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“Like what?” I ask but my voice is breathier than I expected.
He stalks over to me, leaning over the chair, his arms caging me in and bringing his face to mine. “Like you’re planning to skip dinner and go straight for dessert.”
His body is so close that I can feel the heat emanating off of him. My throat has gone dry and any retort I might have had dies on my lips.
I lick my lips and his eyes drop to watch the movement before returning to mine. I’m caught in a trance as he moves closer until his lips almost touch mine. I feel his tongue slide across my lips and his eyes go even darker.
“You taste exactly like you smell. Delicious.” And before I know what he’s doing. his lips have crashed into mine and his tongue slides into my mouth. I moan into his mouth, my hands reaching up to grab hold of something, anything, and latching onto his strong biceps as heat spreads to my core.
He takes his time tasting every inch of my mouth before pulling back. ” Mmmmm, yum.” He says before licking my lips once more and standing up.. When he does, I come face to face with the proof of how much he enjoyed that kiss. I don’t have anything to compare it to, but the man looks big and definitely long if the towel poking in my direction is any indication.
I know my eyes go wide as he steps back, chuckling. He walks over to his bag, grabbing it before disappearing back into the bathroom. He returns a few minutes later dressed in basketball shorts and nothing else.
He comes back over, leaning down and running his nose over my cheek before whispering in my ear. “Baby, you smell divine, but you need to eat and so do I.” He says before taking the seat across from me.
I can feel my cheeks flame at his reference to scenting my arousal. Rather than saying anything, I dig into my dinner again.
Eli speaks first, changing the subject, thankfully. “I think our best course of action will be to continue to head east. I’m very familiar with this stretch of highway that we’re on. It’s actually where Liam and his pack warriors caught me. I’d like to follow this until we get to Florida. From there, I think we should run in wolf form back to north Georgia. That’s where we are going. I have a place in mind where we can stop and get our bearings before going to Rik and Liam’s packs.”
“How long will it take us?” I ask.
“Probably another week, depending on the bus schedules. They make so many stops in between that it’s slow going, but I also think that if we continue to be safe, we can stop every night or two and rest.”
“I like the idea of resting every night. The constant traveling without real food or decent sleep is taking its toll on me.”
If I hadn’t been paying attention, I might have missed the quick tension in his lips before he wiped it away.
“What is it?” I ask him.
He looks at me “What’s what?”
“There’s something you’re not telling me. What is it?”
1 watch as he contemplates telling me before he sighs. “I’m running out of money. i’m not sure how much longer I can pay for bus tickets if I also need to pay for hotels every night.”
I blink at him. How had I not realized that he was paying for everything. I’d been so stressed out about being followed then exhausted and hungry, that it hadn’t even occurred to me. I get up and go to my bag, pulling out a wad of cash.
“Here. I’m sorry I didn’t think to give you money before.”
“No, you should save your money.” He starts to say before I cut him off.
“This money was always meant to be used if I had to run. Well, I’m on the run. You don’t have to pay for everything. The only reason you’re even running is because of me. I should be funding our trip, not you. Take it.”
It’s not the only wad of cash that I have. My mom had stashed nearly $10,000 before she died, and I’ve added another $4,000 to it in the last two years. I’ve only given Eli $1,000. I have plenty of money left if I need to leave on my own.
“Anything that’s left over, I’ll give back to you.” He tells me.
“Keep it all and if we need more, I have it. As I said, I should have been funding this since the beginning.”
I stand and begin clearing our takeout boxes, putting them back into the bag and placing the bag by the small garbage can in the room.
“What time do we leave tomorrow?” I ask.
“The bus leaves the station at 7am.” He tells me.
“Then, I’m going to get some sleep. Good night.” I say and I walk to one of the beds before pulling the sheets down and crawling in. I hear Eli get up and go to the other bed, before the light in the room turns off.
“Good night, Grace.”
I hate that I don’t have the money to support Grace. It’s really bothering ine. I realize I’ve spent my life on the run and that I’ve been in one of Liam’s cells for the last six months, but it doesn’t sit right not being able to take care of our mate. What’s worse, she and her mother seem to have stockpiled money over the last six years since they ran from Grace’s father. How can Louis and I prove that we are worthy mates if I can’t even afford a bus ticket and a place to stay for longer than a week?
I’m laying in the dark, staring at the ceiling and contemplating what I will need to do once I have her safely within the borders of Rik’s or Liam’s territories when I hear her voice.
“Are you awake?” She whispers. I was pretty sure she hadn’t fallen asleep. Her breathing hadn’t changed to that deep breathing a person gets when the drift off to dreamland.
I sit up on my elbow and look over at her bed. Whether she did it intentionally or not, she put herself in the bed farthest from the door, which is where I wanted her. I know she’s a Guardian, but she’s untrained and if anyone breaks through the door, I want them going through me before they get to her.
“Yeah, I’m awake. Is everything alright?” I ask her.
It’s quiet. I wait, but she doesn’t respond.
“Grace?”
“Can I come lay with you? I…I don’t mean for anything to happen, I just….I just got used to your scent when we were sleeping on the bus and now, I can’t fall asleep.”
I scoot over, keeping myself between her and the door, and pat the bed next to me. “Come here.”
When she crawls in beside me, I lay on my back. She sits up next to me, looking down at me. I’m not sure what she wants, so I pat my chest in invitation. She immediately curls up beside me and lays her head on my chest. I wrap my arm. around her, holding her close.
A sense of peace flows through me. It’s a foreign feeling to me, not something you feel when you are constantly looking over your shoulder for someone who is chasing after you. And while I’m still looking over my shoulder for a different reason, having my mate lying beside me calms me in a way I’ve never felt before.
“What if they catch me?” She says quietly.
“They won’t, I won’t let them get to you.”
“But what if they do? You can’t fight an entire pack, and neither can I.”
I kiss the top of her head and take a deep breath of her cherry blossom scent. “I’ll die before I let anyone forcibly mark you.” I tell her, my voice going deep and gruff as Louis pushes forward.
She lifts her head up, looking at me. “I want you to make me a promise.” She says.
“Tell me what it is before I promise. I won’t promise you something when I don’t know if I can keep that promise.”
