So let’s just leave that out for now.” The smile that spread across his face made me melt. Yep. He was dangerous. “Deal.” He held out a hand and pulled me off the bedrock. His hand brushed against my arm and a tingle ran up it. “What’s that?” “Best guess?” Something was better than nothing. “I’ll take it.” “It’s our mate bond settling in.” My heart kicked into over-drive. “Hey! Ix-nay on the ate-may word.” “Don’t freak out on me. A deal is a deal. Our wolves are on a different level than us right now. But we’ll catch up. We’ve got time.” “Time.” My gut was screaming at me that I didn’t need any time to know he was the one, but my brain knew better. “But don’t I have to choose before my birthday?” “I don’t think they’ll hold you to those rules.” He brushed his fingertips along my fa

