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understand!” she retorted, the hot tears
pooling in her eyes.
    “You’re right, I probably don’t understand anything
you’ve been through,” Dane responded, softening his voice the best he could.  “So
why don’t you tell me about it.”
    He remained by her side patiently as she glared
at him for a long time.  Eventually her expression softened, again becoming one
of fear.  She looked like no more than a scared little girl.  It stirred
something in him, something other than that which stirred his loins.  Then he
comprehended just what it was.  Protectiveness.   Dane wanted to protect
her.  Suddenly, he could not imagine allowing anything to hurt her.  But how
was a man of his inferior status to do that?
    Finally the maiden spoke.  “I have never been
seen, let alone touched by a man before.  I come from a fine family and
I am to be married in two days’ time.  Now if I return home un-pure, I will not
be fit for any husband.” 
    Not knowing quit what to say, Dane rashly
blurted out, “You do not need to worry about husbands.  You will not be
returning home.  Your place will be with the pack now.”
    The look she gave him made him feel positively dreadful. 
After all, what right was it of theirs to rip away a young woman’s life?  But
the other pack members did not share his views, and until now, he had been plenty
wise enough to keep them to himself.
    “Please, Dane!” she pleaded.  The sound of his
name on her tongue only made it worse for him.  “There’s more.  You see, I was
on my way home with a remedy for my ailing mother when you and your wolves
attacked me and brought me here.”  She had to swallow back the tears which
shook her voice.  Kaia took a deep breath before continuing.  “Now she may be
dying.  Please, you seem to be a nice man.  Just let me go.” 
     “I am truly sorry for what has happened to you,
Kaia.  It was not my decision, just as it is not in my power to let you go
now.  If I were to, you and I would both be executed.”
    No longer able to hold back the tears, they came
coursing out down Kaia’s face.  The sight of this beautiful woman weeping was
more than Dane could bear.  He had to turn away to maintain his resolve, his
duty to the pack. 
    “It would be much easier on both of us if you
just went along with what I was sent here to do,” he said, his tone hardening.
    Kaia glared hard at him, making him lose his
words.
    “They are going to mate you in a few days either
way, Kaia.  You may as well allow me to help you learn to enjoy it.”
    “So your advice to me is just to simply lay back
and enjoy it?”  Her tone was dripping with aversion.
    “Yeah, I am,” he responded, not really getting
what was so wrong with that.
    “And I should not have any concern for the fact
that to do so would be going against everything I have been reared to believe
in.  Don’t you see, Dane?  I couldn’t just lay back and enjoy it even if I
wanted to.  For me to do so would be virtually sacrilegious!”  Of course she
would never admit to him that she thought she might just actually enjoy it— particularly
not when she could hardly admit such a thing to herself.
     Unable to relate to her moral convictions, Dane
scrunched his brow at her, his eyes searching to understand this woman.  He did
sympathize with her and he wanted to understand where she was coming from,
really he did.  But his upbringing had been as contradictory to hers as it
could possibly be.
    Dane thought long and hard before speaking.  “Alright
Kaia, here is the way this is going to go.  I won’t force myself on you tonight . 
That will give you some time to adjust to the idea.  But I am required to bring
you here every night until the mating is ordered to ready you and I cannot
shirk that duty to my pack.  So, tomorrow night when I bring you here, you are
going to be a good girl and let me carry out my duty.”
    “No, I will NOT!” Kaia raised her voice again.
    “Yes, you