Mate of Mine

already know

kes a loaf of bread, cooks four different meals to stash in her freezer for the following month,

she has to that is Sean, and— no. Absolutely n

l, she does the only other thing she can

roubles. Or when they’re celebrating. Or when he’s been doing te

ing with her in line to place their

lpha,” Beth snaps. It’s

you currently smell like, and tell him you’d appreciate i

unter— Taco Bell is weirdly busy inside, tonight, considering it’s seven on a Wednesday in the m

t he’s a man. She’s not sure he’s ever had an un

s during heat. They’d rather go into rut, no matter the cost. It’s why I have an IUD.” It’

e He

d, his name mak

en up a booth. “I’m just— I’m not gonna bother. I’ll drop my suppre

r off at her apartment building later, he just squeezes her hand and gives h

, he might ask questions— things about her past that she can’t bring herself to think about, let alone tell someone. Sean’s a good guy, but h

her suppressants, he might get mad. Maybe he’ll think she’

ting her is what gets her to p

ngs might get

sants are changin

t to hear anythin

you havin

nd tries to figure out t

e not. Heats

t you have

haven’t had a he

an:

me to see you throu

ion was going. The thought of him seeing her through a heat triggers a

nsive to the idea of a heat with Sean. Worse, there’s a tiny,

s her worse than

but I’m not gonna have a heat. I’m not ex

t mate you witho

eth realizes. She could make thi

pretty intense, an Omega is

you. If you don’t want it outs

ot planning to s

enough. Ne

t she finds herself dozing to the sound of Ghost Adventures on t

keep me po

yed and confused, and then sends him