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she wanted to be claimed by him.
    “I’m sorry; I acted like a primitive Neanderthal when I saw you. I wanted everyone present to know that you belonged to me. I never stopped to ask myself if you wanted to belong to me. I saw you, and I knew you were mine. My mate, my love, the only female for me.”
    “You just can’t claim me. I have to have some say in the matter. I won't let anyone own me again. From now on I make my own choices.”
    “You’re right, and I know it, but that doesn’t stop the way I feel about you. I’m just asking you to give me a chance to get to know you and for you to get to know me. How will you know if you want to choose me unless you know me?”
    She leaned back into the arm of the love seat. He was right, and she didn’t even know why she was fighting the thing she dreamed about. It was as if a part of her that had always been inside of her snapped, and now it was demanding equality. The right to be present in her life. He would have to be able to deal with that if he wanted to deal with her.
    “I want to kiss you.” The gentle rumble of his voice had her insides tingling.
    It was against the law for a clone to kiss. It was against the law for a clone to have sex, marry, or bear children. It was against the law for a clone to speak up for themselves or dare to think they were capable of having a life outside of the strict rules of the Clone Council. It was against the law, but some laws were meant to be broken.

Chapter Four
     
     
    Jaz’s tongue darted out to lick her lips. It felt like all the moisture in the room was gone leaving nothing but dryness. Dry hands and lips. She was wrong. There was still moisture in the room, but it had all gone south, and she could feel it slowly seeping out of her body.
    Mick sat still as a statue as her body fluttered around. Her hands shook, her lips trembled; even her legs got in on it. It’s just a kiss, people did it every day. But she wasn’t people. Somehow doing this seemed bigger than refusing to be harvested. They would simply track her down and kill her; there was no getting away with the tracker in her body. A kiss, on the other hand, said she was serious. That she was more than they called her and she would live her life on her terms.
    Yep, it said all that. It also said the desire she dreamed about was going to happen. Was she ready to own that new experience?
    Her body leaned into his of its own accord. She desperately wanted his lips on hers. The smile that touched his lips increased the happy racing of her heart.
    “Jaz.” He gave a satisfied mumble before his lips touched hers.
    It was light and easy, just a pressing of their lips together. Slowly her tension left as Mick worked his lips over hers making her feel good. With a sigh, she opened against him; his tongue pushed past her teeth to enter the heat of her mouth.
    Her eyes opened wide when he stroked her tongue with his. Pleasure she wasn’t expecting spiked through her body. A needy little sound came from her as he caught the back of her head drawing her closer, deepening the kiss. She was lost in sensation; it took over her body. She began to thrash and gasp for air. She needed to breathe.
    Mick backed off. He needed to go slower with her even as his body was demanding he go faster. Mate repeated in his head as he slowly took his hands away and allowed deep breaths to calm his racing heart.
    “Are you all right?” His voice came out in a deep sexy rumble that knocked her off balance once again.
    “I…never…I.” What was she supposed to say? “I didn’t expect it to be like that, so overpowering. I felt like I was drowning at one point, but I also felt like I could swim the ocean if it meant I’d get closer to you. I’m sorry.”
    She stood up quickly and ran into the hallway and up the stairs. How embarrassing. She dreamed of this very moment and then to ruin it because she couldn’t control her emotions or her body. He must think she acted like a