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Calum nodded. “Yes. It’s a hotel.”

I shook my head again. “What if I’m loud? What if you are? Won’t they hear? And if we are at it for days, what then? How do we explain that situation? And are you going to be able to order food when needed? There’s no kitchen.”

Calum looked serious for a moment before he nodded. “You’re right. Well, we’re stuck here for the time being. I’ll send an email to my fathers and ask them to come and get us somewhere else.” Calum tilted his head to the side. “Unless you can use your magic to move us from one place to another?”

I bit my lower lip. “I can if I know where I’m going. But this is the only place I’ve ever been since being in this realm. I won’t know where to take us.”

Calum crossed the room and pulled me into his arms again. His hugs were just as good as his forehead kisses. “It’s all right. We’ll be fine. I’ll send the message now, and hopefully, it’ll get through. The storm might last a few hours, or it could be a day or two. Or three.”

That caught my attention, and I looked up at Calum. “Three might be pushing it. Especially if we claim each other.”

Calum sighed. “Yes, well, I’ll go send that now and hope for the best.”

I nodded. It wasn’t ideal, I understood that, but having a fae’s first-ever fertile period in a hotel…so much could go wrong. I could only hope that it wouldn’t be an issue and Calum would be able to get ahold of his family and they’d be able to get to us here and then take us elsewhere for everything.

I gave the wall of windows one last glance before I left the bedroom and followed my mate out into the other room. He was on his computer again, typing. I stood in the doorway and watched as he sent the message to his fathers. If his father was a warlock, then he’d be able to take us places with his magic. I could do it, but not until after I’d been there. I had been so excited about meeting my mate earlier that I’d not even thought about what could happen if things progressed here. That certainly presented challenges. Hopefully my mate wouldn’t hold any of it against me. He didn’t seem like the type that would though.

“Done,” he said as he tapped on the computer once more and then looked up at me. “Now we wait to hear back from them. I had already mentioned that I’d met my mate very recently, so that won’t be a surprise now that I’m asking for Father’s help to get us from here to the house in France. Although, I’ve been away for some time, and there isn’t a whole lot of food there either. At least, not anything that would be helpful for someone going through a fertile period.”

I shrugged. “One thing at a time.” I stood from where I was and moved toward my mate. “What would you like to do before the food arrives?”

“I have an idea. Come here,” Calum said, holding out his hand. I placed mine in his and found myself tugged toward the couch. When he sat and then pulled me down with him, I wasn’t going to protest. I’d enjoyed sitting with him a great deal earlier. This time though, he had me sitting facing him, which put things into a completely different category.

“Oh,” I said when he pulled my hips forward and there was most definitely an excited member saying hello inside Calum’s pants.

“We won’t do much, but I’d like to get to know you a little better,” he said seconds before he moved in to kiss me but stopped short. I didn’t say a word. Instead, I placed a hand on the back of his head and pulled him toward me. That was all of the permission that Calum seemed to need. Seconds later, his tongue was pushing into my mouth, and I couldn’t help but moan at the feeling of him kissing me as if his entire existence revolved around me. His kisses were definitely something I’d want many more of.

Chapter 7

Calum

My mate was going to be addictive. But I was certain everyone thought the same of their mates. We were wired to be all about them, and already, my fox wanted to do any and everything we could to please Asher. The fact that he seemed so willing to learn how to please me in return didn’t hurt either.

I knew we couldn’t claim each other right at the moment. We’d ordered food, and it would be here before we could get through all of that. But a little bit of exploring wouldn’t hurt, and it would give me a little bit of insight as to what Asher liked and didn’t.

I was thrilled he seemed willing and involved. When he pulled my head down closer to his, I took that as willingness, and I went in for a kiss. I tilted my head slightly, allowing me to cover his mouth completely. When I swiped at his lips, he opened, this time without hesitation because he knew what to expect. Our tongues met, and Asher was a more-than-willing participant this time. He pushed his back against mine, pulling a moan from me.

I felt him smile and pulled back to see his face. Unfortunately, that seemed to give him the wrong idea because his eyes immediately opened, and the smile fell from his face. “No, I only wanted to see your smile.”

Asher blinked at me for a moment, and then the smile was back. I grinned as well and was just leaning in to go back to kissing him when there was a knock on my door. I glared at it because I knew there was no way it had been thirty minutes yet.

Asher cleared his throat, climbed off my lap, and sat on the couch beside me. “You should probably see who that is,” he said.

I nodded. It could be anyone, I guess. Housekeeping, the food came early, someone looking for another room. I wouldn’t know until I went and opened the door. I stood, wanting nothing more than to either remain on the couch with Asher or to take him with me to the door. Instead, I crossed the room, and as I got closer to the door, I could hear voices outside. I groaned. They were not supposed to be here.

I glanced back at Asher once before I unlocked the door so I could open it. Sure enough, there were three of my former team. One of them being Lauren, who simply would not take a hint that I wasn’t interested in starting something with her. Even before I’d met Asher earlier, I wasn’t interested in her.

“Roland, Lauren, Michael. What can I do for you?”

“Can we come in?” Lauren asked and took a step forward as if she was automatically going to be invited in.

“Now isn’t necessarily a good time,” I told them. Roland and Michael smirked, and Lauren looked confused. “My partner is here, and we were getting ready to have a late lunch as soon as it arrives.” There was absolutely no reason to lie to them. My partner was here. He was so much more than that, but they were all human and wouldn’t understand it if I said my mate was here. That would bring so many more questions, things I wasn’t willing to discuss, even if I was allowed to.

“You never mentioned you had a girlfriend,” Lauren said huffily.

“I wouldn’t really say I’m a girl,” Asher said as he came up behind me. I moved slightly to accommodate him, and he easily tucked into my side. “Hi. I’m Asher,” he said with a little wave.

“Called it,” Roland said. “You and Henry owe me twenty bucks each.”