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be. The kind where I knew I needed to run, but my legs wouldn’t obey. Did any of that just happen?
Jade smiled. She waved. Jared wrapped an arm over her shoulder and kissed her lightly. He winked at me; clearly he knew this was torture for me and I was sure he loved every second of it. I was living in a damn nightmare. The door shut. The truck started. And I sat there watching as my mate left me again with Jared.
“Well, that was … interesting,” Tommy said, running a rough hand over his clean, hairless head. He paced a few steps, tugged at the collar of his polo shirt, and then dropped onto the couch.
“He sure has some hold on her,” Chris added with a long whistle. He was sitting on the arm of the couch, his arms crossed over his chest, and legs stretched out, folded at the ankles. “I’ve never seen an alpha female or any female fight so hard to ignore the call of her mate.” His chiseled face looked harder under all the creases lining his narrowed eyes .
I swallowed hard. Her scent lingered. Fruits and almonds. My muscles flexed again. Shit! “She’s not …”
“Yeah, she is,” Tommy said, cutting me off. “It’s pretty obvious, kid. She feels it. Jared sees it, too. Her inner-wolf may want him, but she sure as hell doesn’t.”
What the hell just happened? I took another breath. I shifted in my chair. No one had argued. No one had challenged my decision. Jade agreed to everything. She even told Jared she wanted Chris and Tommy on the team, that she wanted me with them on the hunt. Where was the fight she had before Jared showed up? How the hell had he calmed her into a docile, obedient … Shit!
For a second I’d thought I still had a chance. A real chance. She’d melted against me like putty. I had smelled it. Her desire. Her need. But then he showed up. He calmed her. Her inner-wolf wanted him. The scent was there, she had been throwing it off like crazy when he had walked through that door. He possessed her in a way that I’d dreamed of having her since the moment I had met her.
I shifted again, sweating even more. “Dom?”
He looked just as confused as me. He sat on the couch beside Tommy, one arm over the back, staring at the door with a big question mark on his forehead. His brow furrowed and he shook his head from side to side a few times before his hazel eyes finally focused on me. He shrugged. “I told you before she’s stubborn, but if I had to guess, this whole Jared thing really has nothing to do with you. Jade might hold a grudge, but she wouldn’t do this just to hurt you. She’s not that much of a bitch. My best guess, she actually likes him. It’s obvious her inner-wolf does.” His tone was dry, as if his throat had closed up, and the look he shot me said he didn’t really believe what he was saying, but that didn’t matter. All I heard was likes him.
“Likes him,” I echoed. My jaw ticked. My eyes flared. Get it together! “Likes him,” I said again. Every muscle in my body screamed as I forced myself to stay put and not go after her.
Dominic didn’t miss my sparking rage. He stood up, moving behind the couch, putting a safe distance between us. “I can call Mac,” he blurted. “See if she found out anything this morning.”
“This morning?” My voice was a growl. My scent flared. His mask splintered and cracked. He paled. His head bowed. I was falling apart. I could feel it, deep within my gut. My nostrils flared as I sucked in more and more of her lingering scent. Mine, my inner-wolf growled into my mind. Dammit! She was mine. Every instinct I had was urging me to go after her. Pull it together!
“Yeah.” Dominic tugged a hand through his blond hair, his head bowing further. “I sent her over there this morning.”
“Dammit, Dom!” I jumped up and started to pace. My skin was crawling, my
Jade smiled. She waved. Jared wrapped an arm over her shoulder and kissed her lightly. He winked at me; clearly he knew this was torture for me and I was sure he loved every second of it. I was living in a damn nightmare. The door shut. The truck started. And I sat there watching as my mate left me again with Jared.
“Well, that was … interesting,” Tommy said, running a rough hand over his clean, hairless head. He paced a few steps, tugged at the collar of his polo shirt, and then dropped onto the couch.
“He sure has some hold on her,” Chris added with a long whistle. He was sitting on the arm of the couch, his arms crossed over his chest, and legs stretched out, folded at the ankles. “I’ve never seen an alpha female or any female fight so hard to ignore the call of her mate.” His chiseled face looked harder under all the creases lining his narrowed eyes .
I swallowed hard. Her scent lingered. Fruits and almonds. My muscles flexed again. Shit! “She’s not …”
“Yeah, she is,” Tommy said, cutting me off. “It’s pretty obvious, kid. She feels it. Jared sees it, too. Her inner-wolf may want him, but she sure as hell doesn’t.”
What the hell just happened? I took another breath. I shifted in my chair. No one had argued. No one had challenged my decision. Jade agreed to everything. She even told Jared she wanted Chris and Tommy on the team, that she wanted me with them on the hunt. Where was the fight she had before Jared showed up? How the hell had he calmed her into a docile, obedient … Shit!
For a second I’d thought I still had a chance. A real chance. She’d melted against me like putty. I had smelled it. Her desire. Her need. But then he showed up. He calmed her. Her inner-wolf wanted him. The scent was there, she had been throwing it off like crazy when he had walked through that door. He possessed her in a way that I’d dreamed of having her since the moment I had met her.
I shifted again, sweating even more. “Dom?”
He looked just as confused as me. He sat on the couch beside Tommy, one arm over the back, staring at the door with a big question mark on his forehead. His brow furrowed and he shook his head from side to side a few times before his hazel eyes finally focused on me. He shrugged. “I told you before she’s stubborn, but if I had to guess, this whole Jared thing really has nothing to do with you. Jade might hold a grudge, but she wouldn’t do this just to hurt you. She’s not that much of a bitch. My best guess, she actually likes him. It’s obvious her inner-wolf does.” His tone was dry, as if his throat had closed up, and the look he shot me said he didn’t really believe what he was saying, but that didn’t matter. All I heard was likes him.
“Likes him,” I echoed. My jaw ticked. My eyes flared. Get it together! “Likes him,” I said again. Every muscle in my body screamed as I forced myself to stay put and not go after her.
Dominic didn’t miss my sparking rage. He stood up, moving behind the couch, putting a safe distance between us. “I can call Mac,” he blurted. “See if she found out anything this morning.”
“This morning?” My voice was a growl. My scent flared. His mask splintered and cracked. He paled. His head bowed. I was falling apart. I could feel it, deep within my gut. My nostrils flared as I sucked in more and more of her lingering scent. Mine, my inner-wolf growled into my mind. Dammit! She was mine. Every instinct I had was urging me to go after her. Pull it together!
“Yeah.” Dominic tugged a hand through his blond hair, his head bowing further. “I sent her over there this morning.”
“Dammit, Dom!” I jumped up and started to pace. My skin was crawling, my
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