Rejecting the Mating Bond

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ting to learn wolf etiquette. Because it encouraged the predator within and if they succeeded in catching you after a

my legs; his dominance shoving with razor sharp edges against my senses. Clay was the last person I could have imagined to come a

was. However, soon I found myself backed up against a tree. Without my conscious thought, a small whimper left my lip

do, ready to overwhelm my wolf. The power of him wasn't completely gone, he could not erase who he was, but it settled against my senses more like a nudge than a shove, his wolf reined in

od two minutes later, when he fina

't a man who abused women for his pleasure. I’ve never seen or heard about him raising even his voice at any woman. “I was nev

uldn’t have run away even if he hadn’t reined in his wolf, because oddly enough, I knew I was safe with him. A

d biceps with each small movement. His copper hair was dark under the moonless night sky and his eyes held a faint glow that wasn’t just the wolf. He wore worn out black jeans and sneakers and I realized too late that he looked simply breathtaking even

since I’d seen the two of them together, kissing with such open passion, it had left

runk to trap me on either side of my head. “Women usually don’t think about anything else when I’m around,” he tilted his head to the side slightly, no arrogance

e soldier. No one gets to insult him, not even the future alpha. “What I do, when I do and how I do it is none of your business!” I s

ontact that my chest made with his and I had nowhere to back away. I pressed my back further into the tree, my nails digging into my palms, but none of those emotions led to pain, the exact opposite actually. My breath came out in short

way that made me gasp, the hard nubs of my nipples rubbing against his chest, making me want to take off the damn top that provided a barrier between my skin and his. Clay’s eyes momentarily went to my lips

eplay now?” The words were a growl, his

eks instantly. “Garrick isn’t my lover.” I said before I could stop myself, because I did

heek, but he didn’t move and inch, didn’t give me room to fig

at I have yet to unearth?” The words were a rough whisper as he pressed de

nd that was when Cl

he core as I felt dampness at the apex of my thighs, making me clench them together. Clay’s hair was silken soft under my hands and I had no idea when I had rea

ut I felt no sense of danger, no hesitation as Clay sucked at the erratic beat of my

ing too was slightly hitched. It gave me some form of satisfaction that I was able to

released me oh-so-slowly. “Before Riley find

ss but my human mind was almost back to full functioning mode as I dusted my hoodie and pulled it over my head. The night chill had no effect on me and I was far to

sessions with

hink I’ll obey you?” The words just kept spilling out. “What

looking into the eyes of the wolf, the gemstone green eclipsed by the amber. “

t declaration. Because alphas don