Chapter 75

I was glad to see my mate in something other than a foul mood and climbed onto his lap to straddle his waist. With everything going on we'd barely had time together. Since he wasn't pacing or yelling, I took a moment to rub over his front and mark myself.

"Are you feeling ignored, mate?" he asked me as I rubbed on him.

"I miss you is all," I sighed.

I missed everything we used to do. We barely even had time to run in the woods at night together. He was busy trying to keep the pack safe and I was busy caring for the injured.

Joel bounced up and I ended up thrown over his shoulder. I wiggled to free myself, but he just held me tighter.

"You didn't sleep well last night, mate," he told me.

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"You need more time in bed. Emily," he called as he closed the bedroom doors, "put off our schedules for a few hours, would you? The Alphas are indisposed for the time being. Tell my Betas I was fuming that they didn