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Still, he wasn’t sure he was ready to take a mate. Not yet. And besides, where would he find one? He already knew all the females in the Pride, and they were not for him.
“I could call one for you,” Alex was still talking, but Dean had stopped listening.
“No. Absolutely not. In fact, it’s just another reason I’m leaving the city and going to the cabin for the holidays. There is just no way I am going to spend the entire Christmas party dodging the wily females of the Shifter community.”
“Yeah, I hear that. Thanksgiving was no fun at all. That Hyena delegation kept trying to shove their Alpha fem’s granddaughter at you. The one with the lazy eye,” Alex said and shuddered.
Dean shook his head at the memory. That idea was not appealing in the slightest.
Nope. Dean wanted to give his Big Cat the opportunity to run and roam through the still untouched Pine Barrens without fear of being caught under the mistletoe by some desperate woman looking to catch him in a weak moment.
Last time he took a member of his Pride home with him for the night, she’d had their firstborn named before he even slipped the condom on. Blue balls were so not his thing.
Fuck it. He wanted no misunderstandings this Christmas. Dean would go far away where he was safe from all the women trying to earn themselves the coveted position of his mate and the Pride’s Nari.
“The cabin will suit my holiday needs, Alex. My assistant has stocked my car with food and clothes for the weekend.”
“But what if-”
“Alex I am the Neta. I will be fine. It’ll be like my gift to myself. Far away from all the people and things demanding my attention. I can connect with my Tiger and recharge my batteries so to speak.”
“If you’re sure,” his Beta muttered.
“I’m not going rogue, Alex, I just need some time alone. Now, I signed the bonus checks and had Carl send them out via hand delivered couriers to everyone in the company, as well as, to the all the Pride families.”
“They do love your yearly bonuses,” grinned Alex.
“Yes, and this year they will get them without having the opportunity to shove their single daughters in my face at the Christmas party.”
“But Dean-”
“No buts about it, Alex, end of the day today I am out of here. No phones, no computers, no messages. Do not call me until after Christmas Day. That is an order,” he growled and downed the two fingers of Mason Lane’s newest artisan distilled whiskey, Holiday Bite, that the Werewolf had sent him as a gift.
Dean enjoyed quality spirits and poured himself the glass to toast the upcoming holiday with his Beta before he skipped town. HolidayBite slid down his throat warming his chest and leaving behind a smooth, delightful hint of rosemary and cranberries.
The amber colored liquid was quite excellent and he made a mental note to drop Mason a line of thanks for the gift. He grabbed the bottle and nodded at Alex while heading out to his sleek blue Aston Martin Valkyrie.
The four-million dollar automobile was his other Christmas present to himself this year.
With his plans to avoid the holiday party, his new custom luxury automobile, not to mention the cabin in the woods and his bottle of Holiday Bite, this was already turning into the most excellent Christmas indeed.
Grrr, agreed his Tiger.
