Hopefully my mate would look at me like that someday.
When Grayson was dressed, he stared down at Tayte, who hadn’t turned back yet.
“What’s wrong?”
Tayte looked towards Nevaeh, then his clothes.
“Oh, right. Yeah, hang on.”
Grayson trotted up the stairs and came back a few minutes later with a pair of jeans and a sweater.
I almost laughed. Tayte was embarrassed to be naked in the room with Nevaeh, but earlier he’d shredded his clothes like a teenager.
“Here.” Grayson laid the clothes on the back of the couch and Tayte raced over to the other Alpha, let go of his wolf, and stood up.
He was naked once again in the room.
I tried to distract Nevaeh as the tension in the room increased.
Alphas were territorial and this situation was uncomfortable for everyone.
“Um… anything else you want to tell us, Nevaeh? About our mate?”
Nevaeh grabbed another strawberry and bit into it.
“She’s tough. I can tell you that. I saw a few scars on her, from injuries she’s sustained over the years. She may look coy and innocent, but she’ll have some strength to her.”
Tayte, now dressed, walked over to where Dane and I sat, and stood behind us.
“That’s good to hear. I hoped Fate wouldn’t send us a mate who couldn’t cope with our world.”
“Oh, she can cope, all right. Those bears are rugged creatures.” Nevaeh shuddered. “If she lived with them her whole life, as a human, then she’s tough.”
I could feel that Nevaeh was leaving something out.
I stared at her and she glanced around the room, as though avoiding my gaze.
“There’s something else, isn’t there, Nevaeh? Something you’re not telling us.”
She looked at Aaron and back to me. “There is something else. But I can’t tell you.”
“Why not?”
She smiled gently. “Because Celeste will tell you.”
There was movement behind Grayson, where he sat on the couch.
It was her… it was Celeste. She was up again!
Dane and I jumped to our feet,
She walked out of the room we’d put her in, her beautiful blue eyes shining at us with fear and hope.
She didn’t seem afraid. She just came straight to us.
“Um… did I pass out?”
She was so beautiful, I couldn’t believe it. Soft skin, shiny hair, big, blue eyes.