Chapter 21
My mate arrived in a whirlwind of warmth seconds before the EMTs disembarked from their ambulance, and I breathed in his presence with profound relief. Sebastien was wearing nothing but jogging pants, and his exposed chest did more for my wolf’s state of mind than all of my own efforts up until this point. Hairs receded, nails flattened, and she purred out satisfaction as she subsided back into my belly where she rightfully belonged.
The humans around us, unfortunately, weren’t as easily soothed. “Sir,” the lead paramedic intoned, “please step away from the patient so we can assess her health.”
“No,” the professor responded, his body shielding mine from view even as he failed to explain why I absolutely could not get in that ambulance despite my barely volitional state. And w
