Malekai woke up to the sunlight streaming through the c***k in the bedroom curtains. He pushed Cassie’s mass of deep red curls away from his face before he looked at the alarm clock on the nightstand beside him. It was eight in the morning, and he knew he needed to get up. He lay in bed for a few more minutes, watching his other half sleep as she lay on him. He had to smile at her. Cassie had always wanted to sleep with her head on his chest, even when they were babies. Now, she had taken it several steps further. When she had rolled on top of him at bedtime, she had straddled him and lay entirely on his torso with her head buried in his neck at the spot where she had marked him as her mate. During the night, she had shifted, and her nose was now pressed into the notch at the base of his t
