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me?”
    He swallowed hard but nodded again. “It’s the equivalent of human marriage.”
    “Oh… oh .” All the air left her lungs in one whoosh, as if someone had punched her in the stomach. She knew she loved him, but he’d never once made any declarations like that toward her.
    Grant scrubbed a hand over his face then closed the distance between them and sat inches away from her on the loveseat. He grabbed her hand and squeezed tight. “I love you, Talia. I have for a long time.”
    Okay, another invisible punch to her stomach. Her heart fluttered wildly at his statement. It was damn near impossible to catch her breath when he kept dropping these bombs.
    He just continued. “I hope you trust me when I say the sole reason I haven’t called the past couple days is because I’ve been unconscious or believe me, I’d have called.”
    The lump in her throat threatened to choke her. He’d been unconscious. Helpless. Fighting for his life. She could have lost him forever.
    “When you told me things needed to change between us I wanted to deny it, but you’re right. I’ve been hiding behind my position in the pack and what I am since I met you as an excuse to keep you at a certain distance. I know I’ve told you that my father was a brutal bastard but he was more so than you’ll ever understand. Loving anyone was considered a weakness to him and I saw what it did to my mother—” Breaking off, he shook his head but remained focused on her. “But I love you and I want to share everything with you. I want you by my side all the time and I want to be able to share every aspect of my life with you. No more secrets.”
    She sucked in a deep breath and tried to sort through everything he’d just said. So, her boyfriend and lover turned into an animal on occasion? As she stared into his loving brown eyes she realized that didn’t matter. She didn’t have any family so at least she wouldn’t have any to worry about keeping any secrets from anyone. “No more of this bullshit where we don’t talk for days at a time?”
    “No more.” He growled in that seductive way she loved and instantly her panties dampened. Leaning forward, he lightly nuzzled her neck and tweaked her earlobe between his teeth.
    She shuddered as he lightly tugged on her and couldn’t stop the way her nipples instantly hardened at his brief touch.
    “Move in with me, Talia. I know the mating topic is sudden and you’ll need time to make a decision but I want you to live with me. I want to come home to you every night and I want to wake up to you by my side every morning. I don’t want anything between us.”
    “Yes.” The word popped out before she could think about the ramifications of her answer. “You’re right, I do need time to think about this whole mating thing, and well, everything you’ve just told me, but I love you too Grant. So much it kind of scares me.”
    Grant didn’t let her get another word out. Not that talking was exactly heavy on her mind right now. The man had just told her he loved her and wanted her to move in with him. That he wanted to be with her forever. Yeah, they might have a ton more to discuss and she might be nervous as hell about the fact that her lover could turn into a wolf, but damn, she loved him. If he trusted her enough to tell her this huge, crazy secret then it was hard to doubt his feelings for her.
    When his mouth covered hers, all she could think about was stripping naked and feeling his thick cock slide deep inside her.
    As she reached to wrap her arms around his neck, he scooped her up and headed for her bedroom. Or she assumed that’s where he was going. She didn’t open her eyes as she rubbed her body against his and returned his kisses. All she wanted to do right now was stop thinking and feel. Lose herself in the heat Grant always created in her.
    He hadn’t bothered putting his shirt back on after he’d stripped down and shifted for her and now she was thankful. The feel of all that