enemy at that, made me lose control over my leopard. It’s all a blur really. I confronted her about his scent and what the soldier said. I’d just come off patrol and still had my gun in my chest holster. In my rage, I didn’t expect Cate to reach out and take it. She ran into the forest, away from the den.”
Addyson nodded as if piecing the rest of it together. “Blaine must had heard or felt the distress and followed. He found you begging her to return home, but she said she’d betrayed the Pack and…”
She cut off her own statement with a sob. “Oh, Keegan. I didn’t mean to. I didn’t know…”
He crossed the small space between them and cupped her face in his hands. “You did nothing wrong. I was the one who pushed you when I knew that you’d run from me. I knew Blaine was at the door but didn’t think I’d frightened you enough to run outside.”
She stilled and stared into his eyes. The male in front of her made her feel things she hadn’t in a very long time. Things she’d didn’t remember feeling, ever. “You don’t scare me. You’re dominance does. I’m not sure how to react around you, to your leopard. If I’m to touch you, to comfort you. Especially since you’re my mate.”
His chest tightened as he peered into her violet eyes and let her words settle in his mind. She was his mate. He’d known that from the moment he found her in the forest. Yet to hear the words on her tongue made something inside him tighten and his leopard purr. Not wanting to think about anything else, he leaned in and brushed his lips against hers.
She gasped as their lips touched, but didn’t draw away. He took that as an invitation and hardened the kiss, sliding his tongue inside her mouth. Her tongue tangled with his, intensifying the need rushing through him.
Keegan slid one hand down her back then slipped it under her shirt. When his fingers touched her bare skin, he heard her sharp intake of breath. He also sensed the colliding emotions of fear, desire, and confusion building inside her.
Breaking the kiss, he drew back and peered into her gaze. “Are you okay?”
She looked down at her hands pressed against his chest and shook her head. “It’s too much. The touching. It’s too much right now.”
He nipped at her nose, drawing a smile from her. “Then I’ll have to make sure to desensitize you.”
She looked back up, her eyes grew round, and he heard her pulse kick up a couple of beats per second. “How?”
It came out barely a whisper, but he heard it. “By touching you and playing with you more.”
“Oh.” She looked around, as if searching the room for something, or someone.
With his finger under her chin, he gently urged her to meet his stare. “You’re right. We are mates, and you’re mine to keep and play with.”
He stood and took her hand. “I’ll draw you a bath so you can relax while I talk to my son.”
Chapter Seven
Addyson eased down into the bath and sighed as the warm water flowed over her too-sensitive skin. She sank down under the water until it touched her chin, and she closed her eyes.
…and you’re mine to keep and play with.
Keegan’s words drifted through her mind. There was a promise and a demand in those words. She was old enough to know that once an Alpha saw something he wanted, he got it.
Well, hell, Addy, you had to go and challenge him.
That’s exactly what she’d done when she confessed she knew they were mates. And he answered. That was something she hadn’t expected, especially with the subject of his dead mate hanging between them.
Then there was that kiss. Never in her life had she been so turned on. Her skin felt as though it were on fire where his fingers touched. It was all too much, sending her senses into overdrive. She’d lost the ability to breathe for a moment, and it scared the hell out her.
Flashes of the Onyx soldiers touching her overwhelmed her and stole the pleasure she’d felt with Keegan.
Taking a deep breath, she
Addyson nodded as if piecing the rest of it together. “Blaine must had heard or felt the distress and followed. He found you begging her to return home, but she said she’d betrayed the Pack and…”
She cut off her own statement with a sob. “Oh, Keegan. I didn’t mean to. I didn’t know…”
He crossed the small space between them and cupped her face in his hands. “You did nothing wrong. I was the one who pushed you when I knew that you’d run from me. I knew Blaine was at the door but didn’t think I’d frightened you enough to run outside.”
She stilled and stared into his eyes. The male in front of her made her feel things she hadn’t in a very long time. Things she’d didn’t remember feeling, ever. “You don’t scare me. You’re dominance does. I’m not sure how to react around you, to your leopard. If I’m to touch you, to comfort you. Especially since you’re my mate.”
His chest tightened as he peered into her violet eyes and let her words settle in his mind. She was his mate. He’d known that from the moment he found her in the forest. Yet to hear the words on her tongue made something inside him tighten and his leopard purr. Not wanting to think about anything else, he leaned in and brushed his lips against hers.
She gasped as their lips touched, but didn’t draw away. He took that as an invitation and hardened the kiss, sliding his tongue inside her mouth. Her tongue tangled with his, intensifying the need rushing through him.
Keegan slid one hand down her back then slipped it under her shirt. When his fingers touched her bare skin, he heard her sharp intake of breath. He also sensed the colliding emotions of fear, desire, and confusion building inside her.
Breaking the kiss, he drew back and peered into her gaze. “Are you okay?”
She looked down at her hands pressed against his chest and shook her head. “It’s too much. The touching. It’s too much right now.”
He nipped at her nose, drawing a smile from her. “Then I’ll have to make sure to desensitize you.”
She looked back up, her eyes grew round, and he heard her pulse kick up a couple of beats per second. “How?”
It came out barely a whisper, but he heard it. “By touching you and playing with you more.”
“Oh.” She looked around, as if searching the room for something, or someone.
With his finger under her chin, he gently urged her to meet his stare. “You’re right. We are mates, and you’re mine to keep and play with.”
He stood and took her hand. “I’ll draw you a bath so you can relax while I talk to my son.”
Chapter Seven
Addyson eased down into the bath and sighed as the warm water flowed over her too-sensitive skin. She sank down under the water until it touched her chin, and she closed her eyes.
…and you’re mine to keep and play with.
Keegan’s words drifted through her mind. There was a promise and a demand in those words. She was old enough to know that once an Alpha saw something he wanted, he got it.
Well, hell, Addy, you had to go and challenge him.
That’s exactly what she’d done when she confessed she knew they were mates. And he answered. That was something she hadn’t expected, especially with the subject of his dead mate hanging between them.
Then there was that kiss. Never in her life had she been so turned on. Her skin felt as though it were on fire where his fingers touched. It was all too much, sending her senses into overdrive. She’d lost the ability to breathe for a moment, and it scared the hell out her.
Flashes of the Onyx soldiers touching her overwhelmed her and stole the pleasure she’d felt with Keegan.
Taking a deep breath, she
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