Bearing It All by TL Reeve & Michele Ryan

Author:TL Reeve & Michele Ryan [Reeve, TL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: R2R Publishing
Published: 2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

By the end of the night, Bodhi had checked off about ninety-five percent of the pilfered checklist from Emma's journal. Utah had texted him, right before dinner with a picture of the completed arch. The tiger had even woven ivy, where he had gotten it from, he had no clue, around the wooden support, and let Bodhi know fresh flowers could be added the morning of the ceremony.

Bodhi had to admit, he was a bit taken back at the warm feelings flowing through him at seeing the exact spot where he’d make Emma his in every sense of the word. He wondered if his uncles had felt the same prior to their wedding ceremonies. He suspected under Kal’s tough outer shell was a warm, mushy center. Especially, when it came to his mate and pups. He got it, though. His uncles hadn’t always had the easiest lives, also being the alpha meant, Kal often had to push his personal beliefs aside and do what was best for the pack.

He glanced up at the clock, for what must have been the millionth time. The adults, it seemed, suspected he was going to sleep with Emma tonight and were dragging their damn feet—or he’d just been paranoid. He figured, with the full moon being so close—the hormones flowing—all the adults would be with their mates, fucking.

“You okay?” Nico nudged him.

“Yeah,” he grumbled, his gaze finding Emma, who had stayed by Cassidy’s side all night. He got it. She was being the big sister, protective, especially when Nic and Aiden arrived. Neither boy had said or done anything inappropriate to their newly scent marked/soon to be mate. “Why?”

“You've been bouncing your knee non-stop for the last hour.” Nico smirked. “It's bugging the piss out of Kal. He's been giving you dirty-ass looks for the last twenty minutes. You've ignored them all.”

“Shit.”

His gaze darted to his uncle. Sure, enough he was giving him a look. Bodhi immediately stopped, and his uncle turned his attention to Colin, his oldest, who sat beside him.

Nico chuckled. “You got it bad, don’t you?”

“Were you any different?” Bodhi made a point to keep his voice low. Although, the loudness of the multiple conversations around them had to drown out whatever they were saying.

“Nope,” Nico said. “Question is, you going to do anything about it?”

“I asked her to sleep with me tonight.”

Nico spewed his drink back into the bright-red, plastic cup. He shook his head, placing the cup down beside his plate and turned to him. “Asked? Is it just that easy?” Nico rubbed his head. “I wonder if just asking would have worked with Hayden.”

“Doubt it,” Bodhi answered even though he knew Nico’s question had been rhetorical. “I mean sleep. No sex.”

“Glad I wasn’t taking another sip of my soda. I would’ve choked.”

“Shut up,” Bodhi snarled.

“I’m going to give you some advice. Take it or leave it, I don’t give a shit. But, feel like I owe you. After I fucked everything up with Hayden, you always had my back.

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