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stepped into his tent and let the leather flap
fall shut behind me. The strong musky smell of his wolf filled the
air. I sat down on the bedroll and tried to ignore it, but it was
no use. Once the idea was planted in my head I couldn't escape it.
My instinct wouldn't let me.
    Cyan made me wait for a
long time, the night wearing on as the rest of our pack climbed
into their tents or slunk off into the woods. He left me with only
my thoughts and the scent of his body in the enclosed space. My
breathing quickened, my skin beginning to glow with warmth. I
clutched at the pendant around my neck, trying to think of other
things, human things. Houses and streets and cars and cities. It
was no good, it was never any good. The wolf inside me was awake,
and she wouldn't sleep until she was sated. When Cyan finally
stepped into the tent I was practically quivering. I smouldered
with desire, running my eyes up his body from the bottom of his
faded jeans to the collar of his hunting jacket. His clothes were
rugged and worn, like him. A short scruff of black stubble always
lined my alpha's chin, making him look older than he was. I'd only
been twenty when I was bitten, and though Cyan was still young he
looked at least a few years older. I caught my gaze lingering on
his chest, a trail of dark hair just visible above the neck of his
vest.
    "Ready and waiting are
you?" He said, not without a hint of contempt.
    I growled at him, but
whether the noise sounded angry or eager I couldn't tell. I was angry, furious that he'd shouted down my
request to go home, furious that he'd humiliated me in front of the
pack by using my greatest weakness against me. In the pack
hierarchy I was somewhere near the bottom. Not because I wasn't
strong or fast or smart. I could hunt as well as anyone, and I
never did anything that might risk the safety of the group. But my
instinct made me weak, and Cyan never missed an opportunity to
remind me of my place by using it against me. If the human in me
saw her worst enemy in Cyan, the wolf saw her most desirable mate.
He put a hand around the back of my neck and my skin prickled
instinctively, hungry for his touch.
    "Hurry up and do it." I
hissed. Still his fingertips teased as he knelt down beside me.
    "Do you know why I
won't let you away from the pack Lyssa?"
    I bared my teeth,
shaking my head impatiently to try and clear the haze of lust.
    "Because you need us.
You were so wild you'd have given yourself to the first wolf that
crossed your path when we found you. And you'd have torn apart
anyone who got in your way. How long do you think you'd manage out
there, without us?"
    "I don't care," the
need in my voice was obvious now. "Just do it, please."
    "See what I mean?
Where's that girl who was standing up to me in front of the
fire?"
    I couldn't argue with
him, but I couldn't tell whether it was because he was right or
because my mind just couldn't focus on anything right now. Was he
actually trying to look out for me as part of his pack? All I saw
in his amber eyes was cruelty and dominance. But the wolf in me
wanted that. She needed it. Most females only went into heat once
ever few weeks. For me, it was almost constant. That was my
instinct, and it was stronger than most. Whenever a male made a
move on me, or whenever I went too long without a partner, the urge
to submit grew and grew until it drove me wild with the need to be
mated. Cyan's rough lips pressed against mine hungrily. No
tenderness. Only passionate lust that mirrored my own. I moaned and
gave in to him, letting his calloused fingertips scrape across my
throat and pull open the buttons of my jacket. Everyone in the camp
would hear my moans before long, and the last human part of me had
time to feel one final moment of humiliation before being consumed
by the wolf's desire. I kissed Cyan back, pushing my tongue into
his mouth and wrapping my arms around his neck. He snarled,
catching my bottom lip between his teeth as I withdrew. I wanted to
feel