“Your brother is strange,” Alexa said.
He nodded. “That was even strange for him. He usually isn’t that nice.”
His mate slumped against him. Instantly, worry filled him.
“You okay?”
She rubbed her eyes. “Yeah, I’m just tired. I didn’t sleep while you were healing. It’s hitting me now, I think.”
He scooped her into his arms. “Then it’s time for my mate to sleep.”
His body screamed no—it wanted s*x—but that wasn’t in his mate’s best interest. She needed to rest, and he’d let her do that. It was starting to get late, anyway.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and snuggled into him. Her scent was lusty and heady, but he wouldn’t give in to his basal desires. No matter how hard his c**k was—which could drill through rock right now.
He laid her on his bed, took her shoes off, and then
