Lucca-

I can’t stop staring at him after those few words while feeling a dumb smile frozen on my lips. I think it’s been almost a minute and we haven’t said a word to each other after that.

Dude.

Fuck.

I can’t.

It’s crazy. He’s my mate- and Kale’s? And because of that I can’t do shit. It would be like sleeping with your best friend’s girlfriend, boyfriend, et cetera. So what the fuck am I supposed to do with my instincts screaming at me to take this perfect dude upstairs and…? My smile falters for a second at that thought but, seeing him right in front of me; I can’t help but keep smiling like a dumbass.

“Did you need something?” He asks me, cocking his head slightly to the side in the most adorable way, which caught me off guard a little. I feel my smile grow a little more just from how perfect he is, and sounds, and I find myself only able to reply with, “Nah man, just came to say hi.”

He gets up, and almost like he’s ignoring me, starts to walk back to the mansion from where I came. I can feel my wolf’s tail droop sadly from the way he’s ignoring me.

I reach out and hesitate when he passes, the thought that he’s Kale’s still blares through my mind. So I huff in slight irritation and do the only thing I can do. I follow him.

He doesn’t seem to notice me following, or doesn’t care. I instinctually follow him until I realize we’re on a different floor than the first one, stop at a door. He looks back and gives me a small glare and a short sniff of his nose before turning back to the door and going inside. I can’t help but to keep following.

He turns around and with a glower and asks me, “Why are you following me into my room?”

I chuckle nervously and scratch the back of my head. “I just, uh- I don’t-” I don’t know how I got here or what I’m doing.

He crosses his arms and shifts to the side and it’s just more adorable than the last time he spoke.

I stammer more like an idiot with more incoherent gibberish , “I mean- would you like to-” but even I don’t know what I’m trying to say.

He looks at me, taking me in, and I don’t even miss the flick of attention to my lips, which makes me smile more broadly than I was. He’s totally checking me out.

Man, this is bad.

I take a step forward and he steps back slightly, but even then, we’re now mere inches from each other. I hear his breathing and heartbeat quicken.

This is really bad.

He closes the gap, stepping up on his toes and puts his lips to mine. For what feels like forever, everything stops. It’s just me and him. The softness of his warm lips on mine. My mind goes blank except for this perfect guy right in front of me.

Kale’s words, “-I have no intention of accepting him as my mate. I don’t want some fucking Cat for a mate,” echo in my mind and I find myself relaxing. He’s my mate, too. This is okay. Kale doesn’t even want him, but I do. I don’t care if he’s a cute kitty or not. He’s my mate.

I gently put my hands on Makksi’s hips and pull him closer to me. But shortly after that he pulls his lips from mine slightly and asks me, “Why are we doing this?”

I can’t help it when I say something stupid, again, “Because I’m irresistible, man,” with a smile against his lips. He huffs but it sounds like an airy chuckle before he takes a step forward and pushes me out of the bedroom, closing the door in my face.

Well shit. I smile and place my fingers against my lips as I turn around to head back to my room, but I don’t know where I am much less what floor I’m on. I’m…I’m lost. But that’s okay. My mate kissed me.