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He never should have touched her. The thought of Mors watching them, looking at Roxanne as she was being pleasured, filled him with anger and a fear he had never experienced before. With emotions so strong, he knew he wouldn’t be able to control his shift much longer. His head jerked to the right as he caught a glimpse of movement. She needed to leave right now.
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    Roxanne watched as Connor paced back and forth. He looked like his cat was clamoring to come out. He wouldn’t look at her. “What’s wrong?
    “You need to go back inside,” he said, not looking at her.
    “What? But we have things to discuss. Especially about what just happened.” She was so confused. She had just had the most amazing orgasm of her life and he was acting like it was nothing. Worse, he was dismissing her. The breeze blew and she caught a strange scent. “Do you smell that?”
    “You need to go inside, now.” He practically shoved her toward the back door to the club
    “You are being an ass, Connor. Talk to me. Did I do something wrong?”
    “I don’t have time for this. Go back inside . . . back to your date.”
    She felt like he had punched her in the gut. He cared so little for what they had shared that he was throwing her in the arms of another man? Fine, if that’s what he wanted.
    “Screw you, Connor. You had your chance and you blew it.”
    She finished adjusting her clothes and stomped her way back to the back entrance of the nightclub. The door was normally kept locked on the outside but it hadn’t closed all the way so she was able to get back in. Just to spite him, she made sure the door closed and locked behind her. If he was going to be a fucking jerk, he could walk all the way around the building to get back in.
    Tears escaped and ran down her cheeks. She couldn’t go back to Lucas looking like this. She went to the bathroom and freshened herself. She looked at herself in the mirror. She could tell, even without the scent of arousal still on her skin, that she had just had some type of sexual encounter. What was Lucas going to think of her? That she was some kind of slut. She slumped down on the cushioned seat as her tears turned into huge sobs, wracking her body.
    She wasn’t sure how long she was in there crying before a knock on the door surprised her into sitting up.
    “Hello? Roxanne? Are you in there?” Lucas asked as he cracked open the door. She saw his head peer inside and their eyes locked. He stepped inside and lifted his nose, gathering information from her scent instinctively. Without hesitation he came to her, lifted her in his arms, and settled on the cushion with her in his lap.
    “Lucas . . .”
    “Shh . . . you can tell me about it later. Right now you need to cry and I need to hold you.”
    He was so wonderful. Perfect in every way. Except for one: he wasn’t Connor. The tears started up again and she cried. Lucas crooned to her as he comforted her. He used his Alpha powers to calm her. She pulled back to look at him when she was finally able to stop crying.
    “I owe you an explanation and an apology.”
    “Not here. Let me take you home and you can tell me what ever you want.”
    She shook her head. “I don’t want to go back to the pack house tonight.”
    “Then come to my hotel room.” When she bit her bottom lip, he reached up to cup her cheek. “Just to talk. You can stay as long as you want. I’ll sleep on the sofa.”
    She needed someone to talk to. Someone who wasn’t friends or family with Connor. “Okay.”
    Lucas placed her gently on her feet and kept an arm around her back. He opened the door and surprised a woman on her way inside. He gave the woman a polite smile as he spoke in a serious manner to Roxanne.
    “I must say, they have extraordinary facilities here.”
    Roxanne bit her lip not to laugh. What a scene they must have made. She owed Lucas for so much. “Thank you.”
    “There is nothing to thank me for. I am sure you would have come to my aid if I was in