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“Shall we eat?” He tucked his arm in mine, and we strolled through the kitchen, earning us startled and annoyed glances from the kitchen staff.
“Inside or out?” I surveyed the terrace, and there was one free table.
Brett got up close and placed his lips close to my ear. His scent swept around me, making me his prisoner while his warm breath billowed over me.
“You’re talking about eating, right? Not bedroom activities?”
Goosebumps erupted over my skin. “Why restrict them only to the bedroom?”
There was a sharp intake of breath from Brett, and I clarified that I was talking about sex in general and not referring to us dining out. “But I’m all for sex in the woods or in the water. Anywhere, really.”
“I’ll make a note of that. I know a storeroom at work that would be perfect.”
I was tempted to say let’s go there now, but he wanted food, and I could eat.
Darcy brought us water and the menu and left to serve another table.
“I’m not a big meat eater. My beast doesn’t eat flesh, and my human side usually doesn’t either.”
So I wouldn’t be subjected to my mate eating duck. Excellent.
“The vegetable curry looks good.”
I wavered between ordering the same, wondering if he would be offended if I ate meat. I didn’t have to. My beast was a meat eater. I could give it up.
“Order what you want, Anders.” Brett reached across the table and took my hand. “If you want meat, get that.”
I ordered fish and chips, one of my favorite dishes, though my beast turned his nose up at deep-fried anything.
“I’ve been looking for you.” I gulped water, and it dribbled over my chin onto my shirt. Brett grabbed a napkin at dabbed at my skin, and I wished we’d chosen the “let’s fuck” option.
“And I you. For a small town, Oakheart has a lot of hiding places.”
Darcy took our orders. I thought back to my conversation with Dylan and Jonah and how everyone else was coupled up. I inspected the diners around us, wondering if there was another alpha feeling sad at not having a mate. If there was, I wanted to tell him to be patient.
“Do you come here a lot? The chef and the server seem to know you.”
I explained that Kyle was mated to my good friend, and yeah, I hung out here quite a bit. “Being across from the community center ensures there are always snow leopards dining here And it’s owned by our Alpha Omega.”
Brett chewed his lip. “Did you expect your mate would be a snow leopard?”
“I didn’t have a preference, just that we were fated to one another.” My mate would have easily been human as a shifter. Love was love, whether my mate was the same species as me or not.
“Same here.”
Darcy brought the food, and I almost regretted ordering the fish. Brett’s curry and rice was aromatic, and when he gave me a taste, I almost converted to vegetarianism.
“We can share.” Brett went into the restaurant and came out with another bowl, spooning some of his curry into it and pushing it toward me. He put the bowl of rice between us and we tucked in.
“You’re not going to share your fries?” His eyes twinkled.
“Oh, right.”
He dunked a fry in the curry and ate it. “Yum. Spicy chili and deep-fried potato. A great combination.” Dipping another fry into the sauce, he said, “Open wide.”
That was what I hoped I’d be saying to him later. I opened my mouth, and he popped the deep-fried potato between my lips. A multitude of flavors flooded my mouth: chili, garlic, lemon grass, ginger, lime, tamarind, and cilantro.
I swallowed and sniffed. Brett handed me a tissue.
