“You don't have to protect me, Cole. I can protect myself, trust me. I just want to be able to trust you but you have to trust me for that too,” she places a hand on mine.
“I trust you,” I say.
“Do you really? Do you trust me because I'm your mate and you feel this connection between us, or do you trust me because I'm me?” she asks.
What? I think her question through.
I do trust her. No mate bond needed, I trust her. Why do I trust her? Because I do. I trust everyone in my pack and she's my pack member too.
“I trust you,” I repeat again and she smiles.
“Do you trust me?” I ask her.
She thinks it through. f**k.
“A little. I'm not an easy person to get to know. I'm not going to be all sunshine and roses every time-” I cut her off by wrapping my fingers on her wrists and pulling her u
