Total pages in book: 203
Estimated words: 199654 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 998(@200wpm)___ 799(@250wpm)___ 666(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 199654 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 998(@200wpm)___ 799(@250wpm)___ 666(@300wpm)
The sight of those six alphas emerging from the water made it so her henchman immediately raised their hands in surrender.
Erica, her sisters, and Dr. Blakely followed a few moments later in Mase’s boat and Jase showed up just minutes after that.
Eduardo’s remains, along with his son Cesar’s, were cremated and sent to Anya. The SCC has transported Eduardo’s son Fab to whereabouts unknown.
The pack is curious about this lull between Jase and Lincoln, but Joel and Grey picked us up from the airport tonight and told us Linc just left. They killed two birds with one stone by dropping him off so he can fly out to Alaska. The fact that Linc just took a tracking job there means Jase and me need to sit down and talk, which I’ve decided we’ll do over corndogs. Because after corndogs, I want to do a shifted run with him.
I shifted each day inside whatever hotel room, bed and breakfast, or villa we stayed in, but I want to smell the forest and feel the wind in my fur.
Jase still has to command me to and from my forms, but on a positive note my wolf has grown just a little. I still look like a puppy when shifted, but a slightly bigger one than before. Yay, progress. I’m not complaining. I’m loving every minute of the journey, though after a rather explicit chat with Stacy about the glory of shift-fucking before we left does have me looking forward to eventually being full-grown.
I’d planned to reach out to Dr. Blakely and decline the Alaska job. But finding out Linc’s going there, I’m thinking I was offered that job for a reason, maybe a reason only Fate currently knows.
Jase presses off on the air fryer. “You tryin’ to cook the icy insides won’t bode well for that already charred exterior, baby.”
“Oh,” I say. “Right.”
He dumps them into the trash and drops four more frozen ones into the air fryer basket.
Now I’m the one wrapping my arms around his body while he presses buttons.
“I think maybe I am destined to be there for all the matings,” I tell him.
“I think I’m destined to cook all our meals,” Jase quips.
The machine starts up. So much for him not teasing me about my cooking.
“I think maybe we should revisit the Alaska thing, since Linc’s up there.”
“Told Linc we’d probably be not far behind him,” Jase says.
“When?”
“Before our flight at the airport when he and I were texting back and forth.”
I pinch his butt. He jolts and spins to face me.
I put my hands on my hips, which, for some reason makes him look at me like I’m naked.
“You didn’t say anything!” I exclaim.
“Figured you’d come to this conclusion as soon as you found out where he went. My baby and her FOMO.” He teases.
I wrinkle my nose up.
He’s not wrong.
He’s also not entirely correct.
I drop my arms dramatically.
“It’s not that I’m afraid of missing things, it’s that I want to be available to help.”
“I know.” He pokes my nose and lifts me up by my hips, setting me on the counter.
“So, we should go?” I ask, thinking about getting coverage for my job while we’re gone. My brain is going a mile a minute thinking about the fact that Audrey can take care of the library, but she doesn’t have the skills to do the admin stuff for the pack. Then again, Ivy recently offered to help with that if I needed it. She’s not planning to open her dance studio until after her baby is born and is getting a little bored. Hm.
Jase interrupts my thoughts. “What if Linc doesn’t find his mate up there and he’s ready to come back here the week after we get there and you’re entrenched in that job? Or what if he and Joel find their mates on the same day in different places?”
“You’re a meanie,” I complain.
Laughing, he moves in, and I recognize the intent in his eyes, so I slide off the counter, sidestep him, and take off running with a squeal. He catches me at the bottom of the stairs and throws me over his shoulder before climbing up.
When I’m deposited on the bed, I spring to my feet and get into the low wrestling stance I’ve seen him and Linc get into by the bonfire many times.
He looks me over and his eyebrows go up. “Ooh. You wanna wrestle, little lady?” He wiggles his eyebrows.
Oh yes, I’ve had the wrestling with Jase fantasy many times.
I wiggle my fingers while I bounce on my feet, essentially jumping on the bed.
I’m definitely losing this match. But I also know I’m about to win in a different way. Because he throws his shirt off, sinks his teeth into his bottom lip, and shoves the bench at the foot of our bed out of the way.