Free The Wolf's Mate Book 2: Linus & The Angel by R.E. Butler Page B

stay in?” She asked, folding a sweater into the suitcase.
    His brow furrowed slightly and he frowned and
she moved to him and nudged his legs apart with her knees and
cupped his face. “You can tell me anything, Linus. I won’t make fun
of you or give you grief for anything you think or feel. Right
here,” she motioned to the space between them, “is safe for both of
us. It’s supposed to be that way.”
    Emotions flickered through his eyes so fast
she couldn’t get a read on any of them until the end, when he
looked relieved. His hands kneaded her waist and he looked into her
eyes, “I don’t want to share you. I’m afraid you’ll think I’m
ashamed of you or something and I’m not, I just, when the guys
showed up yesterday and they were close to where you were in the
bedroom I could barely keep hold of my beast.”
    She ran her thumbs along his cheeks, “Okay.
So we’ll stay in. I have to warn you, though, with this moving in
thing: I will flip out if you leave the toilet seat up.”
    He chuckled but it sounded forced. At her
prompting, he said, “You really want to be with me, even after
everything I told you about my past?”
    She moved closer and hugged him, pressing his
cheek against her shoulder. “I spent 15 months without a home. I
teetered between being pissed off at the length of the journey and
being terrified of leaving a place too soon or staying too long.
There’s nothing easy about my life up to this point. I would have
given anything to know you years ago, but I love the man you are
now. So however you came to be who you are, I’m good with it. The
more time we spend together, the stronger our bond will grow, and
then you’ll lose those doubts. I couldn’t have picked a better man
for myself than you.”
    His voice was thick with emotion and he
hugged her tighter, burying his face in her neck. “I’m just afraid
you’re going to be disappointed in me.”
    “Not possible.”
    She kissed the top of his head and let him
have the few minutes he needed to collect himself. She didn’t mind
hugging him one bit. Ask her about her fantasies and she would say
more often than not that they weren’t sexual, but about finding the
man she was going to be able to love forever.
    “You calm my wolf.” He said, kissing her
neck.
    He pulled back enough to let her see he was
over all that emotion. “One of my charms.”
    He let her go so she could finish packing. “I
didn’t tell anyone in my pack about you. I mean, they knew you were
in the house and that you’re human, but I guess you’re not entirely
human, though. But you’re not wolf and that’s what they’d care
about.”
    “No, I’m not entirely human, but other than
being made for you and what our children will become, there isn’t
anything different about me.”
    He shook his head with an awed smile. “I
can’t imagine having a son that would be more powerful than me.
It’s amazing to think about.”
    “Or you could be like my dad and have three
alpha-powerful sons. And my mother has six brothers that are all
alphas.”
    “Are they in the states?”
    “Two of them are, out west. My parents wanted
me to go out there right away, because they would trust my uncles
to keep an eye on me, but I wanted a more methodical search. At
least until I was going buggy looking for you. Then it was just me
wandering aimlessly and feeling kinda hopeless.” She shrugged. “My
other uncles are in Europe.”
    “Do you think your parents will like me?” He
fidgeted uncomfortably.
    “Of course. You’re my mate. You’re perfect
for me. The only reason they wouldn’t like you is if I’d tried to
force a mating before I found my mate.”
    He frowned and she groaned inwardly. She
hadn’t meant to insult him. “Linus, I’m sorry.”
    He cut her off. “No, don’t be sorry.” He
stood slowly and moved around the bed to her. Taking her hands in
his, he looked down at her for a few moments and then said, “I’d
always worried about telling