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and stronger, causing him to battle with his self-control and the urge to rush over and bury his face in her lap. Instead, he took his clothes off slowly, teasing her at first, but it became a double-edged sword when he went to pull his pants down and barely got them over his aching hard-on. Not wanting his mate to see how much she had affected him, he had quickly bent over and shifted at the same time.
    Now, he was lying in the sun in his shifted form with his mate securely at his side and Nico, who at some point had woken up and crawled over to them, lying on his back stroking his fur. Nothing could have been better. If he could freeze time, he would have chosen to stay in that moment forever.
    Unfortunately, the world still went on and the footsteps he heard coming up his front porch intruded into his fantasy, reminding Mitch that he had a job to do if he wanted to continue keeping his new family safe. Sighing, he shifted, causing Nico to giggle when he was suddenly clinging to Mitch’s back instead of his lion’s.
    “Come on, little man. Let’s go see who’s here.” He pulled his pants on and lifted the cub in his arms. They left Tessa, who hadn’t even stirred, lying curled up in the patch of warm sun. Mitch smelled Benjamin before he even got to the door. Benjamin was one of the closest things he had to a brother and the biggest bachelor there was. He loved women no matter the color, size, species, or race. Mitch couldn’t wait to see his reaction when he saw his mate and cub. Benjamin claimed that he was allergic to settling down and mating.
    Opening the door for the wolf shifter who hadn’t bothered knocking, Mitch pulled him into a one-armed hug and received a thump on the back from Benjamin. “Hey, man, thanks for coming,” he told Ben.
    “No need to thank me. You’ve had my back too many times to even count, so you know all you had to do was ask and I would be here.” Ben raised an eyebrow and looked at Nico. “You think maybe you left something out when you called?”
    Mitch had to think back to his conversation with Ben and the rest of the guys. He was sure he had told them about his mate, but he couldn’t remember mentioning the cub. “This is Nico. He’s my mate’s son. My cub now.”
    Ben ignored the growl coming from Mitch and quickly pulled Nico out of his arms. “Hey, little guy, I’m your Uncle Ben.” He threw Nico over his shoulder and started tickling him. He winked at Mitch and carried the boy into the house.
    Mitch laughed and followed. He swore sometimes that Ben was still a pup himself. He knew Nico couldn’t have been in better hands other than his though. Ben protected women and children fiercely, and if it came down to it, he knew Ben would protect the cub with his life.
    The noise of Nico laughing must have woken Tessa up. She stuck her head around the corner, wide-eyed at the sight of Ben who was tossing Nico in the air at that moment. Pulling her to his side, Mitch kissed her on the forehead. When she snuggled into his side without hesitation, a purr rumbled through his chest.
    “Ben, I would like you to meet my mate,” he said, wincing at the slipup as he got Ben’s attention. The wolf tucked Nico under his arm like a football and came over to them. “Tessa, this is Benjamin. Ben, this is Tessa.”
    “Hi, pretty lady.” Ben kissed Tessa’s hand when she held it out for him to shake. “Now I see why you’ve got such a cute cub here. He certainly takes after his mother.”
    Mitch had seen Ben’s slow drawl work on many women, and he had to bite back his frustration when he turned it on his mate. Mitch knew Ben would never poach another man’s mate, but that didn’t stop him from turning on his charm and flirting. Tessa laughed, but she stayed pressed next to him. The action helped calm him and his lion.
    Ben is playing with fire by even touching Tessa.
    Since Mitch hadn’t claimed her yet, he knew that, until the mating bond was in place, he and his lion would