's
lenched at my sides. My body still burned with the need she
re helping our mate
m her, to mark her as ours and eliminate any threat. But we couldn't. Not w
orthy of be
ng ourselves. We should break the bond, reject her, and m
t it, my chest tightened with
lly sca
rframe, watching me with knowing eyes. He must hav
growled, adjusting my sweatpants.
ssion serious. "None of us ar
ys a choice,
remember what it was like befor
derstand. Women threw themselves at us constantly-beautiful, experienced women who knew e
even visiting specialists who told us it might be psychological
y any woman for years," Reed continued quietly. "R
beds who we couldn't perform with. The humiliation, the confusion,
y," Reed said. "By mating with our true mate. That sh
hanged. Suddenly, my body responded the way it should. The
And we can't resist when she's around. You felt it tonight,
hat was ours. The feel of her soft body pressed against mine, the sw
I asked, hating how
he plan. We deceive her into mating with us, let th
The words ta
ther women again. Normal women. Women who actually fit into our world." Reed
her own sexual issues. She'd practically begged Zane Parker to sleep with he
. "I just... I couldn't contr
ons will give us access to her, build trust. And she's already drowning
rds echoed in my mind as
thought make
ride before school. I grabbed my helmet and headed for my motorcyc
I saw
e house, and I litera
I'd never known existed. Her tight white shirt hugged curves that the loose clothing had completely hidden. A
a
uth so fast I felt dizzy. I slapped myself ha
She's doing this
like acid. I swung my leg over the bike, r
Her voice
t away, chewing her lower lip nervously. The g
to go to school togeth
osed off. "No thanks. I remem
er a creep. At the time, it had seemed funny-a way to
ust seem
ain," I said, surprising mys
t pressed her breasts together in a way that made my
e need to be near her. "Fine.
casual. "What I did before was pretty fu
my stomach twist, but I revved the engi
Keep her at a distance. Don'
the hallways. She avoided me completely-turning down different corridors when
what you wa
felt wrong, empty, like some
ed inside me, agitated by her absence. I headed toward the parki
I saw
dn't recognize-tall, athletic, definitely not from our school. He
as huggin
ision actually tinged red at the edges as jealousy u
She'
ar that guy away from her and show
ly. She was chasing Zane Parker. And
, watching him tuck her hair behind her ear with a fam
e hell
e to interfere. This was good, I told myself. If she found someone els
sper something in her ear that made h
I wanted to, no matter how wrong she was for us, no m
was
ealize that maybe, just
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