Chapter 10
I talked in my sleep? What the hell did I say? The smirk on his face told me it was probably embarrassing.
Had I called out his name?
Oh God, did I say someone else’s name?
No way would he be grinning like that if I had. His wolf was too easily pushed to the edge. I’d noticed that numerous times now. So if I’d said another guy’s name, he’d be a mess right now. It was more likely I’d said his name.
I wasn’t really sure which scenario was worse.
“Come on, let’s get you checked in to your room.”
“Oh, you aren’t coming?”
“Of course I’m coming. Unless you tell me no.”
I should have told him to stay. Spending so much time with him was only going to encourage the bond.
Was that really such a bad thing?
I never really thought I would find my true mate. I certainly didn’t imagine it would feel so insane. But after just one day with Monte, I was struggling to see my future without him and that scared the shit out of me.
So many guys at the ARC wanted to hook up with me. They wanted my popularity, my money, my success, my body, bragging rights, always something. What did Monte want?
Maybe that was a jaded way to look at my love life. He was my one true mate. That should mean something more, right? But did it?
On some level, I was brought up to believe that true mates were destined to be together, but I didn’t really know many true mates. Maybe that was all bullshit, just some weird shifter fairy tale.
I looked at him, trying to think through everything. He hadn’t blurted out about our bond or everything the second we found each other. Many guys I knew would have bragged to everyone within five packs. But not him.
He rescued me when I was choking. He followed me into the woods while also giving me my space and not demanding or asking anything of me. And even though I’d run away from him, when he found me here in distress, he’d saved me. Then when I all but told him I wasn’t ready to get close to him, he tried to offer me my space and sleep on the floor. I didn’t let that happen. We ended up together in the bed, but he hadn’t once tried to touch me.
I laid in bed for quite some time after he fell asleep just looking at him. He really was handsome.
All the brothers of Delta Omega Gamma were gorgeous. I was pretty sure it was a requirement to join. Theta had a similar requirement for all my sisters. Appearances were important to some, and it was no secret that Theta girls wanted to be the prettiest on campus. I personally never cared about such things, but my freshman roommate had convinced me to rush with her. She graduated a year early and this semester wasn’t the same without her, but I had my hands full with my business, classes, and taking over as president of Theta.
Still, while the D.O.G.s certainly seemed to adhere to impressions, they sometimes surprised me. Jax, the obnoxious mind reader who definitely knew about us but didn’t seem to have really shared that information with his brothers, did not look the part of a Delta Omega Gamma brother. Even his suit had been black with a black shirt and a black tie. His hair was dyed black and he had facial piercings. Nothing about him screamed frat boy, yet he was still just as good looking in his own right and somehow just fit in with his brothers. It was weird if I stopped to really think about it.
Monte certainly looked like a frat boy, yet he wasn’t like stop-and-stare gorgeous, if I was being honest. But as I laid there staring at him, I was surprised at just how beautiful he was.
And then I remembered seeing him naked.
Holy hell!
I had seen him naked when he shifted after our run, but I was still very much in shock at that time. I noticed he was lean cut and well defined, but seeing him like that in the light of day had still been a shock.
Hot damn, he was magnificent.
It made me uncomfortably wet just thinking about it. I really hoped he didn’t notice or smell my arousal because I definitely wasn’t ready to commit my life to this man. I’d at least like to know something about him. I didn’t even know what Pack he was from or what his major was. Aside from the fact that he was definitely my mate—which my wolf wouldn’t shut up about—I literally knew nothing about this guy.
“Zoey?”
“Uh, yeah?”
“You didn’t respond. Should I let Karla know that I need this room another night?”
“What? No. You’re fine.”
