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You were fine up until the time I held you close.”
    “I’m damaged goods, Dolf,” she said, her voice choked.
    “We’ll work through this. We’re meant to be together.”
    Tears streaming down her face, Maggie walked away backward. “You have to let me go.” She swung around and ran out of the alley, feeling as if she’d just made a huge mistake.
    *
    Dolf ground his teeth together so hard his jaw ached as he held back the howl of sorrow that wanted to break free. He’d been so damn close. He’d had Maggie responding to him. The scent of her arousal had gone straight to his head, making him crave more of his mate. He still had the taste of her on his tongue, and it made his cock hard as a rock.
    He turned and slammed the bottom of his fist against the brick wall in front of him. Now that he’d kissed Maggie, and had her return it with equal passion, he couldn’t walk away. He wanted nothing more than to hold her in his arms and make love to her, hear her call his name as she came. And he wanted that forever with her—the one that Tiw would give them.
    Dolf smacked the wall once more before he headed out of the alley to the sidewalk. Once there, he searched for Chris and found the werewolf standing in front of the coffee shop.
    “I take it things didn’t work out well,” Chris said as Dolf approached.
    “No, not really. It’s my fault, though. I jumped the gun a bit and scared her.”
    “Maggie looked pretty upset when she left.”
    “Fuck. This is killing me.”
    Chris met his gaze. “Tell me what happened to her. You haven’t told me much other than she’s your mate and she’s afraid of werewolves, because of the pack leader abducting her. What did he do to her?”
    Dolf jerked his head for Chris to follow him as he started down the sidewalk toward his car. “We really don’t know for sure, because she refuses to talk about it, even with Cydney.”
    “He didn’t…” Chris’ words trailed off.
    “No. That much we’re sure of, but if we hadn’t gotten her out of the den when we had, I’m sure that wouldn’t have been the case. Though the bastard had smacked her around a bit. Typical behavior for Fenris’ get. They’re nothing but beasts.”
    Chris cleared his throat loudly. “Ah, not all. Remember what I am.”
    Dolf looked at the other man and chuckled. “I did forget there, for a little while.” Now at his car, he used the remote to unlock the doors. “Still no bloodthirsty yearnings?”
    “No,” Chris said with a smile. “Though, there’s been one thing I’ve felt since you took me to your place.”
    “And what’s that?”
    They were both inside the car before Chris answered Dolf’s question. “It’s kind of hard to describe. Being around you, Raed, Algar, Garrick, Wulfric and Brand, it feels as if I were meant to be with you. After I’d been bitten, I had this faint sensation of needing to be some place.”
    Dolf furrowed his brow. “You told me you’d never felt drawn to the werewolf pack’s den.”
    “I’d lied, all right? Only about that part, mostly because I was sweating bullets when you told me those things about the werewolves. And then, when you took me to the mansion, I wasn’t sure if I should say anything or not.”
    “Why?”
    “A couple of days ago, I’d followed where my gut had told me to go.” Chris paused. “I’d wound up at the end of the drive to your mansion.”
    Dolf couldn’t believe what he heard. “You’re telling me you were drawn there?”
    “Yeah. I didn’t try to proceed any farther, though everything inside me told me that was where I belonged. I kinda figured I was losing my mind, since the area was too rich for me, and I didn’t know anyone in that neighborhood.”
    “I’ll be damned,” he said with a chuckle. “From what you just told me, I’d say my fellow warriors and I somehow became your pack. You’re one fucked up werewolf.”
    “Screw you,” Chris said with no heat in his words. “So are you going to tell