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 at me.

“Then it must be a tiny

me, she’d be telling you to get some new

laughs, growling a little and grabbing my arm, tugging me

little mate,”

resisting and eyeing the flimsy

huge werewolf form, let alone both of us.

break the chair!”

murmurs, still pulling me

– he’ll

and tugging myself out of

idea,” Roger scowls, but he lets me go –

pull out a couple of blankets.

fire and then

he concedes, standing up for

sitting gracefully

the blankets, pulling me down into

clever little

to place my hands on Roger’s face

my mouth to his and kissing him, letting

it, hoping – quite desperately that he knows just how

tease – But god, god how I love

arrogant, swaggering, adorable, sweet bit

arms tighten around me as he kisses me back, taking deep breaths

like he’s been waiting to do

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

both feel, that we can pass messages along,

and Sinclair do.

few moments, resting my head against

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

with each other. Happy to

moment.

I say quietly, thinking back on Ella’s

ask whatever question

mind.

think I’m

a little, ” Yeah, Cora,” he says,

made that pretty clear –

turning to look up at him a

I’m your…your mate mate. Like…fated

little. Then he grins at me

seriously

– I hadn’t known there was something

are you talking about?”

didn’t feel it?” he says, turning his head and watching

in the forest, in the

frown deepens as I start to

laugh, a big one that shakes his

a gentle smile. “You’re

a while for a long

long time, because I didn’t think my mate could be

sure that day when you ran like an idiot out

– ”

his chest, “I was really

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

knew for sure, because that’s when it snapped

Cora? We’re end game. At least, on my side. But,” he

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