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surprise. He wasn’t afraid to talk to me! It was another sign of what I needed - courage - and it gave me hope.
    “Are you here willingly?”
    He gave me an eager smile that made my heart rate increase. “Yes. I’d make someone a good mate.”
    I let a bit of red bleed into my eyes. “I don’t doubt that, though I suspect she’d better stay on her toes around you.”
    He flushed, not answering and I immediately began to suspect him of keeping secrets. Sexy!
    I slowly slid my chair back as the green-haired Den Mother appeared in the doorway.
    “Five minutes.”
    I was glad when she left, nose in the air. I needed a match right now, somewhere to put this burning ache.
    “Can I wrap that?”
    Overlooked was waiting tensely to be answered, but the others were shocked into a speechless, frozen silence. Was it a test? I nodded, answering both.
    “Slowly,” I warned, steeling myself. “And one of the Den Mothers should stand nearby, be a target.”
    The blue-haired Mother immediately moved out to take my right. Her expression was unreadable, but I could feel her surprise and ignored it. I wasn't taking any chances with my control.
    I won’t hurt him. I won’t hurt him . I repeated the words silently as the perfectly-scented bachelor knelt at my feet with a medical kit. I stiffly lowered myself back into the chair.
    Only a bit above my 5’7”, Overlooked was lean, hard. The muscles in his arms flexed under the shirt as he moved and my mouth went dry. No, he wasn’t as beautiful as the others. I was sure there would be times that his face would twist into an ugliness that mirrored the pain on the inside. My need increased.
    The thought of easing this torment with a breakable doll held little appeal. To think it might be with a pure mate, who had courage, sent fresh flames over my charred skin. I wanted my man raw, unkempt, and un-cringing most of the time. Overlooked leapt to the top of my list.
    “It might sting a little…”
    His hand trembled as he reached for mine and I opened my palm to allow him access, the first unrelated male to ever be allowed. His big fingers slid across my skin...
    The room spun! Changed! I saw him backdropped by a wall of fire, dark hair flowing, gray eyes glowing for me, for my touch…
    And then we were alone in the cool darkness, burning bodies entwined! I arched as he moved heavily against me, mouth demanding...
    The vision vanished and I shoved the chair back as I stood, hissing with a hunger like I'd never felt . I would have him!
    My red sight went over his body, still kneeling at my feet. I clenched my fists as the Den Mother stepped between us. Breathe. In. Out.
    “See.”
    The gloating in Overlooked’s tone sent a shiver of dangerous flames through the harsh grip I had on myself.
    “If you're so sure, then ask her to claim you if she wins!”
    Thrown tauntingly, I wanted to answer, to agree, but I could only stand still, afraid if I did any more, I wouldn't be able to stop.
    “Yeah, Rankin will like that. She’s due back from the west soon.”
    The Den Mother moved aside at that name and I took note of it even as I burned.
    “You’ll both be dead.”
    “He’s too scared.”
    “I'd be hers…”
    The words hit me hard, burnt deep into my gut.
    “If she'd have me...”
    Without a touch this time, the images came again, our bodies close, still in the aftermath. As strong as the first, this image filled me with a sense that I recognized, remembered with desperate longing… Peace. The choice had been made.
    “I would.” I forced it out with a gentleness I didn't know still existed in me and the happiness that spread across his face was a spark to the fuel.
    My claws dug into his arms as I yanked him to his feet and urgently pushed my lips to his, breath catching, grip tightening at the feel of him, his whimper of fear.
    I held us there, willing him to feel the crush of lust that I was, letting the flames lick up my body with a tongue of cruel fire. The moment stretched