Ben
“Are you sure you’re alright?”
“I’m fine, Ben. Please stop worrying.”
I wrap my arm around Brooke’s shoulders as we walk toward the orphanage. “It’s hard not to worry, Brooke. You could have killed yourself.”
“It wouldn’t have mattered if I had lost you. There would be no reason for me to go on living. You’re my mate, Ben. I heard Hunter say so. All those feelings we have that we can’t explain; that’s the mate bond. We might not be old enough to feel it fully, but it’s there, and I would do anything to save you. No matter what that entailed.”
I close my eyes for a second and then kiss her temple. This girl means everything to me. It doesn’t matter how often Thane tells me what I’m feeling isn’t love; I know it is. My dad thought it was about se.x, which I found offensive. Brooke a
