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eyes. Crying was something she had stopped doing years ago. The only time she cried was in her sleep.
“Stay. Be my mate. I’ll be good to you,” he growled, cupping her cheek with his warm hand.
Caleb didn’t know what he was offering. He didn’t know that she’d had her body sold to all comers. Sometime after the first year she’d lost count of how many men she’d been with. Her body had housed every STD there was, with the exception HIV, Hep C and herpes. She didn’t even know if she could accommodate a man without pain, she’d been so internally scarred and infected. This very sweet man didn’t deserve someone like her. She wasn’t his mate. He knew that; she knew that.
A deep growl echoed down the hall and faster than her eyes could track, a blur swept Caleb away from her and slammed him against the far wall. Chase held Caleb in place by the throat, an inch or two off the ground. Anna felt the now familiar sensation of her feral nature rise, and from the slight pain in her teeth she knew her incisors were dropping and sharpening somehow.
“Keep your hands to yourself,” Chase got out through gritted teeth.
“Why, so she can leave us? Because you don’t want her, she’s leaving. These are our women. They’re ours to protect and care for. If you won’t do it, then I will.”
With an animalistic cry, Chase threw Caleb down the hall, away from Anna; and Alyssa, who'd come out of the suite to stand behind Anna.
“You won’t do it! She’s mine ,” Chase growled. “Touch her again and you’re dead.”
Without a word, Chase spun away and grabbed up Anna’s arm. Almost painfully, he dragged her down the hall away from Caleb and Alyssa.
CHAPTER SIX
Anna wanted to cry out for help. She wanted someone to save her from this enraged beast. But if anyone tried, she was pretty sure Chase would kill them. He was totally feral, totally past the point of rational human thought. All she could do was pray that he didn’t hurt her too much, and that somehow she’d find a way to escape him when it was done.
The room he thrust her into was a bedroom, spartan in appearance, clearly for sleep alone. A bedside lamp was on, but it was the only light in the large, almost empty space. Once the door was closed behind them, Chase pushed her up against it, using his larger size to contain her. With her nose pressed into his shirt, his scent slammed into her more forcefully than his body ever could. She didn’t want to feel aroused by this out-of-control man. But something was stirring inside her, something that wasn’t her.
For a long time he pressed into her, breathing her in, as if the very smell of her calmed him. Slowly, sensually, he rubbed his cheek against her hair, blowing into it. As each moment passed, Chase seemed to become less and less overwrought.
Eventually, he pulled back a little and groaned. Lowering his head, he grazed a kiss against her cheek.
“I’m sorry. I’m so fucking sorry,” he croaked into her ear, his warm breath sending a cascade of prickles down her neck. “Of all the mates I could have found, I had to find the one who’s too young, too fragile and too damaged to handle my shit. You needed someone kinder than me, gentler... more attentive. God, any of the others would have been better for you than me. I should have let one of them go find you. Let someone else activate you. Then I wouldn’t feel like this.
“But I didn’t.
“I should let Caleb have you. He’s right. We need you. I can’t be allowed to drive you away.
“But... I can’t.”
He choked on that last word and paused to draw breath. “I can’t let him have you. The deed is done. I wanted to believe that all I’d done was activate you, but seeing you with Caleb made me realise I had underestimated my cat, or overestimated myself. For better or for worse, and it is for worse, you’re mine. I’m the leader, anyone who tries to take you from me... My cat would see it as a challenge and would try to
“Stay. Be my mate. I’ll be good to you,” he growled, cupping her cheek with his warm hand.
Caleb didn’t know what he was offering. He didn’t know that she’d had her body sold to all comers. Sometime after the first year she’d lost count of how many men she’d been with. Her body had housed every STD there was, with the exception HIV, Hep C and herpes. She didn’t even know if she could accommodate a man without pain, she’d been so internally scarred and infected. This very sweet man didn’t deserve someone like her. She wasn’t his mate. He knew that; she knew that.
A deep growl echoed down the hall and faster than her eyes could track, a blur swept Caleb away from her and slammed him against the far wall. Chase held Caleb in place by the throat, an inch or two off the ground. Anna felt the now familiar sensation of her feral nature rise, and from the slight pain in her teeth she knew her incisors were dropping and sharpening somehow.
“Keep your hands to yourself,” Chase got out through gritted teeth.
“Why, so she can leave us? Because you don’t want her, she’s leaving. These are our women. They’re ours to protect and care for. If you won’t do it, then I will.”
With an animalistic cry, Chase threw Caleb down the hall, away from Anna; and Alyssa, who'd come out of the suite to stand behind Anna.
“You won’t do it! She’s mine ,” Chase growled. “Touch her again and you’re dead.”
Without a word, Chase spun away and grabbed up Anna’s arm. Almost painfully, he dragged her down the hall away from Caleb and Alyssa.
CHAPTER SIX
Anna wanted to cry out for help. She wanted someone to save her from this enraged beast. But if anyone tried, she was pretty sure Chase would kill them. He was totally feral, totally past the point of rational human thought. All she could do was pray that he didn’t hurt her too much, and that somehow she’d find a way to escape him when it was done.
The room he thrust her into was a bedroom, spartan in appearance, clearly for sleep alone. A bedside lamp was on, but it was the only light in the large, almost empty space. Once the door was closed behind them, Chase pushed her up against it, using his larger size to contain her. With her nose pressed into his shirt, his scent slammed into her more forcefully than his body ever could. She didn’t want to feel aroused by this out-of-control man. But something was stirring inside her, something that wasn’t her.
For a long time he pressed into her, breathing her in, as if the very smell of her calmed him. Slowly, sensually, he rubbed his cheek against her hair, blowing into it. As each moment passed, Chase seemed to become less and less overwrought.
Eventually, he pulled back a little and groaned. Lowering his head, he grazed a kiss against her cheek.
“I’m sorry. I’m so fucking sorry,” he croaked into her ear, his warm breath sending a cascade of prickles down her neck. “Of all the mates I could have found, I had to find the one who’s too young, too fragile and too damaged to handle my shit. You needed someone kinder than me, gentler... more attentive. God, any of the others would have been better for you than me. I should have let one of them go find you. Let someone else activate you. Then I wouldn’t feel like this.
“But I didn’t.
“I should let Caleb have you. He’s right. We need you. I can’t be allowed to drive you away.
“But... I can’t.”
He choked on that last word and paused to draw breath. “I can’t let him have you. The deed is done. I wanted to believe that all I’d done was activate you, but seeing you with Caleb made me realise I had underestimated my cat, or overestimated myself. For better or for worse, and it is for worse, you’re mine. I’m the leader, anyone who tries to take you from me... My cat would see it as a challenge and would try to
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