“I actually think it’s pretty brilliant.” Alek grinned. “There are too many of our kind stuck in the old ways because well…they’re old. And honestly, the solution seems pretty damned simple to me.”
“It does?” Olivia asked.
Dread filled the hollow pit where my stomach had been, and I steeled myself as I looked over at my king.
“Ransom will act as your mate while you’re home.” He nodded like it was the simplest thing in the world.
It wasn’t.
I already kept my attraction to Olivia on a thin leash. Traveling with her for that long would strain it enough, but acting as her mate? My blood thickened, and my cock swelled against the fabric of my pants. Bad idea.
“Oh, no.” Olivia’s gaze flickered between Alek and me, but I couldn’t bring myself to look at her. “That’s just…” She shook her head.
I sucked in a breath and held it while I counted back from ten.
Ten. We needed the Hunters, whether or not I wanted to admit it.
Nine. I was the best fighter in the vampire ranks.
Eight. Olivia could hold her own, and if she couldn’t, she’d outrun them.
Seven. I wasn’t a kid. I could control my dick.
Six. Friends could help each other out, right?
Five. Who didn’t like a good, fake mating to fool the parents? Classic.
Four. We didn’t really have a choice.
Three. Fuck, would she sleep next to me? Fill my lungs with her scent every minute of the day?
Two. It didn’t matter. She didn’t want me anyway.
One. This was the only way. It had to be done.
“We’ll leave tomorrow.”
THE END
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