Chosen by Darie McCoy

Author:Darie McCoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darie McCoy

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Rahm watched his mate as she went about her nightly routine. He no longer hoped to probe her inner thoughts. A brief side talk with his mama disabused him of the idea that fatal mates could read one another’s thoughts the way he’d assumed.

He could tell the weight of the day and the activities had come crashing down on Carleeta and her body was screaming for rest. He joined her in the shower, but made no attempts to do anything more than bathe himself and assist her with washing her back.

He ignored the ache in his groin in favor of taking care of his mate’s needs in other ways. Taking over the task of drying her off, gentle pats of the towel were used to dry her glistening skin. After drying her off, he performed the same task on himself while he watched her use the colorful headwrap to bind her thick coily hair.

The process fascinated him. During his short stay with her prior to her move to Pack lands, he’d learned she did this to protect her hair at night. There was only one night that she didn’t go through the process and that was the night they met. In her defense, he really didn’t give her space to do much as he’d fucked her into exhaustion.

Thinking of their first night together, put him right back in the condition he was trying to avoid, so he reluctantly left the bathroom. He’d just pulled the covers back when Carleeta trudged into the bedroom. Instead of walking around to the other side of the massive bed, she entered the side he’d already turned down and scooted over to the center of the bed.

Turning off the bedside lamp, Rahm slid under the covers next to her and gathered her to his chest. They lay there quietly for a period of time and while her breathing was even, he knew she was far from asleep in his arms.

“Rahm?”

“Yes?”

“What did you mean earlier when you were telling Marigold and I about your uncle?”

“Which part?”

“The part where you said he doesn’t shift.”

Rahm thought back to the conversation earlier. He’d not spent long giving them background on his uncle, but he did let them know that they would probably only ever see him in his bear form.

“Oh. He stays in his bear form. Always. I haven’t seen him unshifted in years.”

“Wow… Is he stuck or does he choose to be that way?”

“I don’t know.”

“Huh?”

“Mate, as alpha I can pick up on some feelings from pack members, but I can’t speak to them mind to mind the way I’m speaking with you right now.”

“Do you think he’s sick?”

“Sick in his body? No. Sick in his mind. I believe so.”

“He seems so sad.”

“What makes you say that?”

“Something in his eyes. After I got over being terrified of a strange bear, I really looked at him. His eyes look so sad. Do you know what happened to him?”

“I don’t have all of the details. He was a member of an elite squad of soldiers that was a mix of shifters and humans.

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