him see that, though. It
wasn’t right. He needed to test that theory and meet others. She couldn’t
saddle him with her as a mate if they weren’t right together. “Seth, you don’t
know that. You’re barely coming into your shifter traits. You may feel that way
but I’m the only female you’ve been around since all of this started. Come on
Saturday, but come to meet others. Please.”
He shook his head. “Whatever. If you don’t want to see it
then I can’t make you. I know, though, that deep down you feel it too. You want
me and I want you. Why fight it? Really—why? Yes, you’re stronger than me but I
don’t care. Order me around all day. As long as I can hold you in my arms at
night I’ll put up with anything you do to me.”
Emily stood from the table to put some space between them.
She couldn’t think about mating him. Not now. He needed to meet others, mingle
with more shifters, test his strength against the others. He needed to see and
smell other females and see if any of them called to his wolf. She kept the
denials up in her head, trying to stem her growing thoughts of taking him up on
the mating offer. She knew that she wanted him as hers, knew that he was her
equal even if he didn’t know it yet. She wouldn’t shackle him to her, though.
He deserved to make the decision after he’d experienced more of the pack.
“Enough.” She pushed just a little mental power at him. She
needed to stop this conversation before something bad happened. She almost
snorted. Yeah, like she ended up mated to a really great man. She turned toward
the door. “Let’s go run.”
“Fine. I’ll stop now, but don’t think I’m dropping this,” he
muttered at her back.
Chapter Thirteen
The woods sensed the predators racing through the
underbrush. All was eerily quiet on the ground. Emily pushed herself, sprinting
as fast as she could until all her muscles were screaming. She needed to just
forget the conversation they’d had. Forget the tempting idea of stopping and
letting him catch her. Stop her wolf brain from yearning after the male chasing
her. He was faster today and she was having a tough time keeping ahead of him.
Between his new strength, speed and Alpha powers, her wolf was ready to submit.
Stupid wolf instincts.
She had a moment to notice the change in the sounds of the
pursuit behind her before a gray body came flying at her from the side. She
tumbled across the ground, coming to rest under a bush. Before she could shake
off the attack, she found herself pinned under a heavy body, her neck held
gently between sharp teeth. Instinct told her to fight, but the scent that
tickled her nose kept the struggle at bay. She lay, docile, under the jaws of
the only male who had ever caught her—the only male she’d ever wanted to
catch her. She was taken aback by her own behavior.
Do you yield, Em?
She couldn’t have been more surprised by his voice in her
head if he’d grown horns and wings. She jerked in his jaws and stilled when he
clamped down a little harder. She was so divided in what she wanted to do that
she couldn’t even formulate a response. Was she ready to yield? Yes was
the easy answer. Should she yield and let this play out the way she wanted? No. She couldn’t do it no matter how much she wanted to. Dread ran icily through
her belly. She was going to have to force him off her. Fuck.
No. Seth. Get off me. I don’t want to hurt you. Please
let me go.
No. I want you. I caught you. You’re under me, in my
teeth, submissive. That means you are mine .
Great. He understood what he’d done and understood her
reaction. Well, wasn’t this just wonderful. She sighed.
I am giving you one more warning. Let. Me. Go.
No. A beast of few words.
Emily gathered her powers around her and cringed as she pushed
them against his mind, hard. She felt his flinch just before he let her go and
howled in rage and pain, stumbling away from her. She hadn’t hit him as hard as
she could, but she had
wasn’t right. He needed to test that theory and meet others. She couldn’t
saddle him with her as a mate if they weren’t right together. “Seth, you don’t
know that. You’re barely coming into your shifter traits. You may feel that way
but I’m the only female you’ve been around since all of this started. Come on
Saturday, but come to meet others. Please.”
He shook his head. “Whatever. If you don’t want to see it
then I can’t make you. I know, though, that deep down you feel it too. You want
me and I want you. Why fight it? Really—why? Yes, you’re stronger than me but I
don’t care. Order me around all day. As long as I can hold you in my arms at
night I’ll put up with anything you do to me.”
Emily stood from the table to put some space between them.
She couldn’t think about mating him. Not now. He needed to meet others, mingle
with more shifters, test his strength against the others. He needed to see and
smell other females and see if any of them called to his wolf. She kept the
denials up in her head, trying to stem her growing thoughts of taking him up on
the mating offer. She knew that she wanted him as hers, knew that he was her
equal even if he didn’t know it yet. She wouldn’t shackle him to her, though.
He deserved to make the decision after he’d experienced more of the pack.
“Enough.” She pushed just a little mental power at him. She
needed to stop this conversation before something bad happened. She almost
snorted. Yeah, like she ended up mated to a really great man. She turned toward
the door. “Let’s go run.”
“Fine. I’ll stop now, but don’t think I’m dropping this,” he
muttered at her back.
Chapter Thirteen
The woods sensed the predators racing through the
underbrush. All was eerily quiet on the ground. Emily pushed herself, sprinting
as fast as she could until all her muscles were screaming. She needed to just
forget the conversation they’d had. Forget the tempting idea of stopping and
letting him catch her. Stop her wolf brain from yearning after the male chasing
her. He was faster today and she was having a tough time keeping ahead of him.
Between his new strength, speed and Alpha powers, her wolf was ready to submit.
Stupid wolf instincts.
She had a moment to notice the change in the sounds of the
pursuit behind her before a gray body came flying at her from the side. She
tumbled across the ground, coming to rest under a bush. Before she could shake
off the attack, she found herself pinned under a heavy body, her neck held
gently between sharp teeth. Instinct told her to fight, but the scent that
tickled her nose kept the struggle at bay. She lay, docile, under the jaws of
the only male who had ever caught her—the only male she’d ever wanted to
catch her. She was taken aback by her own behavior.
Do you yield, Em?
She couldn’t have been more surprised by his voice in her
head if he’d grown horns and wings. She jerked in his jaws and stilled when he
clamped down a little harder. She was so divided in what she wanted to do that
she couldn’t even formulate a response. Was she ready to yield? Yes was
the easy answer. Should she yield and let this play out the way she wanted? No. She couldn’t do it no matter how much she wanted to. Dread ran icily through
her belly. She was going to have to force him off her. Fuck.
No. Seth. Get off me. I don’t want to hurt you. Please
let me go.
No. I want you. I caught you. You’re under me, in my
teeth, submissive. That means you are mine .
Great. He understood what he’d done and understood her
reaction. Well, wasn’t this just wonderful. She sighed.
I am giving you one more warning. Let. Me. Go.
No. A beast of few words.
Emily gathered her powers around her and cringed as she pushed
them against his mind, hard. She felt his flinch just before he let her go and
howled in rage and pain, stumbling away from her. She hadn’t hit him as hard as
she could, but she had
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