Protecting a Mate (6 page)
Authors: Maria Connor
“We will always protect you,” he rumbled, and drove claws into Harvey’s heart.
The ferret’s spine curved into a hard arc as his heart frantically tried to keep beating even with Foster’s claws embedded in it. He felt it give a flutter, then a second, before it stalled like the engine of a car, never to restart. With a last, groaned exhale of breath, Harvey fell forward, sliding from Foster’s claws to land in a heap on the wooden floor.
Foster curled his lip back, tempted to kick the still warm corpse. Instead, he focused on his mate and opened his arms. “Come here, baby. He didn’t hurt you, did he?”
“You…” Her voice was soft and she swallowed hard.
“Hell, yeah, I did.” He snatched a nearby blanket—some frou-frou shit his ma left for him—and wiped the blood off his hands.
Then he went to her, gathering her close and savoring the feel of her curves on his body. “Me and you? We’re it, doll. Anything—anyone—tries to hurt you or take you from me? They’re gone.” He pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. “My bear being around your little ferret scares the shit out of me, but I can’t let you go. You’re mine. Forever.”
“I…” Her gaze met his, her ferret peeking out from her human eyes. “I’m okay with that.”
“Good,” he grunted. “Now we need to shower. Wanna wash his scent off and replace it with mine.
All. Night. Long.”
The M&M Mating Agency
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We deal in matings, not chocolate.
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The M&M Mating Agency announces its fourth successful—
“Have we hooked up four couples? I didn’t realize we’d hooked up more than one.” Maddox’s voice filled Mari’s ear and she jolted with a high-pitched squeak.
“Dammit, Maddox!” she growled and swung around to glare at him. “Don’t
do
that.”
His eyes were wide and a look of innocence filled his face. Maddox hadn’t been innocent a day in his life. “Don’t what? Sneak up on you, or call you on your lie?” The innocence transformed into a smirk, and she glared more.
“It’s not a lie.”
“Uh-huh. We can claim Chloe and Holt, but that’s about it.”
She shook her head. “No, we can add Archer and Paige to our list, too! They met here.”
“Uh-huh. So maybe two.”
“Melanie is Paige’s sister and Foster works for Holt. Those are both connected to M&M, too.” She was grasping at straws, so sue her. Oh, she wondered if someone could sue her about the little white lie in the ad.
She’d have to ask Paige. Sure, she was the director of non-human resources, but she had to know about laws and stuff, right? Maybe these laws?
“Yeah, I’m not seeing that one.” He crossed his arms over his chest and had that
look
. The one that said he was right and she was wrong.
She wanted to scratch his eyes out. But after the last time she’d almost left him blind, their mother made them promise not to take claws to each other. And when a sorceress gave someone an order, they obeyed. Even if their daddy was a dragon. Bitchy sorceress trumped dragon when their dad wanted to continue getting laid.
At least, that’s what he said.
Mari pretended she’d never heard anything about her parents and sex.
“It totally counts,” she reassured him.
“Assuming it does, what about number four, huh?”
She grinned. Once she had this next woman settled, they really could claim the couple. The elevator dinged, announcing they had a visitor. “Come on out and meet River Browning.”
The End
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