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“We’re mates though, so it will be more than just sex, right?”
I smiled as I reached up and ran my fingers through his damp hair. “Yes. I’ve been told that what we experience together with our mates is more than what others experience with those who aren’t their mates. Why do you ask?”
“It was amazing, but I feel bad that I passed out. I would love it if we could do that again, only I stay awake.”
I couldn’t keep from chuckling. “I’ll see what I can do about not overwhelming you so much next time.”
Beau’s smile was beautiful. “When will that be?”
My earlier chuckle turned to complete laughter. “Whenever you wish,” I told him after a moment. “Although, I do recommend that we get cleaned up and I feed you first. Keeping up your energy is important, especially when you’re expending so much during certain activities.”
Beau gave me a grin that I knew would always have an effect on me and would get him whatever it was he desired.
“I should get off of you, then,” Beau said, but when he tried to stand, he gasped and quickly fell back against me. He looked at me with wide eyes. “My legs are asleep.”
I chuckled at our predicament. “Well, I can wash you here, or I can carry you over to the shower and set you on the bench that is in there.”
“There’s a bench?” Beau asked, quickly craning his neck to turn around and check out the shower. “I can’t see,” he said, sounding disappointed. “I can’t believe I didn’t notice the shower earlier.”
I wrapped my hands around Beau, grabbing ahold of his ass, and carefully stood. It wasn’t nearly as easy as one would think, but I managed to get to my feet even with Beau flailing around a bit. “Shall we shower?”
“I…” Beau sighed. “I was going to say I could walk, but the tingling in my legs tells me otherwise.”
I smiled at him. “Yes. I feel it too, but I know that what I’m feeling is nothing when compared to what you are. Give it a bit, and your legs should be feeling so much better soon enough.”
I carefully made my way between the tub and the walk-in shower, where I set Beau down on the bench. I wasn’t exactly sure what it was for, other than shower sex, but it certainly was handy at the moment. Once Beau was sitting on the bench, I turned on the water, hoping it didn’t take long for it to heat up.
“I’ll be right back,” I told him. “I need to go drain the tub and throw some towels on the floor to clean up the water that splashed out earlier.”
Beau stopped me with a hand on my hip. “I’ll do that,” he said before he waved his hand in that direction.
“You don’t have to.” I tried to stop him. I didn’t know exactly how his magic worked yet or if using so much of it would tire him more.
“Already done,” Beau said. “I’m told that our magic works much like the warlocks of your realm here. And yes, using too much of it will tire me, but cleaning up the floor, draining the tub, and making the shower hot isn’t enough to do that.”
I looked at Beau, amused.“So you can hear my thoughts?”I asked, hoping that he truly could.
Beau nodded. “I’m not sure how to respond though. Do I just think something?”
“In a way, yes. You need to think about sharing it with me. Sort of like you’re having a conversation with me in your head.”
“I’m not sure what to say to you,”Beau told me through our bond.
I grinned. “Well, that works. But it will come in handy when we can’t be together and you want to talk to me.” I knelt down in front of him and started rubbing his legs. “Did you get the feeling back in them yet?”
“I think so,” Beau said. “Why wouldn’t we be together?”
“When we both have to go back to work,” I told him. “You’re still planning on running the bakery, are you not?”
“Oh. Yeah.” Beau looked down at where my hands were resting on his thighs. “You mentioned teaching?”
I stood and carefully pulled him up to his feet. The water might be steaming, but Beau had goose bumps on his skin, and neither myself nor my tiger liked that. “We need to get you under the water. You’re cold.”
“Only a little. The steam was starting to warm me up, which is what I think caused the chill.”
I pulled Beau into the stream of water, and when he shivered, I wrapped my arms around him. One of the good things about being a shifter was that I always ran warm. I felt Beau sigh and relax after a few moments of us standing under the hot spray of water.
“Are you warm now?” I asked after I took a step back.
