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Taking her wrists, he carefully set her palms flat onto the surface so she leaned back at an angle. Katrina went to move, and he placed his hands on top of hers. With a tilt of his head, he warned her. “Don’t move.”
    “What are you doing? Why am I on your desk?” Katrina’s pulse raced as he sat back into his chair, studying her like she was on display at a museum.
    “I’m leveling the playing field. Something about you,” he drawled. Removing his suit jacket, he hung it on the back of his chair. “It distracts me. I simply cannot have it. I won’t fall victim to the half-truths that spill from those luscious lips of yours. No, I can think of much more pleasant things that should be coming out of your mouth.”
    “Jax…” A picture of Jax’s chiseled abdomen flashed into Katrina’s mind. Recalling how his cock pressed to her skin, she imagined sucking him down her throat. A new wave of desire rushed over her, and her face flushed.
    “That’s right. I’m very much looking forward to having you on your knees.” He smiled as if he’d read her mind. “But first, we talk.”
    “What are you…?” As his hands glided over her thighs, her skin rippled in gooseflesh.
    “We shall start at the beginning. Why, dear Katrina, did you tell your brother that I tried to force a mating?” Jax pinned her with his stare, his voice low and firm. Despite the lingering fingertips atop her knees, Katrina heard this question as an order; the request came from the Alpha, not a lover.
    “I already told you the truth. I asked Tristan to help me keep you away. You wouldn’t leave me alone. Once you called him, it just confirmed it. He was angry at you, and it all just spiraled out of control. I’m sorry I let it go so far, but I was trying to protect you,” she explained, her body tense with arousal. He silently listened without interrupting, so she continued. “These…demons. The things that have taken me. It’s happened six times over the past three years. At first,” Katrina paused and looked out the window. A firm hold on her chin directed her gaze back to Jax and her heart raced. “They told me that my mate, an Alpha…that I’d kill him. What they’ve done to me, they’ll take it from my mate too. They’ve been waiting, hoping for it to happen.”
    Katrina lifted her hands, and was swiftly reprimanded.
    “Do. Not. Move,” Jax ordered as his hands moved to her knees. Katrina’s heart slammed against her ribs as he spread her legs. His fingers lingered on her inner thighs, but all the while, he never took his eyes off hers. “You have one chance to set things right with us. This is it. Don’t you dare lie to me.”
    “I’m not,” Katrina protested. She refused to cry, no matter the desperation that bubbled in her chest. “I know you think I’m crazy. Why do you think I haven’t told anyone? Tristan suspects I’ve lost my mind.”
    “That doesn’t make sense. He’s your brother. Why doesn’t he know what’s going on with you?”
    “It’s not like Tristan can’t feel if I’m in trouble, but every time they took me, I wasn’t gone for long. I never had trouble shifting. I’d recover quickly. This time, though, things are different. It’s a total loss of time…loss of magick.”
    “If you never lied to Tristan about me, why let the rumor continue? How exactly could you protect me by staying away from me?”
    “Because, Jax…” Katrina shook her head, exhausted with keeping secrets. “You’re an Alpha. You are the Alpha. My Alpha.”
    “Are you trying to say that we’re mates? How would you know for certain? We’ve never made love.”
    “Between my father and Tristan, I’ve attended summits, met nearly every standing Alpha in the country. It wasn’t Logan. I mean, I spent enough time with him when he was my brother’s beta. No…the night we met…”
    “The party?”
    “Yes. I’d known about you for some time.”
    “You stalked me?” he asked, amusement in his