Chapter 388: What Kind of Mate?

Cora

“They think they’re being subtle,” I whisper, smiling as Sinclair closes the RV’s

door behind him, the last to ” disappear” from our little circle around the fire.

“I’m not complaining,” Roger murmurs, slipping an arm around my shoulder.

“Are you, little mate?”

I laugh lightly at the nickname, shaking my head at him. “It still doesn’t work,

Roger,” I say, leaning closer to him, though the camping chairs make it hard to

get as close as I’d like to be. “I’ve told you before – I’m not little.”

“Sure you are,” he replies, grinning at me.

“I’m not!” I say, laughing. “Ella’s the little one,” I continue, “I’m tall – I’m not -”

“You’re little to me,” he interrupts, moving his chair closer so that he can tuck his

face between my neck and my shoulder, breathing deeply in – I think savoring

the way that I smell, which sends a little thrill through me. I lower my own head

and breathe in Roger’s own unique scent, letting it flood my senses.

God, does he even know how good he smells? Though he probably does – his

sense of smell far outstrips mine.

“What do you mean?” I ask. “Little to you?”

He lifts his head so he can look into my face, only inches from me now. You’re

little to me, Cora,” he replies, in that you’re…I don’t know. Quite precious. The

way I think of you – I don’t know, I don’t want you to be insulted, but I think of

you as…very small,”

“What?” I ask, confused, “why?”

“Because,” he says seriously, shrugging a little, “you’d have to be very tiny, to

make a home out of my heart,” he says, tapping lightly at his chest. “As you

have done.”

A broad smile stretches across my face and I laugh a little, even though I’m

deeply touched at what he’s said. ” Really?” I ask. “That’s what you think of

me?”

“Mmhmm,” he says, turning his head a little and considering me from different

angles. “My little mate, who I carry around all day in my heart. Even when you’re

not physically around I keep you in here. I talk to you, send all kinds of

messages. Tell you little jokes.” you I grin. “Do I think they’re funny?”

nods, smiling

must be a tiny imposter,” I joke, starting

if it was me, she’d be telling you to get some

and grabbing my arm,

little mate,” he snarls

eyeing the flimsy camping chair he’s

hold his huge werewolf

break the chair!”

still pulling me closer and making me laugh.

– he’ll

say, standing up and tugging myself out of his grasp

but he lets me go –

supplies and pull out a couple of blankets. He continues

fire and then gesture towards them,

he concedes, standing up for a moment and

sitting gracefully

of the blankets, pulling me down into his lap as

better, clever little doctor

moment to place my hands on Roger’s face for a second,

at him before bringing my mouth to his and

that he knows just how – much I

and we tease – But god, god how I love this man.

sweet bit of

me as he kisses me back, taking

he’s been waiting to do this all day. And

that…perhaps he knows, a little bit. Even if we don’t

both feel, that we can pass messages

and Sinclair do.

moments, resting my head against his chest as

arms wrapped tight around me. And we’re quiet for

here with each

moment.

thinking back on Ella’s conversation we had

ask whatever question is

mind.

think I’m

Yeah, Cora,”

think we’ve made that pretty clear

to look up at him a little, to

I’m your…your mate mate. Like…fated mate. Instead

eyebrows raising a little. Then he grins at me

seriously

hadn’t known there was

are you talking about?”

feel it?” he says, turning his head and watching me

forest, in the rain,

frown deepens as I start to

then, a real laugh, a big

back at me with a gentle smile. “You’re my mate.

it for a while

denied it for a long time, because I didn’t think my mate could

I knew for absolute sure that day when you

– ”

slapping his chest, “I was really

murmurs, nudging me with his nose. “But you were also being

sure, because that’s when it

least, on my side.

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