His body was exhausted and sore from being let out to roam a bit through the trees, for exercise. But he could scent that the little redheaded vampire was his mate, which set his body on fire. In the past week since being freed from the company that had imprisoned him and experimented on him, he couldn’t shift out of his rhino and back into his human form to claim his hot little twink, so his body warred against him, half too exhausted to move at times, and half fighting to shift back. Rudo stopped and looked up at the blue sky, and took in a deep breath of the fresh air. After being kept in the dark basement of that abomination of a company for months, he enjoyed being outdoors now more than ever, especially when his mate always accompanied him. Ryker’s spicy scent wafted around him as he stepped up next to him. “Come on, stud,” he said, scratching behind one of his ears, “my brother said he’s got a surprise for us.” Rudo groaned at his mate’s touch and leaned into it.
