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some decisions."
     
    "Yeah?" Maybe this was a turning point for him, and that would be a good thing. "Should I know about these decisions?"
     
    "Can you come see me?"
     
    "Of course. I'll come by after work tomorrow."
     
    "Okay. Thanks. And Char?"
     
    "Yeah?"
     
    "I love you."
     
    "Love you too," she replied before hanging up.
     
    She sat in silence in the kitchen for a moment. Parker didn't press her, just squeezed her hand and cleared the dishes. When the kitchen was spotless again he reached for her and she tucked into his strong arms.
     
    "I've never lied to Scottie. We've been friends all our lives, and I've never once lied to him. I hate this."
     
    "Me too. We'll figure it out, though. It won't be like this forever. We'll find a way."
     
    "How?" she whispered against his chest, tears welling in her eyes. "I don't see a way around this. Every way you look at it, we both lose."
     
    He tipped her face to his and looked at her earnestly. "What we have is everything. You know that, right? And we might have to make some sacrifices, but I wouldn't ask you to put aside people you love. I would never do that to you."
     
    More tears welled, and this time she just let them fall, tears soaking his shirt as he cradled her tightly and murmured into her hair.
     
    "We'll find a way," he promised. "We won't have to give everything up. There's no reason for it. We'll figure something out."
     
    She wept in his arms, the enormity of their dilemma too overwhelming to respond to with anything more useful than tears.

 
    CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
     
     
    The drive home was a sobering one. She had kissed Parker at the door for what seemed like hours, certain of his love and commitment, but as soon as she stepped into the cold night air the doubts began.
     
    To begin with, the sex had given her more questions than answers. She and Parker had fit together like they'd done it a million times. He'd made her feel things... She blushed at the thought of how she'd begged him, how she'd writhed and moaned and scratched and bitten and cried out his name. How she'd come so hard, over and over.
     
    Everything else paled in comparison. The fruitless fumbling of the two boys she'd ever been with, the way she looked at Scottie sometimes and thought she could have sex with him--it wasn't even in the same league. It was even better than doing it herself. How was that possible?
     
    But it was more than the sex. He was her Mate . And despite the fact that she had never believed such a thing was possible, she felt herself drawn to him, body and soul. She believed it in her very bones. It went against everything she had believed her whole life, but it was indisputable. It had happened just like people said. You just knew .
     
    She and Parker were connected. Bonded. They belonged with one another.
     
    Only that was impossible, because he was a Kreuger and she was a Vella.
     
    She raged at a universe that would make this kind of thing possible. She cursed the stupid treaty and the Council she'd never get to be a part of and every heavenly and earthly thing that stood between her and what she wanted. Tears scalded her face as she drove, her foot pressing furiously on the gas pedal, as if she could outrun all of it if she just drove fast enough.
     
    And where did he get off telling her things would be okay? He had no idea that things would be okay. Things weren't even remotely okay; they were crashing down around her head even as she drove. She had no options that she could conceive of that would get her out of this.
     
    Mom, Pop, I've got something to tell you. You know how you're always after me to find my Mate? Well, I found him. He's tall and good-looking and he cooks one mean steak. You should see his house, it's amazing. Oh, and did I tell you he's successful? Yep, he's the rising pack Alpha. You should see him hunt. And he's so protective, Pop, you'd love it. But there's just one little catch...
     
    It was madness.
     
     

 
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