Come back

Samantha had been sitting at the table for a long while. She was waiting for Nate at the fast food place they had agreed on. It was far enough from Norwich to be considered neutral but close enough to let them meet without huge preparations.

She hated that she needed to make an appointment before meeting her cousin, but things had changed since the last time they had coffee together. First of all, they were different people.

Renato was next to her, ticking on the table with a finger and watching over her with more anxiety than usual. She was starting to find it annoying. It had started one day, all of a sudden.

After they had run together, he had started acting overprotective. Did she know that officially becoming his mate meant being treated like an idiot - she wouldn't have accepted.