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shouldn’t have been surprised when she saw him standing on the front porch. He always seemed to know when a car was in the driveway.
    “Hey.” He grinned from the porch.
    “Hey.” She walked to the front steps.
    It was there—the pull she felt every time she saw him. Only now she knew it wasn’t because of the intense pheromones they shared. It was magic linking them together, bonding them like no two other beings.
    “I’m glad you’re here.” He took a step down so he was standing next to her.
    She looked up. “I think we both knew I was going to come back.”
    “I tried to tell you.”
    She didn’t know if it made her angry or if it felt so right it set her blood on fire. But before she could take another breath, Jax pulled her to him, his mouth hot and urgent against hers.
    He growled as his tongue slipped in her mouth. She felt a sudden sense of panic, but the growl rumbled through his chest and she relaxed into him. Nothing had sounded sexier. She knew he was happy kissing her.
    She tried to breathe as he kissed her, but she was desperate to touch him and hold him. Four days away had created a hunger so deep she didn’t know if she could feed it.
    “I want to take you inside and show you how much I missed you,” he whispered.
    She nodded. She tried to draw him back to her lips.
    “But we have somewhere we need to go.”
    “What?” Kissing him had started a fire under her skin.
    “Sit for a second.” He took her hands in his and lowered her to the porch steps.
    “I just got here.”
    “And now I need you to take your place as my mate.”
    Her eyes widened. “I don’t understand.”
    “I gave you as much time as I could. I gave you all the time I could. Our clan needs you right now. I have to present you as the alpha.”
    She blinked. She heard him speak, but it might as well been her first year in med school. It all sounded foreign.
    “Alpha?”
    “Yes. While I’m gone I need you to lead them.”
    “But I don’t know anything about leading people. Or bears. I’m a doctor.”
    “You’ll do great. I trust you, doc.” He kissed her forehead. “Now come on, we have to get to the meeting before they start picking apart my family.”
    Everything moved in slow motion as he held her hand and led her into the forest. She didn’t know how long they walked before they stopped in front of a cave.
    Her knees began to shake and her heart pounded.
    Jax squeezed her hand. “I’ve got you.” He nodded as he pulled her behind him.
    She followed him through a tunnel and they finally emerged in a room lit with torches. A circle of people was formed in front of them.
    “Ahh, he did show up.” A woman with bright red hair grinned.
    “I told you I would present the alpha mate.” Jax stood behind her.
    She needed his strength right now. She thought she would faint from the shaking. Her stomach lurched and her hand flew to her mouth.
    “Pretty alpha.” An older man with grey streaks in his beard winked at her.
    Were these people bears too? She withdrew her hand and tried to take a deep breath. The nausea seemed to ease.
    “See? She’s here.” Jax squeezed her shoulders. “This is my mate, Haley. She will be the alpha when I’m fulfilling my Delta obligations.” He looked at each of the members of the circle. “My clan is in good hands. You can fight each other all you want, but you won’t shred my clan. They have a leader.”
    The older man nodded his head. The woman walked toward them and Haley couldn’t help but try to back up. She didn’t like the look in the woman’s eyes. But Jax’s chest blocked her from moving. She felt his sturdy frame and felt the shelter of his body. She was safe. She knew he would protect her.
    The woman looked at Jax. “So this is your mate?”
    “Haley, meet Estelle. She’s leader of the Onyx Clan.”
    “Nice to meet you, Estelle.” Haley extended her hand, but the woman’s palms immediately cupped her stomach. Haley looked down at the woman’s hands