I cradled her cheek once more and squeezed gently. “See you in a couple hours then.”
Deciding it was better for me to leave first, I nodded at Embry and took off. I wasn’t sure where I was going until I heard Vaughn’s deep laughter and changed directions.
He was sitting on his front porch when I ran up. He nodded at me before lifting a glass of water to his mouth. “What’s up, boss?”
“I told Cait she’s my mate,” I said and took a step back as Vaughn spit his drink everywhere. “Come again? She’s your what?”
“My. Mate,” I said slower.
He ran a hand over his thick beard. “Well, I’ll be damned. I knew I liked her. She was interesting during the car ride. Seems just the right amount of scared of our kind. The ones who are too eager to know about us tend to cause problems.”
“Yeah, well, hop
