Page 49 of Falling for Ash
“Oh,” she sighed when he finished torturing her. “I was just thinking, here you are, a thousand year old Demon, and I’m just this schoolteacher who found out I’m a Werewolf. But here we both are, Fated mates and all. It’s just funny.”
“What’s funny?”
“Well, I mean, destiny decided we were meant to be, but we had to meet at speed dating,” she said, giggling against his shoulder.
One of Ash’s eyebrows rose as he contemplated her statement and for a second, she was worried he’d be offended. Then he laughed, and she laughed too, relieved he wasn’t angry.
“Oh no,” he said sitting up after they were done giggling like teenagers.
“What?”
“Aphrodite and Eve are going to be incorrigible after this,” he said, hugging her close to his side.
“Is that bad?”
“Not bad. Just annoying. They’re going to want favors now. Probably think I owe them something,” he grumbled.
“And don’t you? I mean, aren’t I worth it?” she teased.
“Yes, of course, love,” he replied without hesitation.
Good Demon.
“I am a very good Demon. Now, what did you want to do today?”
“I have a few ideas,” she said, straddling his waist.
And for a Sunday school teacher, her ideas were really quite something.
Mine.
Chapter
Fifteen
Ash growled as he walked into the Guard. He eyed a few legates lounging lazily against the wall with mugs of coffee until one actually dropped his. Fuckers should at least pretend to look busy when their General was in the building.
“What news of the southern borders?” he asked.
“Nothing, General. It’s been quiet going on thirty-six hours.”
“I see. Have Legion six do a sweep of the area and get back to me with their progress. I will be in my office,” he grunted, nodding at the Imp who was busy cleaning up the legate’s spilled coffee.
Imbeciles.
He was out of sorts, cranky really, and he knew the reason. He would much rather be at home, committing every inch of his gorgeous mate to memory, but duty called. Besides, Gabriella was topside at the moment. He took her to get some things from her stepmother’s house packed, then he was picking her up in a few hours and bringing her back to their home.
Ash still could not believe how very lucky he was that his mate chose him. The fact she’d given him her bite mark still made him shiver with delight and pride. He only wished it were higher on his neck so that everyone could see it.
Hmm.
Maybe he would ask her to do it again later.
Grrrr.
“Sir, we’ve been tracking this band of rogues after the roundup the other night. We destroyed many, but it seems these few got away. They’ve abandoned their attempts to breach security of the southern borders,” Dell, legate of the seventh cohort to the Southlands, spoke up.
“Really? That is interesting. Can we tell where they went?”
