Liam After getting her bag from the car and quickly linking the patrol around the property, I made my way back into the master bedroom to Azalea. She looked so peaceful and adorable with her petite body curled up on the massive bed. I intended to get a little work done, but I could not resist getting in bed with her. I removed my shirt and climbed in on the other side of the bed. Pulling her soft body to me, I held her in my arms, just drinking in her delicious aroma. “We need to mate her,” Gavin prompted in my head. “She isn’t ready,” I told him. “We will be stronger once we complete the mate bond and mark her. Then we can protect her even better,” he tried to reason. His insistence didn’t feel normal. “She is protected. She is right here with me, and there are no less than eight w