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felt another kind of anger rising. Jealousy bit hard and she cut her gaze to the man she’d spent the last seven estrous cycles with.
    “Military nurse. Good egg.”
    Sarah dropped her chin to her chest and gave him a look . His mouth tilted up just a little. She pressed her lips together and turned away. Damn him. He could smell her jealousy. He’d done it on purpose. To distract her, she was sure.
    It was working. Suddenly, the question of who this woman was to Daniel nagged at her. She wanted to ask more, to dig into his past with the “nurse”, but she didn’t want to think about it right now. It would just distract her from her goal. She had to find a way to convince Daniel to let her go. Worrying about his sex life shouldn’t be her concern right now.
    Still…She knew very little about Daniel’s romantic life. They’d never discussed past relationships—only general life stuff, like jobs, family, hobbies, and silly things like favorite movies or places they’d like to travel. But never their human sexual partners.
    The idea of going to the home of one of his former human lovers hurt. Sarah tried forcing her mind away from the mysterious nurse, but she couldn’t keep from asking, “This nurse a farmer or something?” She gestured to the surrounding pasture lands.
    “She inherited a small horse farm from her parents,” Daniel said. “She had to sell off their herd because she’s still on active duty. But one day she intends to get it going again. Her mom bred excellent show horses.”
    “Sounds wonderful,” Sarah said with a scowl.
    Daniel chuckled so she knew he’d heard her sarcasm.
    She also knew he was taunting her. Some of her hurt shifted to annoyance. “You can’t distract me like this, you know.”
    “Like what?”
    “With jealousy. I don’t care how close I am to estrous. This won’t work.”
    He cut her a sideways glance and the sudden heat of it started her heartbeat pounding.
    “Jealousy?” he asked. “You should know better than that.”
    She swallowed. She knew he wanted her. He’d made it clear from the very beginning he intended to win her. But in their world, winning a mate during the Run didn’t have to translate to a permanent relationship. Commitment, love…those were options not requirements. She and Daniel hadn’t actually discussed their future after…if she got pregnant, so while she suspected he wanted more than a baby from her, she didn’t actually “know better” where his feelings were concerned.
    She’d only met Daniel twice before her first Mate Run. Most females were at least acquainted with the tiger males living near enough to be part of their Run even if they never met them personally. But she’d been introduced to Daniel at the elders’ compound in West Virginia when she’d gone to present reports to Elizaveta Chernikov a on the research being done at the lab.
    Daniel was gorgeous, polite, charming, sexy, and strong. He made her giddy and he showed up more than she cared to admit in her fantasies.
    Outside of the two brief meetings, though, they hadn’t talked much before she started running. No dating, sex, or romantic associations of any kind were allowed before that, and no contact was allowed between cycles after a female started running. The rules were in place, supposedly, to level the playing field and make the mating process fair for all the males.
    In practical terms, most of the females Sarah had talked to knew who they wanted to catch them from the beginning. At least, for that very first time. She’d been no exception. And after three days of the most mind-blowing sex she’d ever experienced, Sarah hadn’t wanted anyone but Daniel from then on.
    It wasn’t just the sex, though. They…fit well together. She wasn’t sure how else to put it. They laughed a lot, and played, and talked. Their scents combined to make a delicious mix of flavors unlike anything she’d ever known before. She could be herself with him in a way that had