Chapter 60

I raised an eyebrow at him, and he smirked at me before answering as he moved between my legs and rested his arms on my pillow. “Valen!” I growl, looking away but also not wanting to shove him off because the tingling sensation made my stomach warm and fuzzy. He chuckles but presses his weight against me when I don’t shove him off.

“Then I will drop my borders for them,” Valen says, and my eyes snap to his.

“You would do that?” I asked and he nods. “Maybe once I do, the other packs may open their borders, too.”

“Valen, the media will destroy you for that,” I tell him and he shrugs.

“And after the Alpha meeting and I announce my mate is a rogue, it will give them something else to talk about. I don’t care for my reputation Everly. No matter what, the media will find some way to destroy it, so why not give them something good to talk about, let them open the debate, then we can focus on changing their views,” he says before leaning down and brushing his nose across my cheek to my ear and down my jaw.

“Valen, it is impossible to think with you doing that,” I tell him as his hands bunch the shirt up I am wearing at my hip.

“The don’t think, just agree, you have no excuses now, Everly,”