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looked over at him in concern. There was a wealth of sadness in that sentence. It matched the sadness in Ben’s voice. “There’s a mate out there for all of us, Ben.”
    “Not for me,” Ben replied. “Who would want to be saddled with me?”
    “Ben—”
    “I will never subject a mate to what I am, Jim. There’s no one that deserves that.”
    “Ben, you’re not a bad guy. Any man…er…woman, would be—” Jim stammered, not sure of Ben’s sexual likes.
    “Man,” Ben quietly supplied.
    “Okay, man then. Any man would be proud to have you as a mate. You’re not a bad-looking guy, and you’re certainly strong enough,” Jim said as he looked over at his six-foot-nine friend. Ben was huge, easily strong enough to protect nearly any mate he might have.
    “I’m also a pack soldier. That means I do the fighting for our pack. What man would want to be saddled with that? Not only could I die at any moment, but fighting is my life. And I have the scars to prove it,” Ben said.
    Jim shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. When you meet your mate, you’ll learn to make concessions, to compromise. Trust my words, Ben, you won’t have a choice. A mate is a mate, and you’ll be damn grateful when you find yours. I am.”
    “I’m not sure I believe that, but I’m happy for you.”
    Jim smiled. “I am, too.”
    “Have you claimed each other?”
    “Oh yeah.” Jim chuckled, remembering just how well they had claimed each other. It was more than obvious that their sexual relationship was not going to be a problem. Donovan turned Jim on more than anyone he had ever met. He just hoped that the rest of their relationship was as easy.
    “It must have been hard to leave him.”
    Jim sighed and glanced down at his hands. “Yeah, it was, but we have to do whatever we can to make sure that Nate and his friends are safe. That is the entire reason Donovan was sent here by his alpha.”
    “They will be,” Ben said with confidence. “Chase and his buddies are already moving in on the location Justin gave us. We’re hoping that if we keep the Teacher occupied with Nate, it will make it easier to rescue them. That’s the plan anyway.”
    “Good.” Jim really had no idea how Chase had moved so quickly but Donovan seemed confident in his brother’s abilities to pull the job off. “What about Roger?” Jim almost growled.
    He’d like just five minutes in a locked room with that man. Besides that fact that the man was a rat bastard, he had been sniffing after Joe for years. Personally, Jim believed that Roger had hooked up with the Teacher just to get revenge on Joe for mating Nate.
    The man was psychotic. He had lied about breaking into Joe’s house and then punished Nate in front of the entire pack for something he didn’t do.
    “He’s not breaking pack law by being in the area after being banished from the pack, but he’s nothing but trouble.” Ben’s voice was stern and rough. “The alpha should have let me deal with the situation.”
    “If it comes down to it, I’m sure my father will let you take care of Roger Drummond and the Teacher. Once one of our pack members is threatened, you know my father won’t sit by and let them get away with it.”
    “I know, I just—” Ben growled as he pushed his hand through his hair.
    “You just hate seeing a pack member in danger.” Jim wasn’t best friends with Ben, but he had known the man for many years. Ben was somewhat of a loner, but that was due to his position as a pack enforcer. He knew Ben didn’t want to become too attached to someone he might have to punish. But Ben never made any bones about the fact that the pack was always his first priority.
    “It’s my job to keep them safe.”
    Jim smiled at Ben. “It’s our job to keep them safe, and the faster we get the rest of the pack to the circle, the faster we can do that.” And the faster he could get back to Donovan.
     
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    Donovan hung up his phone and dropped it in his pocket. He