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attempts on your part to trick me into something. I
    understand you’re afraid. Soon, I’ll know exactly why. We’ll talk, Jaeda, and you’ll
    tell me everything. I can’t help you if I don’t know what I’m up against.”
    “Will you set me aside?” she asked in a whisper.
    “I’m not setting you aside,” he promised then shook his head when her eyes
    started to light up. “That doesn’t mean I’m accepting the fact we’re mated. It means
    I’m not going to leave you on your own.”
    “You have to accept it,” she pleaded. “We’re mates.”
    “Up until a few years ago, I always thought I’d end up with another woman,”
    Holt finally admitted. “You’re going to have to give me some time here. I don’t have
    an animal ruling me. I’m just a man.”
    “You speak of this Kenzie kitten,” Jaeda sneered.
    Holt couldn’t help it. He grinned at the thought of Kenzie’s reaction to being
    referred to as a kitten. Wrong move on his part. Jaeda leaned in and bit him hard on
    the chest.
    “What the fuck!” he exclaimed, pushing her gently to break the hold. He didn’t
    want to hurt her, but the bite wasn’t exactly tender. “What the hell was that for?”
    Her gaze snapped fire at him. “I bit you. Do you feel more mated, now?” She
    yelled the challenge at him.
    He almost laughed, almost, but the spot hurt like a bitch.
    “No, I don’t,” he said with a grunt. “Fuck! I probably need a rabies shot.”
    “I do not have rabies!” she screamed.
    Jesus! She was easy to rile. He had to admit, he got a kick out of it. The color it
    brought to her face, the way her chest heaved. Hell, the way her green eyes darkened!
    It all worked to make her even sexier, which shouldn’t be possible.
    “Shh,” he crooned, pulling her close then turning her head with his hand so her
    cheek lay against his chest.
    He wasn’t stupid. She wrapped one arm around his waist and placed the other by
    her face, partially covering it.
    “Calm down. I know you don’t have rabies. I was teasing you.”
    “Oh,” she said, but her fingers muffled her voice.
    A yell carried up from somewhere below.
    “We have to go downstairs, or we’ll have every Holloway back up in this
    room,” he warned.
    She shivered against him.
    He tilted her head up to him and dropped a soft kiss on her brow. “There’s no
    need to be afraid. Nobody’s going to hurt you here. I promise you that. Do you
    believe me?”
    She slowly nodded. The woman was a mystery. Frightened and shaking one
    minute and spitting fire the next. She was definitely going to keep him on his toes
    while he worked to figure everything out. He took her hand, gave it a squeeze and
    started walking out of the room with her slightly behind him.
    Mated. He couldn’t get the thought out of his mind. How the hell did he end up
    mated to a female bear shifter who wasn’t supposed to exist? It appeared Laramie and
    Jaeda accepted it, and she at least found it binding no matter what the others thought.
    God! This was a complete clusterfuck of epic proportions. How the hell was he going
    to handle this situation?
    He stopped at the bottom of the stairs, and Jaeda ran into him. He heard the
    slight grunt as she collided, felt the fullness of her breast where it pressed against him, and caught his breath. His dick responded instantly. Not necessarily a good thing. As
    much as he wanted her, he’d be damned if he gave into his body’s desire. Not when
    he wasn’t certain of anything between the two of them. He wouldn’t do to Jaeda what
    Kenzie’s mate had done to her.
    He followed the bellows and shouts coming from the rear of the lodge the
    Holloways called home. Jaeda’s grip on his hand tightened the closer they drew. Her
    fear tugged at him.
    Silence descended over the room as soon as they entered. Holt noticed Koby
    was with them, though he looked anything but happy about it. He was obviously
    agitated. He kept shrugging as he prowled around the back of the room.