt snapped.
Orca pulled Wyatt away so that Ryan and his men could get the bastard into custody, “I know, man. We saw. However, you can’t fucking kill him because that shit we can’t explain away. Besides, your mate needs you.”
