“No,” her cheeks turned red, and she bit her lip as if she were remembering our very recent activities.
“Then I suggest you get very comfortable with feeling embarrassed,” I smirked down at my mate, loving the effect my words had on her.
“Brexl!” she playfully slapped my shoulder.
“Good evening,” Drovo greeted us as he and Kayla stopped by our table.
“Orsu said we could eat now. You wanna walk up with me?” Kayla invited Taylor to join her on a walk to the buffet table.
“I’ll chat with Brexl so you two can chat on your own.” Drovo gave his mate a knowing smile, as if this was part of some plan of theirs.
Once we were alone, he started in with his questions. “So, how’s mated life?”
I gave him an assessing look before I answered. “It is going well.”
“Is it different from...before?”
Drovo was being strangely cryptic, and I had no desire to try to interpret his questions.
“What are you getting at, Drovo? Speak plainly.”
He sighed and continued. “Is this real? Are you really mated or are you still pretending? Kayla thinks you might be, and I told her I’d ask.”
I looked over at my mate, who looked radiant in the moonlight as she talked and laughed with Kayla. Her fingers traced the sun and moon pendants on her necklace and it warmed my heart all over again to see her wearing them.
“Our mating is very real. We had been pretending, but not anymore. I am hers and she is mine.”
“That’s great!” Drovo clapped me on the shoulder. “I’m happy for you.”
“Are you happily mated?” I hadn’t spoken to Drovo much since the morning I informed him Taylor had been kidnapped.
“Yes, very happy.” Drovo’s expression turned dream-like as he stared at his mate who was now approaching our table.
“Ah, look, our mates have returned,” Drovo said, as he greeted Kayla with a kiss.
“We’ll see you two tomorrow,” Kayla waved as they walked to their table.
“Shall we eat?” Taylor asked as she sat down. “I’m starving.”
“Me too,” I replied, but I wasn’t looking at my food. Taylor caught my meaning and blushed all over again.
Chapter 31
Taylor
Brexl had quite the sexual appetite, and I was loving it. We’d just left the furs, and he was already giving me heated glances as if the only thing he could think about was going back.
The food Orsu and Julie had prepared was amazing. It was a breakfast for dinner vibe, complete with pink heart-shaped pancakes topped with fruit with a side of bacon.
I was halfway through my second pancake when Brexl’s tail wrapped around my waist.
“Oh, sorry.” The gesture hadn’t been intentional, and he made to move it when I stopped him.
“Keep it there. I like it.”
He smiled down at me and kept his tail wrapped around me.
It was a beautiful night, and it had been an amazing Valentine’s Day, but I was ready to be back in the furs with my mate. His tail being coiled around me made me think of my hand being wrapped around him.
