The Chef's Sick Mate (Book 17 of the Regal Eclipse Pack Series)

Chapter 16

Lincoln spent most of the evening packing up his things. It was past time to go home. At least he was off today. He'd made sure of it, as he'd planned to spend the evening with Gina. Making her cum. Making her scream his name. He shook his head. No more of that.

He still couldn't wrap his head around the fact that she'd cheated on him and had been doing so for months. He wouldn't dream of cheating. It was such a foreign concept to him, but she'd done so. Repeatedly.

He took one more look around the place. He'd come back, but he wanted to make sure he had everything he might need for a few days. He wasn't sure he wanted to come back right away, but then again, he might come back sooner rather than later so that he could get it over with.

Linc climbed into his truck and tossed the bag down in the passenger seat, then headed back home. Home. He really needed to spend some time with his pack. It would improve his mood. He hadn't spent much time with them lately.

He usually only was back at the pack house to use the gym or to hang out with his friends, though most of the time that was at Dylan and Damien's house.

Dylan and Damien had both found their mates. Identical twins for the identical twins. But their mates had been separated when they were very young and were just recently reunited. Linc liked both of them quite well, though they were young. Not that it mattered. They were happy, and that was all that was important.

Aidan, Linc's cousin, had found his mate as well and then lost her after a night of sex. He wasn't quite sure what was going on with him, but he knew that if Aidan didn't find her, he would be forced to take a chosen mate. Linc shuddered at that. Yes, he'd considered taking Gina as his chosen, but the situation was different. He'd been in a relationship with Gina for quite some time and didn't have a bond with another female. Aidan had that bond, and it would make it extremely difficult for him to even touch another female unless he broke it.

Zane, Aidan's younger brother, was still single, and Xavier, another one of his cousins, had apparently found his mate as well. Linc had yet to meet her, but as of right now, he knew Xavier had just come back with her. His great-great-grandfather had been keeping him informed about that situation. Xavier had been in a plane crash and disappeared for four months. He'd found his mate during that time.

It somewhat annoyed Linc because out of all of them, he was the eldest, and he was still unmated. Maybe if he'd found his mate before now, he wouldn't be hurting the way he was. Months of her sleeping with someone else. He shook his head. It really hurt to know how callous she'd been. Giving herself to both him and someone else. He sighed softly. He had to let it go and move on.

Linc pulled into the garage and into his regular parking spot. He grabbed his bag and got out of the truck, then headed up to the pack house and on inside. He took the elevator up to his apartment and walked inside, glad that he'd never had Gina in it. He would have thought. He was glad he'd found out she was cheating on him before he'd told her what he was and asked her to be his.

He walked back to his bedroom and into the closet, quickly putting his stuff away. He wanted a shower and bed.

His thoughts drifted to his mate, and he sighed. He should have picked her over Gina. It would have been the wise thing to do. Instead, he'd made the wrong decision, and it had bit him in the ass.

'Could have told you that,' his wolf, Maddox, said sharply.

Linc snorted. 'Did you know she was cheating?'

'Not certain. But I did suspect,' Maddox told him.

'Why didn't you say so?'