They nodded. "It's not like you needed us," Micah grinned. Together, they floated Andre from Level Six to Level One.
Doc waved. "You know the saying, 'When it rains, it pours.' They weren't kidding. I have gone years without returning to Noctem Falls, yet here I am on my third call this week." Shaking his head, he also walked over and jumped down the tunnel.
Declan headed over to Kari and took her hand. She appreciated the gesture. She felt like her emotions were racing out of control.
"Come on," he said, pulling her hand.
Kari hesitated, looking over at Avery. "You okay?" she asked.
He nodded blushing. "Warrick takes care of me."
"He better." She gave Warrick the evil eye. He nodded at her.
"You know"--Declan wrapped himself around her--"it's like I have my own personal tunnel escort."
"Do not get used to it. You know I will be busy with Magnus."
"How about you and I play hooky? The interviews are done, and we finished earlier than we thought. I could show you your new home."
"Really?"
"Of course, it is your home too."
They stepped into the tunnel and landed on the Unit Level. When they reached his house, he opened the panel on the back of the mailbox and punched in a code. "Give me your hand." He placed it on the biometric sensor and added her profile. "Now you can get in anytime you want."
They walked in. At first, she was a bit confused. The only thing she had seen of his house the night before was the foyer. She looked around, expecting something medieval given that it was a castle, but it wasn't like that at all. It looked warm and kind of rustic, almost like a cabin instead of the castle. Declan had decorated using log furniture, thick rugs, and dark colors.
"You could show me the bedroom," she suggested.
"Yeah?" he asked, his face brightening. "Does that mean I don't have to sleep on the couch and you won't deny our mating?"
She frowned. "You probably were not going to end up on the couch anyway; you were acting too adorable to stay mad at. But where on earth did you get the idea I would deny our mating?"
"You said 'no claiming'."
"Oh, Declan, I just meant that we would not be having sex because I was mad at you at the time. Ther
e is no way we can claim each other without sex."
"So bedroom?" asked his, eyes darkening to a dark honey color.
"Yes, but I am letting you know right now. I am not sleeping in that bed with you if you slept with any other woman there."
He shook his head quickly. "No, no one."
"I find that hard to believe, you did say you have been here a long time."
He shrugged. "It's the bro code."
"The what?"
"It's the pact all of us made. If a fellow unit warrior finds his mate, the first thing the unit does is to arrange for a new mattress. So I knew I didn't have to worry about it and could concentrate on you."
"Who did that for you?" she asked.
"Grant."
"So in the midst of everything happening, he arranged for a mattress to be delivered to the city estate and had set it up for you?"