It was possible they weren’t wrong. It was like with my books only instead of escaping into other people’s imaginations, my bear and I observed them from a distance. Only today there wasn’t anything to see and my beast got bored, staying up there for a very short time.
Are you ready to behave?
He didn’t answer me, which I took as a negative and I forced him to run some more.Eventually he slowed down and I couldn’t feel him pushing me at all. If anything, he was focusing on keeping himself going. It didn’t take long before he slowed to the point that I could feel how ready to sleep he was. Thank gods.
We moseyed back to my clothes and I took my skin and got dressed, the scent of Candrin still clinging to the fabric, fabric he hadn’t even touched. No person had any right to smell that delicious and certainly not to attach said scent to all my things. With each step, I got harder and harder.
“I need to shower and change.” It sounded rude, wanting to shower so that I could wash his scent off of me, but it was the only solution. There was no way I’d make it in that house all night with my beast fully under control if I was reminded of how yummerific Candrin was with every breath.
I headed back inside, surprised to find Candrin not in the kitchen and everything in said kitchen almost exactly the same as it had been when I fled.
Candrin was gone.
No.
Find.
Mate.
This time my bear and I were in complete agreement. I allowed my bear a bit more control than normal, and we followed his scent up the stairs and into the hallway. The door cracked open, the one in the room Tanner had given to our tenant and out came Candrin—with his bags.
“Going somewhere?” I leaned against the wall.
“You can see that I am.” And really I deserved his curt words.
Part of me thought his leaving was the best thing ever. This whole wanting to mate a human had no good ending to it. He could reject me and I’d be stuck with a half bond for the rest of my life. Or he could freak out, and kill me in fear once my bear appeared. Not that it was likely. An unarmed human killing my beast wasn’t going to happen. Or he could run into oncoming traffic and get hit by a bus. There was the possibility that he’d reacted positively, but I refused to get my hopes up.
But as much as it might be better if the temptation was gone, it wouldn’t be better for him. Tanner had told us that the reason he allowed a human to rent with us wasbecause Candrin needed us too. And yeah, we could use the money he paid in rent. It would make things much easier for all of us financially, but as true as that was, according to Tanner, Candrin’s monetary situation was far worse.
“Can you tell me why you’re leaving?” Maybe it was something I could fix. I’d at least try. It hurt thinking about him moving out. And what a mess I was—one second thinking it would be best if the human went on his way, and the next fearing his departure.
“Because I am.” Candrin was a feisty one.
“Do you have a cheaper place to rent?” I asked point blank. If he did, I’d offer him a ride and deal with the fallout later.
He shook his head.
“Do you have anywhere to go?” My gut said he didn’t and all of me wanted to jump in and fix that for him.
“No. But, it’s best that I leave now.” He tightened his grip on his bags.
Best if he left, not that he wanted to. Those were two very different things.And for the life of me I couldn’t think of why… unless he was still self conscious about his junk being out. So I did what I thought was a brilliant idea at the time. I reached down, unbuttoned my jeans and whipped out my schlong.
“See?”
His eyes went wide and he stared at my carrot and peas.
“No need to be embarrassed. Now you’ve seen mine.” I tucked it back inside and zipped up. “And you’ve got length on me. Zero need to be embarrassed.”
“But not girth.” He side eyed me.
“No. Not girth.” I was looking forward to the challenge of swallowing his length. “But maybe stay now? At least through the weekend?”
“I don’t know.” He pulled his bottom lip in with his teeth.
“If it makes you feel better you can refer to me as skinny dick.” I was teasing because I was far from skinny.
Candrin giggled. “Fine. I’ll stay, but only through the weekend. I don’t—I can’t?—”
