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smile, exposing all of her teeth.
    Even Gabby’s half-shifted mates chuckled at
that one, earning them a glare from the Ruling Alphas.
    “You’ve got your own problems,” Garron
snapped.
    “Go fix your issues while we deal with this.”
There was an unmistakable order in Keller’s words.
    The men moved faster than a blink. One moment
the Captain and Lieutenant were on the other side of the room, and
the next they were next to Gabby. The Captain swung her into his
arms and the Lieutenant leaned toward her, rubbing his fur-coated
cheek against hers.
    She hated that she responded, that her Mark
pulsed in recognition, and her body grew hot and heavy with desire.
She wanted them desperately; she just didn’t want to want
them. At all. Hated it even.
    Glaring at the men in turn, she didn’t bother
struggling against the Captain’s hold, grudgingly allowing him to
carry her off to another section of the suite. As they moved
through the space and past her sisters, Scarlet’s voice continued
to rise.
    “Deal with this? Deal with this ? Oh,
there’s nothing to deal with. Wait, maybe there is. Why
don’t you deal with finding your fucking Wardens and figure
out what the hell is going on with Whitney, huh?” With that,
Scarlet stomped in the other direction, Whitney laughing and
trailing in her wake.
    Which left Gabby. Alone. With her mates. At
least one of which didn’t want her.
    *
    Jack fought the beast with every step,
pushing and shoving at his wolf as they traveled down the hallway.
His every inhale brought with it more of his mate’s seductive
scent. It held those hints of cinnamon and apples and woman that he
recalled. Recalled. God damn, it seemed like an eternity between
finding Gabby and now.
    So much had changed, yet nothing at all. He
still didn’t believe he should have a mate. Didn’t believe he was
capable of treating a woman as she deserved. And a mate deserved
much.
    Yet…yet he couldn’t imagine letting her go.
Not when she was so close, cuddled in Berke’s arms like a babe. She
laid her head on his friend’s shoulder with a sigh and then those
chocolate eyes focused on him, delving into his soul. That sweet
contentment that’d been drifting across her features was wiped away
by anger, fear, hurt… He’d caused those emotions, been the source
of her heartache, and he slumped beneath her gaze. Already he’d
chipped away at whatever burgeoning connection they’d made.
    Already he was like his father.
    Already he’d hurt those he loved. Or, at
least, would come to love someday.
    How long before he destroyed them all?
    Berke’s progress slowed, easing as he stepped
into a room on the left. The moment he moved across the threshold,
Gabby’s scent grew, the room holding her flavors. Jack inhaled,
drawing the aroma into his lungs, and the wolf reacted, snapping
and snarling, urging him to mate with their luscious Gabriella.
Now.
    A look at the woman in question, her
shuttered expression, showed that his desires wouldn’t be satisfied
any time soon.
    With care, the Captain lowered their mate,
her body sliding along his front until her feet settled on the
floor without a sound. Her eyes were wide, pupils dilated, and a
gentle blush stained her cheeks. Then the most delicious scent
drifted to him on the barely-there breeze from the air
conditioner.
    Heavenly musk, hot and thick in the air,
hanging heavily as it coated him in the aroma of her essence. Sweet
Gabby was aroused, not unaffected by their presence and closeness.
His left bicep pulsed and throbbed in recognition while his cock
thickened within his uniform pants, filling what little room he
had. His prick ached to be free, and damn the consequences.
    But he already cared for her, and his
emotions weren’t enough of an incentive to throw her life away,
throw Berke’s life away. They could mate, could love, but someday
it would all crumble apart into puddles of blood and gore.
    Berke’s arms remained firm around Gabby’s
waist, holding her