Though cooking had always been more of Lina's forte, Pearl had volunteered to handle dinner preparations as her mate had gone as moral support for Mikal's operation with Dr. Higgins. To Pearl's knowledge, Dean, Claude, Alexa, and Owen were there too.
If this had been a week ago, Pearl wouldn't have felt comfortable with the idea of Lina going anywhere without her. Until today, Pearl harbored self-blame after she'd almost lost her mate and Bean.
But Lina Kim always had the uncanny talent of calming Pearl down, no matter what emotions were overtaking her. Even before they were mates, when Pearl had only been courting Lina, the omega would wrap Pearl in her arms and pull Pearl closer to her tinier self, with whispered words and kisses on every part of her face, Pearl would instantly melt in
