Page 136 of Crossed Fates

Then he was in front of me again, except this time he didn’t cage me in or pinch me anywhere. His expression was thoughtful, and he cocked his head to the side as he considered me.

“Well, one of these days, we could take advantage of a full moon.” The suggestion in his tone had my brow popping upward.

Like… real advantage?I asked him, my throat suddenly dry. Female wolves, at least those of my kind, went into heat during a full moon. Which meant I could conceive. I’d never asked if it was the same for him or not, yet he somehow knew it about me. Maybe from when I’d pushed all my pack details to him before when our mating connection had snapped fully into place.

Yeah,realadvantage,he murmured.

Um…I’d never considered kids because I hadn’t expected to ever mate.

“We can wait as long as you need, baby,” he said out loud, his palm cupping my cheek. “I just want you to know… I’d be interested.”

“Oh. I… I just need some time to absorb the idea,” I admitted. “But I think I might like that.” Actually, I was pretty sure I would. Because the idea of having little pups with him made some matronly part of me melt into a puddle of happiness.

Alaric grinned and kissed me sweetly.

“Although, there’s something you should know about true mates, at least among my kind,” I started slowly.

“What’s that?” he asked, cocking his head to the side.

“Well, true mates in my old world tend to experience an intense attraction until they reproduce. It’s a primal thing because our animals don’t understand why we would choose to wait. They mate, fuck, and create pups. From what I understand, we just fuck like bunnies until it happens.”

He stared at me. “Sorry, I’m not seeing the problem with this revelation.”

I rolled my eyes. “Of course you wouldn’t. But I’m telling you… we might end up doing it on a full moon without thinking clearly.”

He shrugged. “Yep. I’m good with that.” He went back to his food preparation. “Good thing we have my immortal parents to help babysit. Who knows how long thefucking like bunnieswill happen? I mean, maybe we’ll need a whole litter before we’re ready for a break.”

I laughed. “Yeah, no. Unless you’re the one popping them out…”

“Well, you can push the pain to me, right?” He waggled his brows at me, then he turned off the oven and grabbed me by the hips, pulling me over his shoulder again.

“Hey! What about food?”

“I’m suddenly in the mood to eat something else. Somethingsweet,” he replied, taking off down the hallway toward the bedroom. “Besides, the next full moon is in a week. We need to practice.”

“Practice?” I repeated with a laugh as he tossed me onto the bed. “I thought we were waiting?”

“Waiting just means more practice until we reach perfection,” he murmured, crawling over me. “I mean, you need to work on your begging skills.”

“Then you’re going to have to up your teasing game,” I teased him.

“Hmm.” The shirt inched up my thighs, over my hips, and to my belly. “Well, good thing I know exactly where to start, sweetheart.”