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control that washed over me when I was singing, and the resolution when I talked to Cooper. That deep sense of resonance. “I’m going to leave now. And you won’t stop me.”
“You have to mean it.” His face stays strangely impassive.
“What?”
He gives me a tight smile. “Your werecall. It won’t work if you don’t mean it.”
So Cooper wasn’t just blabbering nonsense! I can actually affect some measure of control over my life using my voice to convince others to do my bidding, just like Orion did to me. Except it doesn’t seem to be working. “I do mean it. I want you to leave.”
“Not completely.” He shakes his head.
I glare down at the mark on my wrist, which is now quietly thrumming. “The mark is making me weak.”
“The matemark is a part of you. It takes your own needs and desires and amplifies them. It can’t force you to do anything. Neither can I. I can only command and hope you obey. Because wanting me is who you are. Because it is your nature.”
“Like you said.” I shake my head, bringing my arms to my chest. Hoping to keep some kind of barrier between us. “I’m not a slave to my instincts.” I stare down at the pavement, at the water there.
“Little Mate, look at me.” His voice is low with command, but this time it doesn’t compel me. I can fight it…but not for long. All too soon I look up.
“Thousands of girls walk through wereterritory, but only a scarce few become weremates. You want this, or you would not have it. Why deny what you want?”
His gaze is unflinching, taking in all of me. My wild, wet blonde curls storming around my face. The way my soft thighs part. My breasts, swollen and tender on my chest, stiff nipples jutting forward, daring him to touch them. And my face. The fear on my face. The need.
“I want you too, Artemis. Know that,” he says. He takes a step closer to me, his normally stern brow furrowed, his eyes soft. “More than that. I need you.”
It makes a part of me ache with longing and wonder entirely beyond the yearning for his body. It’s terrifying. For the first time, he looks almost human.
“You are so strong and brave to try and fight this at all. No human girl has bothered in centuries. And no girl has ever won.” His brows kiss his hairline as he holds out his hand, asking me to take it, to touch him. “Think of how much stronger we would be together.” I notice his mark there, just like mine.
But it’s still not enough.
“I can’t,” I say. “I have to fight this.”
The smile in his eyes dies. “You won’t win.”
“I have to try.”
“Why?”
My hands tremble, afraid that if I lie he’ll call me on it, afraid that if I tell the truth he’ll try to fix it, unravel all the knots life has tied me into, and turn me into someone else. Someone my parents wouldn’t even recognize, who would disgust them. “Because that’s just who I am.”
To my surprise, he gives me a fierce smile in return. “I’m not sure you have any idea who you are, Artemis.”
“You can’t know what I want and don’t want,” I whisper to the ground, glad I don’t have to face him as I make my confession.
He turns away from me, severing some invisible connection between us.
A whimper lodges in my throat, but I bite it down. For a second I’m afraid he’s going to walk away, but after only a few step he stops, clenches his fist and turns back to me, approaching me one slow step at a time.
I have plenty of time to run, but this time I don’t.
And when he actually gets close enough to touch me or kiss me, he doesn’t. He simply stands in front of me, his cool breath whispering across my cheek.
“Then show me,” he says. “Show me what you want. Who you are.”
All I’d have to do is move forward another inch and I could be tasting him. My core pleads for me to do just that. I want to show him. I want him to know me.
But I can’t. I know that if I were to kiss him it wouldn’t stop there. And despite his nice
“You have to mean it.” His face stays strangely impassive.
“What?”
He gives me a tight smile. “Your werecall. It won’t work if you don’t mean it.”
So Cooper wasn’t just blabbering nonsense! I can actually affect some measure of control over my life using my voice to convince others to do my bidding, just like Orion did to me. Except it doesn’t seem to be working. “I do mean it. I want you to leave.”
“Not completely.” He shakes his head.
I glare down at the mark on my wrist, which is now quietly thrumming. “The mark is making me weak.”
“The matemark is a part of you. It takes your own needs and desires and amplifies them. It can’t force you to do anything. Neither can I. I can only command and hope you obey. Because wanting me is who you are. Because it is your nature.”
“Like you said.” I shake my head, bringing my arms to my chest. Hoping to keep some kind of barrier between us. “I’m not a slave to my instincts.” I stare down at the pavement, at the water there.
“Little Mate, look at me.” His voice is low with command, but this time it doesn’t compel me. I can fight it…but not for long. All too soon I look up.
“Thousands of girls walk through wereterritory, but only a scarce few become weremates. You want this, or you would not have it. Why deny what you want?”
His gaze is unflinching, taking in all of me. My wild, wet blonde curls storming around my face. The way my soft thighs part. My breasts, swollen and tender on my chest, stiff nipples jutting forward, daring him to touch them. And my face. The fear on my face. The need.
“I want you too, Artemis. Know that,” he says. He takes a step closer to me, his normally stern brow furrowed, his eyes soft. “More than that. I need you.”
It makes a part of me ache with longing and wonder entirely beyond the yearning for his body. It’s terrifying. For the first time, he looks almost human.
“You are so strong and brave to try and fight this at all. No human girl has bothered in centuries. And no girl has ever won.” His brows kiss his hairline as he holds out his hand, asking me to take it, to touch him. “Think of how much stronger we would be together.” I notice his mark there, just like mine.
But it’s still not enough.
“I can’t,” I say. “I have to fight this.”
The smile in his eyes dies. “You won’t win.”
“I have to try.”
“Why?”
My hands tremble, afraid that if I lie he’ll call me on it, afraid that if I tell the truth he’ll try to fix it, unravel all the knots life has tied me into, and turn me into someone else. Someone my parents wouldn’t even recognize, who would disgust them. “Because that’s just who I am.”
To my surprise, he gives me a fierce smile in return. “I’m not sure you have any idea who you are, Artemis.”
“You can’t know what I want and don’t want,” I whisper to the ground, glad I don’t have to face him as I make my confession.
He turns away from me, severing some invisible connection between us.
A whimper lodges in my throat, but I bite it down. For a second I’m afraid he’s going to walk away, but after only a few step he stops, clenches his fist and turns back to me, approaching me one slow step at a time.
I have plenty of time to run, but this time I don’t.
And when he actually gets close enough to touch me or kiss me, he doesn’t. He simply stands in front of me, his cool breath whispering across my cheek.
“Then show me,” he says. “Show me what you want. Who you are.”
All I’d have to do is move forward another inch and I could be tasting him. My core pleads for me to do just that. I want to show him. I want him to know me.
But I can’t. I know that if I were to kiss him it wouldn’t stop there. And despite his nice
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