Chapter 24 Dreams 3

It was well after midnight before we got back to the room, we won by a wide margin, however, right after the game Samantha was called to the west border unexpectedly. I waited up for her in the pack house, wanting to be close in case she called for me. Daren and Lily came back home sometime during the first half but went upstairs shortly after-only for Daren to come back to investigate the border with Samantha.

When she returned, she was quiet, thoughtful and a little anxious. I brushed it off as a byproduct of our confession to each other and didn’t breach the subject. When I left the shower, I was fully expecting my mate to be asleep on the couch but instead she was sitting up in bed waiting for me. She again had her bottom lip between her teeth but released it as I walked over. I still rubbed my thumb lovingly over her lip and kissed her cheek.

She slid over for me to get in the bed and watched as I turned off the light. “Ever