••• Hayden’s POV •••

“Why are you staying away from our mate ever since we left the hotel?” Rhett growled at me, and I was sure he would have shredded me into pieces if he had a physical body that wasn't mine.

“Do you want us to keep fucking like rabbits?” I scowled at him.

I lost count of how often I woke up and fucked Charlotte last night and this morning before we headed to the airport.

“That’s because of the matebond!” he yelled at me. “You are in rut, and she was in heat!”

“Rut?” I was puzzled. “I’m not an Alpha. How could I be in rut?”...