After a few hours' nap Jamie finally found his pants, wrapped Charlie in his shirt, and carried his still dozing mate back to the packhouse. He linked Mandy to clear the way. As he was eager to show off his mating mark he was not eager to show off his near naked mate.
Jamie laid her in the center of their massive bed as he always did when he found himself carrying her to bed. He tucked her in tightly as she liked- taking extra care to stack some pillows around her, like he had earlier in the forest. Something told him her heat was near. Perhaps it was just his wishful thinking after seeing Jaxon come into his wolf but while he did not want her pregnant if a war did break out between the humans and creatures of the night, he could not fight his instinct to want to see his mate carrying his
