Ava's Mate(22)
Not knowing what to say as he lay quiet, she babbled out, “Let’s order take-out and have it delivered to the house. We can sit and watch a movie on cable.”
She sighed in relief when Logan shrugged and pulled her tight, turning her to face him. “That’s sounds good, but I have to ring and cancel the reservations I made at the Mexican restaurant.”
Her fingers drew circles on his chest. “I wrecked your clothes. I can’t have you going naked.”
Logan paused and brought her hands to his mouth, kissing her fingers. “I have all my things in the car. I needed a change so I decided to change barracks.”
She snarled and held him closer. “It was your friends from your barracks that did this to you?” Ava gently kissed both his eyes and nose.
* * * *
Logan felt no pain any more. Getting up off the bed, he held Ava to him and noticed she barely weighed anything. He turned to the mirror only to stare shocked at himself. His eyes weren’t swollen anymore, the bruises looked days old. He held Ava to him like she weighed no more than a feather. Falling back on the bed, he looked up at Ava. “What else have you done to me?”
She stared down at him, then sat next to him. “I told you to stay away, to go away. I said I couldn’t hold her off any longer. But you didn’t listen.” She got off the bed and wrapped a robe around herself. “I mated you. Bit you.”
Logan couldn’t help reaching for the bite mark and rubbing it.
“When I bit you and made you my mate I gave you…” Her eyebrows furrowed. “Gifts. I gave you gifts. You will now heal a lot faster, and have a lot more strength. You will be immune to diseases. Oh, and you will live a lot longer.” She bit her bottom lip. “My wolf wanted you safe, she…I didn’t like you with those bruises, being in heat just makes it all worse.”
He stared, trying to comprehend what she’d said, but it was hard to concentrate with her scent filling his head again. If what she’d just told him was true it explained why his brother was stronger than him and had recovered from the big ordeal in the tunnels so quickly. He watched as Ava paced the room. “I’m not a werewolf now, am I?”
Ava laugh like he’d just told the funniest joke. “No. You can only be born a wolf.”
He nodded as his mind swirled with so many questions. “Why don’t you help the humans with this miracle? Does the military know about this? What do I do now?” Logan wanted to ask more, but those were the first ones that popped into his head.
“We can’t help other humans because what I did only works on our mates. The military and human part of the government doesn’t know much about the mating…well, not that I know of. And lastly, what do you want to do? I’m not going to tell you what to do and expect you to follow. It doesn’t work like that. I want you to be happy.”
He didn’t know what to say. He closed his eyes, and his head swam with questions, ideas, and the mango and cinnamon smell that was getting stronger again. Opening his eyes, he muttered, “Can I have a shower? I need a minute to myself.”
She nodded and pointed at a door he hadn’t noticed on the right side wall. He walked to the bathroom, shut the door, turned on the water, and got under the warm spray.
He should be angry. Ava had mated him without permission, given him extra abilities, making him even less human, and gone into heat to get pregnant. He laughed and knew it sounded hollow. Who was he kidding? He was never going to be human again or anything that could be classified as a normal person.
Straightening his shoulders, he turned the taps off, grabbed the towel that hung on the wall, wrapped it around himself, and walked out to see Ava still pacing. He watched as her long, midnight black hair flowed behind her. She looked worried, biting her bottom lip, and her hands clenched and unclenched at her sides. She turned to him as he entered the room.
“I did tell you to leave. I shouldn’t have done it without your permission.”
He felt like a jerk. Ava looked at him like she’d done the worst thing in the world. Logan knew she was worried about his reaction and how he would feel about the new changes to him and the possibility she could be pregnant.
“I’m sorry. I have been holding myself back the whole time I’ve been with you, because I know how you feel about us werewolves.” She sat on the edge of the bed. “Are you going to leave now?”
Shit! He really was an asshole. Walking over to her, he sat next to her. “I’m the one who should apologize. Look, I’m working on not being a dickhead, but these last couple of months, finding out all this crazy supernatural stuff has thrown me for a loop. But I know it was no excuse for my behavior.”