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I turned around to see his grim face and bowed my head, overcome by sadness.
“When do we leave?” I asked.
My voice trembled a little and Addy must have heard it because he came forward and put his arms around my shoulders.
“I'm sorry, Love,” he whispered into my hair. “We're leaving tonight.”
“Tonight?” I asked incredulously. “That's not enough time.”
“I've let this go on for too long already,” he said regretfully. “If we travel by night, we won't be as hot. We have blankets to keep us warm and can take our time resting during the day.”
I shook my head but found I had no argument. He was right about everything.
“I really don't want to go home,” I admitted, clinging to him.
“If we could stay here forever, I would,” he said. “But you're not well and I don't know if this is normal or not... I won't be able to rest until you’ve been seen by a medic.”
“I'm sure it is normal,” I said, trying to reassure him. “I'm just tired.”
“And you have no appetite, and you wobble when you stand for too long.”
“That must be normal. I am growing an entire new person inside me.”
He nodded.
“You're probably right, but I'm still worried. Please.”
“Alright,” I said, sighing. “But can you swim with me one last time?”
“Of course.”
We ended up in the water for most of the afternoon. Splashing and laughing. The cold did bring me around, as well as Addy's arms, his kisses and reassuring words.
He didn't seem to care much about being punished and what we would have to face upon our return and that bothered me because sometimes I thought that Addy wanted the punishment and if he did, then that meant that I deserved it as well.
I had purposely snuck away to be alone with him. I had asked him into my bed. I had taken his hand and made him touch me. I had fucked him first. On top of all that, I had begged him for that bonding kiss.
The thought of telling everyone back home the details of our affair made me feel sick and intruded upon and we hadn't even done it yet, but there was no doubt that we would.
I would share every detail if I had to, if it would lessen the scorn that Addy would face.
He hadn't known what the others were planning. It wouldn't be fair to punish him too severely...
“What are you thinking?”
I glanced over at Addy. He was packing up the remainder of our dinner, wrapping it up in leaves to bring with us, but he kept glancing at me curiously.
“You're huffing and puffing,” he informed me.
“Oh.” I chuckled, embarrassed to realize I was that easy to read. “I was just planning the arguments I will have with the alpha council over you.”
Addy's gaze darkened.
“You don’t have to worry about any of that,” he told me. “I am your alpha. I will take care of it.”
I snorted.
“And I will just go for the ride, is that it? For the rest of our lives you will make all the decisions for us?”
