Page 11 of Fated Surrender

Once they were on the road he decided to try to get to know his mate.

“So, tell me about yourself.” Connor grinned at his mate in the rearview mirror. She glared at him. It was going to be a long drive.

He could almost hear her thoughts. She was itching to get her claws into him.

“I’m extremely pissed off and thinking of the different ways I am going to eviscerate you later.” She growled.

“Now darlin’, don’t use big words if you want to scare me,” Connor drawled and winked at her. She snorted.

“What else?” he asked. He could feel her staring at the back of his head and wondered for the hundredth time in the span of an hour what in the hell had Fate been thinking when she had paired them up.

“I’m a lawyer.”

“I knew that already.”

“I was a lawyer when you were in high school.” She turned her gaze to look out the window.

“Is that going to be an issue for you?” Connor asked reasonably.

“It doesn’t bother you?” she asked.

“Gabriel is a couple thousand years older than Ashby, and I’ve never seen two people more in love with each other. There are more important things that make up who we are besides our age, that’s just a number,” Connor said, looking back at her in the rearview mirror.

“I didn’t get a chance to meet them. Someone kidnapped me before we were introduced,” she retorted.

“You’ll get the chance to meet everyone when we return to Arkadia.”

“What makes you think I’m going to move to your small town?” she demanded.

“Well, I live there,” Connor started.

“That doesn’t really help your case.”

“My family lives there. Your family lives there. It’s the safest place for us to live.” Connor listed all the reasons to stay in Arkadia.

“Valid arguments, but not persuasive,” she replied.

“I’m about to be an uncle, which means you will be an aunt.”

“That’s your family, not mine.”

“Felix could pop pregnant any day now.” Connor grinned at her.

She stared up at the mirror looking shocked.

“You said what?” she demanded.

“Felix is a hybrid. They can become pregnant, which means we could become aunts and uncles on your side of the family, too,” Connor explained.

Madison laughed until she fell over on the seat.

“Why is it that funny?” Connor asked.

“I bet Maddox had an aneurysm!” She giggled, placing her hand on her side.

“He does seem like the type,” Connor admitted.

“You should have seen him as a kid.” Madison smiled at Connor. It seemed like she had forgotten that she hated him.

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