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they were, as though she might be a threat to them. Then again, she was a stranger and had no right to be in his life. So why was she still here? Her hip was healed, and she was perfectly able to shift.
    She stood, moved to stand in front of him, and held out her hand. “Thanks so much for fixing my hip and helping me.”
    He lifted a brow as he glanced from her hand to her face. “Sit down. You’re not going anywhere.”
    Shock, followed by anger, bubbled inside her. “Excuse me?”
    He nodded to the sofa. “I’m almost finished with this.”
    She didn’t move, just stood there glowering at him. “Am I your prisoner?”
    His head snapped up, and his eyes darkened. “You are no one’s prisoner, but you are mine to protect.”
    Oh great. Another male that thought she needed protecting. “I’m capable of protecting myself.” She pivoted and marched toward the door. When she grasped the doorknob, his words stopped her cold.
    “You’re my mate, and there’s a possibility you could be pregnant.”
     

Chapter 4
     
    Travis cursed low as he watched Shayna turn from the door to face him. Her expression held disbelief and shock but was quickly replaced with realization. She knew it was true. He saw it in her blue eyes and had scented it in her when they made love last night and again this morning. The connection was forming, strengthening.
    The bonding had begun.
    He watched her hands fall to her flat stomach. She started to sway, but he was there to catch her before her knees gave out. Walking her over to the sofa and helping her sit, he squatted in front of her. He touched her cheek to force her to look in his eyes. “We are mates. You do feel it, right?”
    “I’m not sure…”
    Fuck. Okay, asshole. Breathe .
    “What do you feel when I touch you?”
    Her cheeks turned pick, and she averted her gaze. “Hot. The fever and need returns, but it could be my heat cycle…”
    He shook his head to silence her. “The worst of it is over. Sure your sex drive will be more intense for the next couple of days, but not like last night, unless we are mates.”
    Confusion clouded her beautiful features as she held his gaze much too long before speaking. “Last night was the first time I’d…been with a man.”
    He let his shoulders fall, and his knees touched the floor as he took her hands in his. “I know. I’m sorry.”
    “You’re sorry? I attacked you, begged you…”
    He shook his head without breaking eye contact. “I did nothing I didn’t want to do.”
    She didn’t look very convinced, so he stood and went back to his stool. Picking up the computer, he reassembled it, hyper aware she was watching him. Her scent no longer held fear, leaving her natural peach fragrance he’d smelled while she slept.
    After he got the computer back together, he pressed the power button and smiled when it fired to life. He wasn’t a techie person, but he knew enough to get by. He so hoped the modem worked because he wanted one more day with Shay before leaving for the safe house. Plus, he figured she’d like to get a message to her family as well.
    “Is it working?”
    Shay’s scent filled his senses as she hovered behind him. He knew the instant she moved closer, but the hint of her warmth and incredible peaches-and-cream scent nearly knocked him off the stool. It was all he could do to keep from carrying her back into the bedroom and ripping her clothes from her body.
    He double clicked on the internet browser. “Shit.” The white screen with the message “This page cannot be displayed” mocked his attempt at communication.
    “Maybe it’ll work better outside.”
    He smiled. She’d spoken what he thought. Standing with the laptop in hand, he motioned her to follow him out the back door.
    Outside, he placed the small computer on a weathered picnic table and sat down. Shay sat next to him, not saying anything, but he felt the anticipation drifting from her. After a few moments, a message popped up in the right