Catlin's Appaloosa(25)

When he looked around, he spotted his lover standing in the doorway, worriedly nibbling his bottom lip. Catlin took a deep breath, gave his man a tight smile, and held out a hand to him. Relief filled him when Gallo didn’t hesitate to come to him.

“Are you okay?” Gallo murmured the words into the shirt covering his chest, making them hard to understand.

Catlin cupped his cheek and tipped Gallo’s head up so he could see his pretty blue eyes.“Yeah. I’m fine. It just kinda all hit me at once. I just needed a moment to wrap my head around it all,” he admitted.

Gallo let out a shuddering breath. “You—you haven’t changed your mind?”

His heart clenched at his lover’s tremulous question. He brushed a soft kiss over the lush lips that he enjoyed tasting so much.“Oh, baby, I’ll never change my mind about you. You’re everything to me. It may take some time, but we’ll figure everything out, together,” he vowed.“Don’t ever doubt that you’re the only one I want to have a relationship with.”

A beautiful smile lit up Gallo’s face, and Catlin took his shifter’s mouth again. He slipped his tongue into Gallo’s warmth, stroking the other man’s tongue with his own. Relishing the way his lover tipped his head so Catlin could deepen the kiss, he took slow possession of his man. When his lungs burned for air a moment later, he gently brought the contact to an end.

“Let’s eat something. Then I know the perfect place for you all to take your run. We’re not too far from the Carson National Forest.” The look of excitement on Gallo’s face told Catlin he’d made the right choice, and he planned to do everything in his power to see that expression on his lover as often as possible.