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him and began pacing the area in front of the door.
His movements reminding her increasingly of a crazed animal, she
was afraid to move in case he turned on her and so sat silently
waiting for him to calm, wishing more than ever that she kept heavy
blunt objects in her bedroom.
    Hunters? Ryan’s mind spat. My mate is related to hunters? How is this
possible? This can’t be happening.
    She’s still
our mate Ryan. Ours. It doesn’t matter who her family is, she’s
ours.
    She doesn’t
believe that werewolves exist. His mind
reminded him of her blissfully bare neck. She doesn’t have the hunters’ mark. She’s innocent and she’s
mine.
    Yes Ryan,
never forget that. She belongs with us.
    I’ll take her
from them. She doesn’t need to be polluted by the venom they have
likely told her. I’ll immerse her in the clans and we’ll be happy.
She doesn’t need family members like those monsters. Yes, this is
what’s for the best. “Chloe?”
    “ Yes.”
    “ I know that
you don’t think that werewolves exist but we do. I’m a werewolf and
your family hunt my people. I can’t have you stay here with them. I
won’t allow it.”
    “ What are you
going to do to me? Are you going to kill me?” she
sobbed.
    He rushed to
her side, gathering her in his arms. “I’ll never hurt you. Never. You’re my
mate. It’s you and I together for eternity. I’m not going to hurt
you but like I said you can’t stay here. We’re going back to my
home where it’s safe.”
    “ And if I say I
won’t go with you?”
    His lips
formed into a thin line at the very idea that she would refuse his
request, preferring to stay with the murderers that likely made up
her family. “You don’t get a say in the matter.”
    “ You realise
what you’re planning is illegal, it’s called
kidnapping.”
    “ I’m well aware
of that. It’s how my cousin and his mate ended up together but I
won’t make the same mistake that he did. I want you to pack, so
that you have what’s important to you.”
    “ I don’t want
to go anywhere with you,” she informed him stubbornly.
    “ Chloe, love,
don’t be difficult.”
    “ I’m not your
love,” she snapped.
    That’s what
you think. “Chloe, you either pack for
yourself or I do it for you but I won’t know what’s
important.”
    She folded
her hands across her chest and looked him directly in the eye,
stubbornness embossed upon her features. “I’m not going to play an
active part in my kidnapping.”
    “ Fine, if
that’s going to be your attitude then we’ll just have to do things
the hard way.” There was nothing overtly threatening in his
statement but her body shivered nonetheless.
    What exactly
is he planning?
     

Chapter
Four
     
    Ryan’s eyes
scanned the room until he found a suitcase on top of her wardrobe.
It was of an average size, not so small that he could only pack
enough for a few days and not so large that it seemed they would
never be coming back. Pulling the suitcase down from its high
perch, he placed it on the bed beside Chloe before proceeding to
open her drawers and wardrobe.
    “ Chloe, I know
that this may be difficult for you, things like this don’t happen
in the human world. Normally you would date a person for a long
time before deciding that they were the right one, but that isn’t
how things work in my world.” He began moving about the room,
randomly grabbing items from the drawers and throwing them into the
case. “You’re my mate, it’s like your word for wife but so much
more. There’s only ever one mate for each male, one in an immortal
lifetime. When I first smelt you I knew that you were the one and
in time you will grow to love me. I know it.”
    “ Like that
would ever happen,” she scoffed.
    He stopped
packing for a moment to cup her cheek and force her to look at him.
“It will happen Chloe. We’re meant to be together. There’s no way
to divorce your mate because they are perfect for you. If both
people try then there’s no limit