Rafe: Paranormal Suspense (Shifter World®: Royals and Alphas Book 1) by Dana Archer

Author:Dana Archer [Archer, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946672353
Publisher: Cherokee House Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-08-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Rafe carried Jasmine to the couch. Flushed from their loving, she looked sated and far more tempting than she could ever imagine. He focused on her shoulder and ran his tongue over his descended fangs. The delicate slope would be a perfect backdrop for his claim.

For the mate bite that would tie her to his soul for eternity.

With one knee on the thin cushions, he stroked the crook of her neck. The raised scar would announce to the world that she was his. He wanted that—to claim the one female who’d captured him.

He breathed deeply, filling his lungs with her scent. The big predators he housed lay down, rested their heads on their paws, and closed their eyes. Their peace radiated through him. That was something all shifters—Royals and single shifters alike—sought.

Peace.

It was incredibly hard sharing a body with other souls, especially when the entities tied to each other didn’t get along. There was no running from them, and living in constant discontent often drove the person mad, along with the animals inside them.

Jasmine’s presence promised he’d never have to face that fate. He couldn’t say exactly what it was about her that had managed to not only tame his cats but mesmerize him. Her scent had attracted him, so had her beauty, but other women had smelled incredibly alluring and had aroused him instantly. Those clues weren’t enough to go by when looking for a true mate.

He knew of many males who’d thought they’d found their true mate, only to learn it had been nothing more than lust. A couple of times in bed with their supposed one true mate had cured them of the fascination.

For him, it was more. He respected Jasmine for raising shifters, protecting them as if they were her own. Add in her warm personality and ability to meet life’s challenges and he saw a woman strong enough to face an eternity’s worth of ups and downs.

Maybe his cats hadn’t realized how perfect she was for him at first glance, but they’d sensed something special about her. They’d wanted to get closer to find out what. Rafe was glad he’d given in to them.

She showed him what life could entail when he wasn’t always fighting his animals’ wants. He didn’t want to give that up. Neither did his cats. They’d made their choice—Jasmine.

It didn’t seem to matter to them that she was human and would never be able to carry his kids. For many older Royal males, that fact didn’t matter. After living alone for centuries, the promise of peace a true mate offered overrode their animalistic drive to breed. Rafe agreed. Eternity was a long time to spend with a woman you only desired, not loved.

He was ready to give up on having kids of his own. Hell, he’d give up everything.

Jasmine on the other hand? She wasn’t ready to accept him. She didn’t trust him, not completely, and he needed her to have complete faith in him.

The mating process between Royals and non-Royals was too dangerous to allow for even a second of doubt.

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