The Girl He Marked by Laila Callaway

Book 1 Chapter 22 

I look over to make sure Jayce is okay and frown when I watch him roll down his sleeves to cover his arms, or rather, his tattoos. 

‘What are you doing?‘ I ask, horrified that he‘s trying to cover his beautiful ink. 

‘I don‘t want your brother thinking I‘m some...thug, he replies, and I almost laugh at him saying ‘thug‘. 

‘My brother won’t think that silly, roll those backup, I tell him, but lean forwards to roll them myself, lov ing the feel of his warm skin. 

‘I love them,‘ I say quietly, when he doesn‘t answer, I look up to meet him gazing lovingly down at me. He leans down and kisses me until I think I might drop my things. 

He finally pulls away, ‘Let‘s go inside, I mumble and turn towards the door. 

‘My brother works nights, so he would have just woken up and he‘ll probably be having breakfast, lex plain as I unlock the door and let us in. 

‘Nate?’ I call, hearing an answering grunt in the kitchen, 

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I walk in and Nate drops his spoon into his bowl at the sight of Jayce, sending milk splashing across the counter. 

‘Nate, this is my...mate, Jayce,‘ I introduce them, it feels strange introducing him as my mate, so for eign, but I love it. 

nice to meet you, Jayce offers out his hand, tattoos on show. Nate looks down at his hand and then up at him, when his eyes land on me I give him a look that says

grunts, with a deep voice that is not his níormal tone. I raise

on this gruff voice?

‘That must be....dark,‘ he says, and I look at him in

the hell is he chatting about?

of them being

start dinner, I push between the two of them and start getting things out of the fridge, leaving the

I eavesdrop on their conversation a few minutes later, I realize they‘ve moved onto sports and

but I decline, how the hell I ended up with such a good–looking

two of us, Nate has disappeared

seemed to be getting on okay?‘ I ask as we eat. Jayce nods and stuffs his mouth with food,

to me eventually‘ he replies, grinning and showing me a mouth full

1. IV. 

I mutter, shaking my head at him,

the evening together, I want him to stay, but I know that it might lead to more and I don‘t want him to mark me yet. After waiting for so

Jayce not in my bed that evening, I wake sweaty and hot in the morning, you know, the usual.

at work, Jayce is stood outside surrounded by five soldiers, a mix of males and females in

bullet–proof vest for

have,‘ I tease, taking it off him and reaching up on my tiptoes to

and I wait in

wiping any trace of Alpha

gunshots sound out and Jayce rugby tackles me to the floor and shoves me under a desk.