Chapter 59

The next morning came too quickly. After the night Jet gave me, I felt a little more ready to tackle the day. There is something to be said about using sex with our mate as a way to get all your emotions out.

Reaching across the bed, only cold sheets met my hand. Lifting my head up slightly, from what I could see through my eyelashes, Jet wasn’t in bed. There wasn’t a note on his pillow, either.

“Love?” I asked, through the mind-link as my head fell back against the pillow.

I felt his humor. “How are you?” He asked with a slightly flirty tone.

“Not sore enough.” I was being ornery.

“Hmm, is that so?” I could physically see his eyebrow lift as his mouth twitched.

“Might need you to come back and do that again.” I responded as I rolled myself up like a burrito, not ready to start my day.

“As much as I would love to, it is almost noon and I am trying to get ready so we can leave tomorrow.”

My heart crashed as reality came back to hit me. We still had a job to do, and that did