Chapter Six

Fuck. Fuck. FUCK.

Hank’s brain had been seesawing between the overused curse word and the equally obnoxious, single-syllable word that had been stuck on repeat since he met the beautiful feline—mate.

Only, inside Hank’s overly obsessed mind, it was more like mate, mate, mate, slight pause, then, fuck, fuck, fuck.

Both words operating on alternating channels of repeat in his now throbbing head. What was he supposed to do in this situation?

Really, he should be pissed at Uncle Uzzi. The elderly Witch knew better than this. He was a stubborn bastard at the best of times, but did he have to bring this female into all this mating nonsense?

Hank had promised his parents, and that was the end of the discussion, as far as he was concerned. Fated mates had never been part of their infrequent chats. Of course, when he thought back to the cold relationship that existed between his mother and father, he cringed.