Styles POV
The moment Lena fell asleep in my arms, I looked up at Jake. He blinked at me a couple of times before he said, "Dude, I wasn't expecting to do that when we got back."
I shrugged, "I was."
He smiled, "Of course you were, I always knew you couldn't wait to get back to her."
I frowned at him, "Same with you too, I know you try to deflect your feelings all because you only wanted to serve her by protecting her. I've told you that you wouldn't be able to fight the mate bond. The goddess told us it would overwhelm us all and push us all to complete the bond."
"Yeah. Now that I had her, she's all I'm thinking about now. I want more of her, I didn't want that, I wanted to remain her protector." Jake admitted as he sighed and stared at her.
"Dude, you can still be her protect
