Page 13 of Seneca

“That would be great.”She kissed him and sat up, stretching with a squeak.“I’m going to get dressed.Did you want to use the shower?”

“I don’t have any clean clothes to change into.I need to head to my place, but I want to talk to my dad first.”

“Okay.I’ll be right back.”

She stood up and stretched again, and he caught a glimpse of her belly and his bear growled softly.

She walked away after giving him a soft smile, and he lifted his phone from the coffee table.Sending a text to his dad, he asked,Can I bring Sunny down to my place?I need to shower and change.

After a few moments, his dad responded,Yes, you can bring her down.The alphas talked last night after you left with her, and we decided that since you’re soulmates and you’ve both acknowledged it, that she can be underground in our private living area, but she can’t have any codes or go anywhere in the park alone until after you’ve mated her and we’ve had a chance to get to know her.

Seneca was surprised.He’d thought they would want to wait longer to allow her to know the truth of the park shifters’ living arrangements.But he wasn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth.Understood.I’m going to reach out to security to get an escort for a date tonight.

Sounds good.

He opened a chat with Jupiter, who agreed to arrange an escort so that Seneca and Sunny would be in an unmarked park SUV, and a security team of two males would follow to look for trouble.While they hadn’t had any issues lately, their people never went anywhere alone or took safety for granted.

He couldn’t wait for their date.He wanted to show her how happy he was that she was in his life.

By the time Sunny walked out of the bedroom wearing shorts and a pale green top, he’d made a reservation for dinner and grabbed an energy drink from the fridge.

“Do you like coffee in the morning?”he asked.

“Iced coffee, yes,” she said.“Vanilla or caramel.”

“We can get you an iced coffee in the cafeteria.Have a seat, sweetheart.I need to tell you something.”

Her eyes went wide as she sat on the couch.“Is everything okay?”

“Yes, definitely.But I’m going to share some information with you that’s very private and can’t be shared with anyone.”

“I don’t have anyone to talk to except you and your friends,” she pointed out.

“I know, I’m just phrasing it this way so you know how important it is that we don’t talk about this sort of thing in the open.”

“Of course.What’s up?”

“I told you that I had a place of my own with the other shifters who live and work in the park, but what I didn’t tell you last night is the location.When I talked to my dad just a little while ago, he said that the alphas agreed that I could show you where our people live.All the doors have security codes and it’s very safe, but only the people who live and work here have the codes.So I can’t share the codes with you until after you and I are mated and our people have had a chance to get to know you better.”

“I understand.So where is this place?”

“Underground.”

Her eyes went wide.“Seriously?”

“Yep.”He told her about the underground living areas for each shifter group and the marketplace, with the shops, offices, and cafeteria.“Most everyone eats at the market, but the employee cafeteria where I took you last night is also kept well stocked for staff meals.We’ll go there now and I’ll take you underground.Like Jupiter said last night, you can’t go anywhere alone, but I’m excited to show you my place.Which is nowourplace.”

She beamed at him.“I’m excited to see it too.Should I bring my bag?I didn’t unpack.”

“That’s a great idea.”

She hurried to the bedroom and came back with her bag.“I didn’t have time to pack much, so I’m glad that the bathroom here was stocked with toiletries.”

“We can get you whatever you need.”

He opened the door and held it for her, then grabbed her bag to carry it.

“I don’t have a lot of money.I spent most of it on gas driving here.”