Page 140 of Heart of the High King
Rafe stared at Aleksander and from out of nowhere, a bubble of laughter surfaced. Giving in to impulse, Rafe chuckled and seconds later, his mate joined him. They were sitting in a room full of people in a damn hospital, fighting over nothing. Aleksander had never given Rafe any reason not to have faith in him. “Oh, so glad your inability to meet someone is the reason you wouldn’t cheat on me,” Rafe teased. “You’re supposed to say shit about the love and trust between us.”
Aleksander’s grin was full of mischief. “Oh yeah, that stuff too.” Standing, he carefully fixed Rafe’s collar, then kissed him softly. “Dr. Park, while physically, shifters can cheat, that doesn’t mean they all do. When you wait centuries to find the man who is the best part of your soul, you don’t even consider the idea that there’s anything you could ever be missing. Everything I need is in the man holding my heart, and there’s simply no room in my thoughts or mind for anything beyond my mate.”
The dragon’s eyes had never left Rafe’s, and he gave in to instinct. Placing a hand on Aleksander’s jaw, accepted his kiss. “I love you too,” Rafe said softly.
“And if anyone is interested in statistics, it may ease your minds to know that it’s a much smaller percentage of going outside our matebonds than our detractors would have you believe,” Dr. Suricata supplied.
“Rafe and Aleksander hump now?”
Mortis’s voice in Rafe’s head broke the beautiful spell surrounding him and Aleksander. “For Fate’s sake, Mortis, we’re in a damn hospital. No,” Rafe retorted, hopping off the table and grabbing Aleksander’s hand. When everyone assumed Mortis had to go outside, Rafe didn’t correct them. With enough embarrassment for one day, it was necessary to double-check to make sure his hickey was covered.
“Sorry about that,” Aleksander whispered to him as they walked out into the hall.
“We didn’t know but hey, not anywhere people can see next time, yeah?”
Brogan stalked past them and coughed the word “amateurs” into his hand. Unfortunately for him, he wasn’t fooling anyone, and Saura fixed a stern glare on the man who’d mated with her eldest son. Rafe grinned as she proceeded to lecture him while Dra’Kaedan did nothing to intervene on Brogan’s behalf.
“Want me to buy you some condoms?” Aleksander teased once they were outside and getting into the car and putting on their seat belts.
“Oh, you’re real hilarious,” Rafe told him, then kissed him just because he could. Laying his head against his shoulder as Brogan eased the vehicle out of the parking spot, the idea that his life was a dream was fading away, and Rafe planned on cherishing every minute spent with Aleksander.
