Savage Exile: Lion Hearts Book Five by Lane Cecilia

Author:Lane, Cecilia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A Shifting Destinies Novel
Published: 2020-10-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Rhys stared at the door to Trent’s den. Spots dotted his shirt from the cold rain he’d sprinted through to reach the safety of the covered porch. Umbrellas balanced on their pronged sides, wobbling now and again when the breeze caught them just right. By their number and the voices inside, he was the last to arrive.

He’d managed to stay away all night and all day. Not an easy feat with his lion riding him hard and snarling that he kept his distance. Sleep had been nonexistent, it’d been a miracle to make it through the day without killing any of the others, and he’d wanted to douse himself in a cold shower every six minutes, but he kept that fingernail of control over his inner beast.

Right up until he scented juniper and rainfall on the porch.

He couldn’t get the night out of his head. Her eyes, stroking down his body. Her scent in his nose. Even with claws at his throat, he wouldn’t have been able to explain why he shifted instead of grabbing his things in his teeth and stalking away. Slowing down and making a show out of dressing was just as inexplicable.

His lion shoved forward with enough strength to stagger him in place. Rhys grunted and shoved back on the sendings the beast flashed through his head. Sage, stepping around the scrawny little tree she’d hidden behind. Walking toward him. Splaying her hands over his chest.

The images weren’t based in reality, but he wanted to turn them from fiction into fact.

He’d had a mate.

He had a mate.

Fuck. Rhys let off a short growl. Those dueling sentences crawled through his mind and left him more ragged and unsteady than ever.

Breathing hard, cold long forgotten, he reached for the handle.

Noise erupted around him as soon as he stepped through the door. He brushed his hair out of his eyes and took in the pride with a quick glance. The den wasn’t big and made for a tight fit with everyone stuffed inside. Cozy, he supposed Hailey would call it. It was a sign of her trust and Trent’s good mood that they’d been allowed inside at all. Most pride gatherings took place outside, with everyone adding tables and chairs to discourage any property damage when a brawl inevitably broke out.

Hailey held court in the kitchen, waving a spoon like a scepter as she ordered Kyla to pull out the batch of enchiladas from the oven. Dash and Colette dutifully moved plates and silverware from their homes to the counter, before Dash jabbed at his mate with a fork. She rolled her eyes at him with moderately believable disdain, then clacked her own fork against his like a fencing pro. Trent scowled at the racket and turned back to his conversation with Lindley. Lilah passed Seth the last of some beer bottles to fit inside a cooler, then both joined the alpha and the second.

“Rhys!” Hailey shouted over the noise. “You’re right on time!”

Of them all, Sage had his complete attention.

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