#Chapter 240: Always A Cheater

Caleb doesn’t answer, but I suppose he doesn’t need to. I know what he said. The soft way he is looking at me, combined with the tender way he strokes my cheek tells me all that I need to know. He said I am his mate. As a human, I can’t feel the draw of the mate bond as well as a werewolf could. I’d been drawn to Caleb in my own ways, but it’s nothing like he must be feeling. For him to be so confident and so assured, to say I’m his mate so plainly, and to continue to say it with his eyes more than his words… It has to be true. I am his mate. I don’t know how I came to be this lucky. But now more than ever, I’m determined to keep Caleb for the rest of my life. Caleb leans in and kisses me sweetly, just once more, before finally pulling away. “Come,” he says. “Samuel is beginning to descend, and I want to get there before him.” Caleb takes my hand and together we descend the stairs to the ground level. There, several soldiers wait to usher us out into the courtyard. Out