Page 21 of The Stone Survival
Orix stepped in. “He doesn’t remember much. We’re just glad he’s home safely.”
“Andyou succeeded in solidifying your mate bond too,” Yarrow said to me. “I’m so glad. I know how you struggled with your fae genes and the…um…urges, so this…this is good.”
He’d helped me through a lot. Helped us all, and it was hard not to tell him everything. I mean, I trusted him, we all did. But we’d agreed, as a group, to keep the circle of trust small for now.
So I smiled and nodded. “We got lucky.”
“Not lucky,” Yarrow said. “I believe it was meant to be. You’re unique, Cameron, and that saved Serath from the graynites’ clutches, but do you think they’ll try to get him back?” He turned his attention to Serath. “Sorry, that was rude. You’re here, and I should be addressing you. You shook off the change, but can they turn you again?”
“I don’t know,” Serath said. “And I hope never to find out.”
My stomach gurgled, the perfect cue to make an exit because I could sense my mate’s disconcertion. “We should get going. I need to feed the pit. Where are the others?”
“Touron and the twins have class,” Orix said. “Derek and Shar left a half hour ago, not sure where they went, and Curi and Levi have gone for a run in the forest.”
So it was just me and Serath, then. Not a problem. Although it would have been nice to have some padding on our first outing as a couple. “Ah, okay. If they ask, then we’ll be at Stone Comfort. You’re welcome to join us.”
“Nah, but you could bring me back one of their Bakewell slices. Maybe two or three.”
Serath chuckled. “Of course.”
We left them chatting and headed out of the tower.
The sun was bright, the air crisp and cool, and my mate was with me.
“There’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time,” Serath said.
“What?”
He took my hand and laced his fingers through mine. “This.”
We were holding hands. Outside. In public, where anyone could see, and it wasn’t forbidden.
We were no longer forbidden.
The reality of it, the freedom of it, hit home, and I blinked back the threat of happy tears.
I pushed up on my toes and kissed his cheek. “Lead the way, gorgeous.”
He blinked sharply, and then the tops of his cheeks flushed. “Gorgeous?”
“Yep.”
He grabbed my nape and dragged my mouth back to his, kissing me long and hard until my head spun and my body prickled with sensual heat. When he broke the kiss, his eyes were dark pools of desire. “We eat, then we come back home and fuck. For hours.”
The throb between my thighs was so deep it was now an ache. I nodded and licked my lips, drawing his attention and eliciting a low growl.
My stomach rumbled.
He closed his eyes and took several breaths before releasing me. “Let’s go eat.”
I allowed him to lead me away from the tower and onto the academy grounds, thighs trembling from the effects of his kiss.
This male had my heart, and my body was his to command. I was all in, forever all in, and for a moment, all the worries of what was to come seeped away.
We were together. Mated. And no one could take that away from us.
The true definitionof the phraseall eyes on youhad been lost on me until I stepped into Stone Comfort with Serath.
