“I’m assuming that Master Edison is the created warlock?” Maxwell nodded. “I should probably mention that to Alpha Osmund, then, huh?”
“I can do that if you aren’t yet comfortable doing so.”
I nodded, and Maxwell pulled me down the hallway toward the back of the clinic. “These are the exam rooms,” he said. “Since you didn’t get a tour earlier. There are only two because I’ve never needed more. I usually use this one here on our right, but if you’d like the one on the right, we can swap.”
I peeked in. “I don’t have a preference. Do you have a lot of patients? I was told I’d be here to help you and to assist.”
“I’ve read your credentials. You’re just as qualified as I am to run this clinic.”
I shrugged. “Yes, that may be true, but I don’t have the experience you do, nor do I have the magical abilities that you have.”
Maxwell turned and placed his hands on my shoulders. “That doesn’t mean you can’t do all of the things I do.”
I tilted my head. “Ah, but you’re wrong. I can’t deliver a warlock baby. And a vampire baby, although I can deliver with a standard epidural, I know a lot of omegas choose not to go that route. But vampire carriers aren’t given a choice.”
Maxwell nodded slowly. “Then in those instances, I’ll be more than happy to assist you.”
I shook my head and snorted. Then I covered my mouth with my hands and looked up at my mate with wide eyes. He chuckled. “It’s adorable, just like you are.”
I could live with that. Adorable worked for omegas. Especially fox shifters. But would he ever see me as sexy? Or just adorable? I wasn’t going to dwell on it too much. I had known my mate all of an hour. We were going to spend the day together, getting to know one another. And if I was really lucky, later on, I’d get to spend the night with my mate, either at his place or mine. I didn’t care one way or another.
I suddenly thought about something that Cameron had said to me and wondered just how much my brother would scream at the news that I’d found my mate the moment I’d started my new position. I’d not even been here a week yet.
“What are you thinking?” Maxwell asked. He pulled me into a room, and when he gently pushed me against the wall again, I grinned up at my mate.
“My brother Cameron kept insisting that I come. It’s a long story, and I’ll share later. But just so you know now, our ma doesn’t really understand boundaries. She’s the reason I was late. Well, really, I am because I let her hold me up. But anyway, Cameron kept telling me I needed to come out here becausethere was a chance I’d meet my mate. And although I kept saying I doubt it, here you are.”
Maxwell grinned. “Here I am.” He placed his hand on my cheek and leaned down. “Stop me if you don’t want me to kiss you. But I’ve been dying to do so since you first walked into the clinic. You have no idea what it is that you’re doing to my body, and I’m hoping a kiss will help calm it some.”
I slid my hands up his chest and leaned into his embrace. “I’m definitely not going to stop you,” I whispered just before Maxwell leaned down and his lips touched mine for the first time. Like earlier, when our hands first touched, there was a bit of an electric current, but this one wasn’t nearly as strong and certainly not painful. When Maxwell applied just a bit more pressure, I opened my lips without any hesitation. When his tongue softly pressed against mine, I moaned at the first taste of my mate.
Chapter 5
Maxwell
One didn’t get to my age and not have the ability to control their urges. That said, being as close to Camden as I was, things were becoming difficult in ways I never anticipated. My body’s vibrations weren’t necessarily painful, but they didn’t calm nearly as much as I thought they would when we kissed for the first time.
I pulled him just a bit closer to me, not wanting to let go anytime soon. Kissing Camden was certainly going to become one of my absolute favorite things because tasting my One was more erotic than I’d ever expected. I pressed my tongue against his, earning a quiet moan for my efforts. When I swirled our tongues together, Camden’s body relaxed into mine, and I felt just how much I was affecting him in certain places. I was in a similar state, and if I didn’t put a stop to things, it was becoming a possibility that we’d end up against the wall.
Realization of how quickly things could get out of hand hit when my tongue encountered a longer, sharper tooth that wasn’t normally there. That quelled my desire just enough to have me pulling my mouth back enough to gently suck on Camden’s lower lip before I let it go completely. It was difficult to stand upand move away, but this wasn’t where I wanted to take things further.
I cupped his face with both hands and smiled down at him. When those blue eyes looked up at me, I ran my thumb over his swollen lower lip. I had to clear my throat in order to not sound like I had lost my voice.
“I wasn’t sure what to expect for a first kiss, but I know I’m quickly going to become addicted to kissing you.”
Camden smiled. “Why did you stop?”
My smile grew. “Because I need for us to not take things further just yet. I have no issues with doing everything with you. Today, even. But I don’t wish for us to claim each other here in the office at the clinic.”
Camden blinked a few times before his eyes widened a bit, and he looked around. “Yeah, no, I can see that.” Camden turned his head the other way before looking back toward me. “Umm…what did…what were your plans for the day?”
“Well, they’ve changed quite a bit since this morning. I was going to hang out here at the clinic with Owen until just before lunchtime and then send him home for the day.”
“And now?”
I shrugged. “Now, things are completely open. I would like to spend time with you. Obviously, I want things to end up with us claiming each other eventually. That can happen today, or we can wait until after we get to know one another a bit.”
Camden snorted. “Why would we wait? I’m a hundred and thirty-seven. How old are you?”
