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Laramie agreed. “But I’m afraid it will have to wait. Until yesterday
    morning, we had no idea there were any females alive. Jaeda needs to speak to us
    right now. There are answers we need. Answers that cannot wait, even for you.”
    Jaeda immediately clung to Holt’s side. He felt her shaking. He still wasn’t a
    hundred percent sure why she was afraid of the Holloways. Something else he’d have
    to ask her about when they had the time.
    “I’m staying with her,” Holt stated matter-of-factly.
    “You’re one of us now, as Jaeda’s mate. I’d expect no less,” Laramie replied.
    Jaeda relaxed against him, and he draped his arm around her shoulders. She
    nuzzled him through his shirt, and he wondered if it was an automatic thing for bear
    mates to do. She got entirely too close to his nipple, and he stilled her by pressing her head against him and holding her there. The woman was driving him a bit crazy—
    mentally and physically. From what he’d seen with his best friend Kenzie and her
    mate, it was only a matter of time before he sensed an emotional tug. Hell! Was he
    ready for that?
    “Are we invited to this meeting?” Finn asked. “We are the only family Holt has
    with him.”
    Holt snorted even as Laramie shook his head.
    “No one outside our pack is allowed,” Laramie told them.
    “We’re shifters,” Murphy offered, but Holt saw the twinkle in his eyes and knew
    he was merely teasing Laramie.
    “You’re not bear,” Laramie countered then turned his gaze back to Holt. “We’ll
    be downstairs. I’ll give you a few minutes to join us…only a few.”
    With that he left. Every one of his remaining brothers followed him, making
    sure to toss a glare Holt’s way before they did.
    “We’ll head out for a bit,” Murphy said. “Give you guys as much privacy as we
    can.” He nodded toward Holt’s bag on the floor. “Brought your stuff.”
    “Thanks. No phone calls.” Holt thought to add and waited for Murphy and Finn
    both to nod their agreement. “I’ll call Tah once I know more. Fill him in on what I
    can.”
    “And Ken—”
    Murphy slapped Finn upside the head again, cutting him off, but it was too late.
    Jaeda vibrated with anger as a snarl left her lips. Finn was determined to get Holt
    killed it seemed.
    The other man mouthed sorry to him when their gazes met. With a tilt of his
    head, Holt indicated the door. They both took the hint and left, pulling the door closed behind them. Holt knew he and Jaeda didn’t have much time, but there was one thing
    he wanted to make clear to her.
    What he wasn’t prepared for was for the swift change in her. She turned into
    another woman as soon as the door shut. She reached out and pinched him hard before
    growling at him.
    “You’ll tell me who this Kenzie is so I can decide if she gets to live or not.”
    He blinked at the ferocity in her tone. Hell, she looked completely serious.
    “I’ll think about it,” he replied flippantly, which was apparently the wrong
    answer.
    She stepped into him and shoved against his chest. She kept shoving as she
    spoke until his back touched the wall. “You’re my Holt. Mine. You may not realize it
    yet, but you need to understand that I won’t share. Bears don’t share. I’ll kill another female if she tries to touch you. You. Are. Mine.”
    He grabbed her shoulders and spun with her, exchanging places so that he
    loomed over her. “I want you to listen to me because I’m only going to say this once.
    I’m not yours until I say I am. This mating, whatever it was. It doesn’t mean anything
    to me until I agree.”
    She opened her mouth, and he promptly put his hand across it.
    “Until I say. There will be no tricking. No asking questions I don’t understand
    the hidden meaning of. No binding to any of this until I decide there is.”
    She mumbled against his hand. With a sigh he removed his palm.
    “You said I didn’t trick you. You said.”
    She had him there.
    “There will be no more