Page 65 of Heat Me

"Wait—are you kidding?"

But Snow didn’t answer—just walked away.

He never brought it up again, and neither did I, but for some reason, the whole thing about Snow’s magic came back to me now.

If it were just talk, if that weird thing with him hiding me hadn’t happened, I’d never have believed him.

But it did happen.

He actually did some kind of strange enchantment on them. Did he finallymasterwhatever it was he’d been training himself to do?

Why, all of a sudden, were all of us meeting our True Mates, one after another? Rain, Skye, now most likely me. Who was next? Our cousins? The rest of our brothers?

Driving back from Darien’s place, I was in a surprisingly good mood. For once, I didn’t have to twist someone’s arm to agree to the fair. No manipulative contract tricks this time—just a genuine agreement. It felt like a win.

And another thing—I was starting to feel weirdly optimistic about the whole ‘finding True Mates’ thing. Was this actually going to work for real? Was it about to happen forall of us?

Why the hell not? I couldn’t afford to be a doubter now. I’d always hated that in other people. I chose to stay optimistic.

So I stopped at a gas station and grabbed something to eat. While I was there, I pulled out my phone and typed a quick message:

"Did you actually master that thing with ‘attracting’ True Mates to the guys in our family? Because I might’ve lined up three TMs for three of our cousins. And I still think Skye’s TM is that beta guy who broke his heart. Oh, and I’m pretty sure I found mine too. Weird how it’s all happening at once. Should I thank you? And did you find yours too?"

A few minutes passed in silence before my phone beeped.

"Possibly. My True Mate will be here in a few days. I should probably thank you for this. Something you were involved in yesterday set off a chain of events that will save one of our brothers and bring my True Mate to me. So… I guess we’re even."

I blinked, staring at the screen.

"I won’t even ask for details. I just have to trust you,"I replied.

"Don’t ask. Enjoy your redhead."

I blinked again, even more shocked.

What the fuck? Was this guy a real deal wizard?

So I wasn’t the only one in our family with unusual abilities after all…

Snow might not be a purple alpha, but he was also a child of True Mate parents. Who knows? Maybe he also had a little more alien DNA than the rest of the regular alphas.

Gulping down my coffee, I headed back to my car, feeling strangely elated and even more impatient to get back to my perfect redhead.

The thought of seeing Damien again filled me with this quiet sense of excitement. What made it even better—I had just one last visit to make, and then I’d be free to go back to him.

With that thought driving me, I headed toward the surrogate’s house.

***

The drive took me about fifteen minutes—Darien’s house wasn’t that far off, and Day Sanderson also lived in a good neighborhood. He was the last one on my list—I had this ambitious plan to bring all four of them to the fair.

When I got there, I was surprised to find that this guy, at thirty-four years old, still lived in a single-family home with his parents.

The door was opened by an older alpha who eyed me suspiciously.

"What?" His greeting was far from friendly.

"I have an appointment with Day Sanderson."

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