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him he’d be back to see him again. Although he didn’t want the complication, he shivered in anticipation. Part of him was more than excited at the thought of seeing Kelan again.
    Jake had to admit he was attracted to Kelan —who wouldn’t be? Kelan was the most striking man he had ever had the pleasure of meeting, and the confident and commanding aura he gave off was as sexy as hell. His southern drawl practically had Jake panting. And the sex… Jake shivered when he remembered the mind-blowing orgasm he’d received at Kelan’s hands and mouth. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d come that hard, if ever. Though it pained him to admit it, he was desperate to see Kelan again.
     
    * * * *
     
    Kelan tried to pay attention to what he was putting in the cardboard boxes but every few minutes he found his mind wandering and had to unpack everything and start again. His brother Cody might only be a small man, but boy, did he have a temper on him, and he liked things just so.
    “When you’ve finished with that box, can you make a start in the kitchen?” Cody asked him from across the room.
    Kelan grunted and emptied the box for the third time. He had tuned out of the conversation a while ago, but he had caught his brother raising his eyebrows at his mate, Stefan, who had shrugged his shoulders in reply.
    “Uh, why don’t I go and get us all coffee?” Stefan asked, crossing the room and wrapping his arms around Cody.
    Cody leaned up and kissed Stefan full on the mouth. Several seconds passed before they reluctantly pulled apart.
    “Thanks, babe,” Cody said, staring lovingly into Stefan’s eyes.
    Stefan grabbed his jacket and, with a parting wink at Cody, he left the apartment. Cody crossed the room and sat down next to Kelan . He took the vase out of Kelan’s hands and placed it on the floor next to them.
    “Okay, out with it,” Cody said. “You’ve been on another planet since you woke up today. What’s bothering you?”
    “I found my mate.” Kelan shrugged.
    Cody squealed and threw his arms around Kelan , crushing him in an embrace.
    “Oh my God!” Cody yelled in his ear. “That’s fantastic, Kelan . Who is he? Where did you meet? Where’s he from?”
    “Calm down,” Kelan said, extracting himself from his brother’s steely grip. “His name is Jake, we met in a bar last night. He’s not a wolf, he’s human, and it’s not so fantastic, Cody. He doesn’t want me.”
    Cody scrunched his eyebrows together in confusion.
    “Huh?”
    “You heard me. He doesn’t want me.”
    “But that’s impossible. You’re mates. How can he not want you?”
    Kelan shrugged again, feeling more depressed than ever. Cody hadn’t had this problem when he’d met Stefan—both had been elated to find each other, just as it should be. The same went for his youngest brother, Luke. Even though neither Luke nor his mate Mark had been gay when they met, the pull of the mating bond was so strong, they soon got over that inconsequential fact and became inseparable, almost from the beginning.
    The mating bond usually transcended everything when a wolf found his other half. It was much more than simple attraction—it was a compulsion to be with that person. Something that was very hard to fight. But Kelan had to keep reminding himself that Jake was not a wolf. Clearly the bond didn’t have the same effect on humans.
    “I don’t know, but he told me to leave or he’d call the cops and have me thrown out.”
    Cody’s mouth fell open in shock.
    “I don’t understand, did he ask you to leave when you told him you’re a wolf?”
    “I didn’t have to tell him, he just knew.”
    When Cody’s face became even more confused Kelan continued.
    “My eyes and teeth shifted in front of him. I couldn’t control it. But he knew I was a wolf, Cody. He said he had promised himself he would never get involved with a wolf again.”
    “Wow. I wonder what happened to him. Do you think this wolf hurt him?”
    “If he did,