“Are you sure about this? Once Iy down I don’t think I’ll move until morning.”


    1 step into his space and I can tell that he wanted to step away but managed to hold still. I reach up and pet his cheek gently before moving to his temple. It hasn’t taken me long to figure out how much he enjoys this spot.


    “I need you to trust me. We need this time together. I’m going to clean up the drinks from the living, room and grab cold water from the fridge. Make yourselffortable in bed,”


    He nods his head, too tired to fight or think too much about what I’m asking. As much as my wolf wants to mark him, im him as ours I have to remind her that it’s been years since I’ve been able to shift even partially. We do agree on one thing, if he wants to im us we won’t stop him.


    (Cole’s POV)


    I’m Aruggling toprehend exactly what Jessa’s desire is. My mild panic attack isbining with


    the Ativan in a bad way and I’m truly ready to just knock out but the prattling beast within me simply won’t allow it. It’s been a long time since I’ve trusted him while away from home, for once


    he’s actually been right.


    I make my way down the short hallway into her bedroom. I can hear her in the kitchen cleaning up the drinks we never drank. I’m a lot calmer now that the sedative has started kicking in but I’m still nervous with the decision I have suddenly made. I pull my shoes off just inside the room, growling


    at myself for not taking them off sooner.


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    I look around the room and quickly locate the bathroom. I didn’t realize un saw it how badly my needs had built up. Fortunately, Jessa isn’t in the room once I exit making it easier for me to pull the covers back on the bed and sit down. I take my socks off and ce them neatly on the floor in front of the nightstand before pulling my feet into the bed.


    I’ve made myselffortable on my right side and my eyes are closed when she finally enters the room. It feels like it takes her a long time before sheys in bed with me.


    Despite the sleep that is calling my name, I’m super nervous about the situation that is normal for anyone but me. I concentrate solely on my breathing as she snuggles up against me. I slowly move my arm from under the pillow to under her neck, using my heightened sense of touch and smell to judge her reaction. To my relief she snuggles into me even more, cing her hands on my shirted chest. I ce my cheek against her hair as I gently start ying with it. She hums softly with the contact and I can’t help but silently cry for the mate I know I’m going to lose as no one but alpha has ever believed my story about the rumors. I convinced myself months ago that this needed to happen, she needed to know/so she could reject me before I left. I’ve just been too chicken to follow through with it.


    “I’m sorry to do this now, when we’re so close but if I don’te clean with you and give you the


    choice you should have had from the beginning I’ll never be able to do it.”


    She tenses with my confession or perhaps it’s the waver in my voice thates from crying.


    “With only eight weeks left we need to decide if we will ept or reject the mate bond and I cannot ept your eptance without you knowing, understanding the rumors as part of them are in fact


    true.”


    She immediately starts trying to get up and for the first time ever, I use my body to keep her down. I


    can feel that she’s frantic and wants to fight but for some reason she’s frozen.


    “I promise you that I’m not a monster. It is not aplete lie when I said that they are not true. Please rx with me. I need to tell you what’s happening, what I am in fact doing and why before


    you conclude what you want with me.”


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