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“Yes.”
“She’s quite a bit older than you.”
“Yes.She was nearly an adult when I was born.I arrived via IVF.”
He was still stroking her hair and said, “Do you ever wear your hair down?”
“Sure.Anytime I am not near alphas.They get sniffy.”She leaned limply against him.
“Did you get what you needed?”
“Yes.Thank you.What can I give you for your assistance?”
“You have already thanked me.I am gratefully accepting that I have done a good deed for the day.”
She fidgeted, and her clothing felt tighter.She looked at her hands and down her shirt.“Good god.How much did I take?”
He chuckled.“Enough to start restoring you.When we return to the party, I will give you my number, and you can come to me anytime.”
She blushed.“I think I have importuned you enough today.”
“I am in full oni mode, and you are cuddled against me like a kitten.That never happens, and my beast is willing to hack off an arm to keep you there.”
She smiled.“Thank you for being my first living donor and my first volunteer donor and my first surviving donor.”
He blinked.“That requires some explanation.”
She explained the boat, being trapped, and then pulled by shadows into the dark realm, where her teeth were her only means of survival.
“You escaped?”
“I did with some help.I flew, and she opened the portal.We ended up back where we left off.I was drowning, and she was back where she was.”
“Who rescued you?”
“I did, and then Mia found me.She has a link to me, and she hired mercenaries to go looking.One of them fished me out of the water.”
“Your parents weren’t rescued?”
“Their bodies were recovered.The bullets made it hard for them to breathe, and the water finished the job.”Meeda sighed.“Right.I need to get back to the party.”
He sighed.“Yes, we probably should.”
He didn’t seem inclined to let her go.
She chuckled and sat up slowly, getting to her feet.Mao sighed and got to his feet in one graceful move.
Meeda nodded, and they got their shoes on.He wrapped his arms around her, and they were back at the party.
She squeezed his hand and tried to step away, but he said, “I am coming with you.I am not leaving you until you have my number.”
Meeda looked and found Mia, holding her phone up.Meeda hauled Mao with her and grabbed her phone, unlocking it and opening her contacts.Mao grinned and tapped his name and number into her phone before sending himself a text.
Meeda smiled.“Satisfied?”
“Not yet, but we just met.”He stroked her cheek.
She blushed.
