The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate novel Chapter 107

Chapter 107: She Shoved Gav. He Didn’t BUDGE.

Halfway to the clearing, Dexmon grabbed Serena’s hand and locked their fingers together.

She looked down stunned. He looked straight ahead, like it hadn’t happened.

She gave a feeble attempt to shake him away but his fingers tightened.

Then she looked up, and saw Elara and Gav watching. Again. To say she was irritated would be an understatement.

"Can I hold your other hand?" Gav asked, tone dead serious.

She rolled her eyes and continued forward, now holding hands with a grown man behaving like a child.

Serena remembered that Dexmon marked her during this handholding walk. And that Shadowclaw had marked her too the night before. Maybe that was why she was beyond irritated. Getting marked however many fucking times will do things to your brain.

Gav fell into step beside them, glancing down at their locked fingers. He couldn’t help himself and kept going.

"This is nice. Are we a group that holds hands now? Because I’m in."

"Gav," Elara warned.

"What? I have two free hands. No one’s using them. Seems like a waste."

Dex didn’t respond, pretending not to hear.

Aegon: She has not pulled away in fourteen seconds. New record.

They settled on a hill overlooking the glade. All four of them crouched behind large rocks, eyes on the clearing.

There was ten seconds of perfect, disciplined silence.

Then Gavriel farted.

Not quietly. Not subtly. The kind that echoed off rock.

No one spoke.

Serena slowly turned her head to look at him, a wave of pure nausea rolling through her. Without word, she stood, moving away from him to another large boulder ten feet away.

Elara followed, shooting him a look. Dex pinched the bridge of his nose, stood, and moved to where Serena was.

"What?" Gav whispered. He followed them without apology, crouching next to Serena like nothing had happened. "To be fair, we’ve been crouching for ten minutes."

"We have been crouching for TWO minutes," Elara said through her teeth.

"Felt longer."

Gav let the silence last about thirty seconds before he started up again.

"You came all the way out here..." he whispered. "Shadowclaw said you refused to let him carry you back."

Serena buried her face in her hands. "I am aware. I was there."

"He also mentioned you crawled part of the way," Gav added, like he was reading a report.

She was mortified by the very memory. And this was not the conversation she wanted to have.

"And that you tried to stand twice. Fell both times."

"Are you done?"

"He also said you kept saying you were fine," Gav added dryly. "Sounds about right."

They were still crouched down waiting for whoever was trying to meet in the clearing. But Serena didn’t hesitate and shoved Gav with all her strength.

He didn’t budge.

"Did you just try to move me?" Gav asked, genuinely delighted.

"I did move you."

Aegon: She’s laughing because of him. Make her laugh. Then mark her. Now.

Aegon: Finally. Carry mate. This is correct.

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