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smart and beautiful, he remembered the first time she’d told him to pull the stick out of his ass when he’d overreacted to something a packmate had done.
    He’d never reprimanded her because she’d been right, and he just hadn’t wanted to cause her any embarrassment in front of other packmates. His wolf had known she wasn’t challenging him for dominance and had been very, very interested in getting to know her on the most basic level, so even his animal side had been in agreement in letting the comment slide.
    She’d seemed just as surprised as everyone when he’d laughed off her smart ass remark. That was when he’d realized she’d been pushing him intentionally. From that point on their relationship had been defined by her pushing and him letting her.
    Until now.
    He was taking everything and not letting go.
    “If you don’t get your ass in here, I’m starting without you,” her voice called through the door, immediately loosening the tension in his chest he hadn’t realized he’d been holding onto.
    When he opened the door and found her splayed out on his bed, completely naked, all coherent thought fled his mind. He was about to claim his woman.

Chapter Seven

    “Is this one of Grant’s places?” Alyssa asked as a hostess led them to a seat by the window overlooking the Gulf.
    Reece snorted. “No. I wanted tonight to be just about us without extra ears.”
    She laughed under her breath as he held out the chair for her. “Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.” Shifters and other supernatural beings had extra sensitive hearing and sight among other abilities, so eating at a shifter-run restaurant increased the chances of being overheard.
    When he sat across from her and pinned her with that dark stare, she resisted the urge to squirm. Everything about him was captivating, right down to the way he kept his hair cropped so close to his head. It just made him look even edgier. She wondered what he’d look like as a wolf. Hair color didn’t always dictate what color your fur would be, though it did in her case.
    “What are you thinking?” he murmured, not bothering to glance at the menu yet.
    “Just wondering what you look like in wolf form.” She didn’t have to glance around to know that no one could hear them. By an expansive window, the place was mostly empty and there wasn’t anyone behind them on either side. She guessed it was because it was mid-week and not tourist season.
    He looked surprised by her statement. “You’ll just have to go running with me to find out.”
    Before she could respond a server arrived and took their drink order.
    “I’d like to go running with you,” she said when they were alone again. Running with a non-pack wolf was a big deal. It implied a certain amount of trust.
    “Me too.” His gaze went molten now and she didn’t have to ask him what he was thinking.
    She cleared her throat and picked up her menu. More than anything she wanted to skip dinner and just head back to where he was staying. She’d waited long enough to have sex and was glad Reece would be her first. Hopefully her last. A couple months ago she would have thought it was crazy to even contemplate settling down but being around Reece had changed everything. “My wolf feels so calm around you,” she said quietly, just blurting it out.
    To her relief, he nodded. “Mine does too. For the most part.”
    “Well, yeah.” She hid a smile, knowing what he meant. Her animal side didn’t understand why they were waiting to get naked together, but Reece made her feel safe. She knew at her most primal level that he’d never hurt her. “Is that normal?” She didn’t say “for mates” because they hadn’t used that word since he’d arrived in Orange Beach, but those two words were implied.
    “I think so. My uncle never talked much about his mate and I don’t know that many mated shifters.”
    “Your pack’s pretty young, comparatively speaking.” Most of his packmates were all under