Katie's POV
The moment Lucius pulls away, some of the heated haze clears and I’m able to piece together what just happened.
Oh god. I can’t believe I practically mauled Lucius just now.
But… He seemed into it, didn’t he? Then why’d he stop?
Ugh, my overthinking hyper active brain, can’t take one second to chill before it starts going all doomsday crises on me.
“Um, Lucius?” I asked, deciding to bite the bullet and see just how screwed I am.
“We’re mates,” Lucius said, still seemingly kind of out of it, lost in thought or something.
Okay, those were definitely not the first things I thought I was going to hear out of Lucius right now. But wait, if that’s true, that we are mates, then that's awesome.
I mean I already have a huge crush on Lucius, plus we aren't related, which is a
