Chapter 10 #2
“You and our mating haven’t caused me to lose my jobs.
” I shrugged. “They weren’t exactly great ones to begin with, and the turnover is pretty high in both places.
” I could find another job. I’d ask around up here on the mountain.
I knew that the council was hiring, and it had been mentioned to me more than once.
I just hadn’t wanted to work here. Circumstances had changed though.
“What would you like to do today?” I asked, hoping to change the subject.
We’d just claimed one another. The last thing I wanted was for Monroe to feel responsible for me losing my jobs.
It was going to have to happen anyway. I was bound to end up pregnant, and, well, when you worked with humans, you didn’t get to work with them when you ended up pregnant and couldn’t hide that fact.
“I have nothing to do,” Monroe told me. “Would you like to go for a walk? We could look around the mountain again. Maybe you could shift, and I’ll follow you around? I’d love to meet your wolf.”
I grinned. I would like that too. But he needed to understand that if we did that, I would be going into heat really soon. It had happened to almost everyone I knew.
“I would like for you to meet my wolf. He likes that idea as well. But you should realize that if we do that today, most likely, I’ll go into heat within the next day.”
Monroe nodded slowly. “I’m prepared to take care of you during that. Fae have heats as well, remember? We talked about that.”
I sighed and glanced out the window that was beside the table. It looked like there was a bit more snow today than yesterday. “If I go into heat and we…you know. I’ll likely get pregnant.”
“I understand. I can use protection. I’m sure there’s someone here we can discuss that with?” I could tell that Monroe didn’t understand what I was saying, and he was upset about what he thought I was implying. I shook my head at my mate.
“Not what I was saying. I don’t mind having a child with you right away. It’s how things happen to work for paranormals. Wolves have shorter gestations—only four months.”
Monroe smiled. “I’m all right with that. We’ll be busy. We’re already going to be busy with Mason and Maelie. Add in another little one, maybe that’s something you want to hold off on?”
I didn’t. Not really. I had a mate now, and he had been nothing but amazing to me so far.
Granted, it had only been a day, but still.
But I wanted to be selfish for once. I wanted to put myself first because I’d been through so much over the last several years.
Didn’t I deserve to have happiness? Have the things I wanted for a change and not what someone else wanted?
“I’m ready. I’m not as old as some. But I’m thirty-four. I would like to start our family together.”
Monroe’s smile grew. “Then I say we go for a walk. We’ll find somewhere for you to shift, and then we’ll explore the mountaintop.
We’ll run and play in the snow, and then when we get cold, we can come back here and find a way to warm each other up.
” Monroe winked at me, and I didn’t know why, but my cheeks heated, and I looked down at the table.
I knew exactly what he was implying, and I certainly wouldn’t say no to spending more time in bed with my mate.
In fact, why couldn’t we just skip the running in the snow and go right back to bed? That sounded so much more appealing.
Monroe obviously knew what I was thinking about. I wasn’t trying to hide any of my thoughts, emotions, or memories from him. I wanted to be completely open and transparent with him. I’d not yet been able to actually talk to him through our bond, but I’d not really tried either.
“We can skip going out for a walk. It’s not expected that we go out as far as I understand.”
I chuckled while shaking my head. “No. Most mated couples don’t emerge for at least a week, sometimes more. We’re not most mated couples though, and I’m not sure how long we’ll have to spend together before life is going to demand we return to reality.”
“True. So we should make the most of things while we still can, should we not?” Monroe stood and held out a hand.
I took it, more than willing to go wherever it was that he wanted.
“I only ask that you do show me your wolf. Even if we don’t leave the house, I would love to meet him.
It has been explained to me that if you should go into heat and things work out like fate intends, you could become pregnant, and it’s possible that it will be months before I could meet him.
Not that I would be upset with you if that was the way things happened.
I wouldn’t. But I’d like to meet him if at all possible. ”
Since I was still sitting while holding my mate’s hand, I stood and led him to the other room. The mess from breakfast would be taken care of later, either by Monroe or me. Or both.
“I can shift for you. Did you want me to do it in the house? I’m not a large wolf. I’m an omega, and basically, I look like a juvenile wolf even though I’m full grown.”