My life has been getting better ever since I was brought here, and he was a part of that.
Still, this feels way too good to be true.
There’s got to be some kind of catch, and maybe this is it?
I don’t know. I’m more shocked than anything else.
“This is kind of a lot to take in,” I admit.
He doesn’t seem surprised by my reaction, so clearly, he knows how insane this is.
“That’s why we had to slow down,” he tells me. “It can be easy to get caught up in the bond, but we should find out more about each other before we take this any further. You have three more true mates to meet.”
“Three more?” I blurt, trying to remember what he said about his other two mates.
I’m sure he said one was a Beta, and the other was an Omega.
“Didn’t I say that already?” He frowns. “I thought I did.”
This is even crazier than I thought. He thinks I’m a true mate to every member of his pack?
“Um, it’s just … I’ve met you, and Shayne. So, if you both felt the bond, I get it. But I haven’t met the others, and don’t you kind of have to meet to know if you’re true mates?”
“Technically, yes, but I’d be more surprised if you didn’t connect with them when you meet. Call it an Alpha instinct thing.”
“Okay,” I answer, because I’m still kind of reeling from the thought of becoming part of a pack.
He looks around after a few seconds of silent contemplation.
“This is nice. Were you out here for a walk?”
“Oh. Uh … Yeah. I come out here every day. I used to spend a lot of time in the garden, um, before. I like to watch the plants grow. I don’t get to help them here or anything, but I like to walk around anyway.” I shrug.
“You like to garden?” he asks.
There’s that word again.Like.
I’m not sure I can use it honestly, but I nod anyway.
“It’s relaxing.”
“It is?”
“You don’t feel relaxed just being out here, in nature, under the sun?”
He smiles. “Well, when you put it that way, I guess I do.”
I get another glimpse of his sharp teeth when he talks, and I can’t help but blush.
That’s not something that happens for no reason.
According to him, I’m the reason.
Because I’m meant to be his mate.
And if it were only him, I might be tempted to talk him into climbing the fence and sneaking into the woods with me, for some private time together.
But since it’s not, and I haven’t even met two of my supposed true mates, I keep those thoughts to myself, and I give him a different suggestion.
