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concerns once or twice, but she had no doubts about which alpha was currently lording over her.
     
    “What are you—”
     
    His free hand came down to clamp over her mouth. “I’ve heard enough arguing about this. Either you eat meat or you don’t eat anything.”
     
    As his blue gaze bore into her, she realized what he was doing. Her eyes watering, she gave him a shaky nod.
     
    “Good.” He let her go and turned his attention toward the others. “If I find out any of you let her eat these damn plants again, you’re dead.”
     
    With that, Hale left. The second his back was to them, Quinn grabbed the stick with her turkey and thrust it at Taylor.
     
    “Here you can have mine,” she said, giving Taylor a pitying look.
     
    Hand trembling, Taylor accepted the meat. The others spent the rest of the meal making awkward conversation as Taylor sat beside them, crying tears of joy as she stuffed her face with turkey.
     

CHAPTER SEVEN
     
     
    After eating the best breakfast she’d had in months, Taylor went to track Hale down. Fortunately, he was still within the den. She found him near the mouth of the cave, talking with Laurel. As she approach, she slowed her steps, shamelessly eavesdropping. They were making arrangements for picking Lark up from the border that night.
     
    “Has it already been another week?” Taylor asked. “Sure doesn’t feel like it.”
     
    “I wish I could say the same,” Hale said. “We still haven’t gotten anything useful from her and I don’t doubt that Cain will be here soon.”
     
    “He’s your older brother, Snow’s foster father, right?”
     
    Hale nodded. “Yeah and he’s already going to be pissed as hell that we let Snow get captured. When he finds out we don’t have a plan to get her back…”
     
    Taylor frowned. She had been the one to help come up with the plan of action after Snow had been kidnapped, but now she felt completely useless once again.
     
    “I’m sure he’ll be able to help you figure something out,” she said weakly. “Hey, do you think we could talk for a few minutes?”
     
    He took another moment to wrap things up with Laurel before dismissing her. Then, with a heavy sigh, he led Taylor towards the nearest tunnel. He didn’t speak until they were out of sight from the others.
     
    “Look, I don’t know if you’re pissed about the whole meat thing, but I only did it because—what are you…”
     
    Hale’s jaw slackened as Taylor shimmied out of her dress, exposing her nude body to him. She placed her hands on his cheek.
     
    “I know why you did it, and I want to thank you for it.”
     
    Standing on the tips of her toes, she pressed her mouth to Hale’s. For a few seconds he remained rigid, as if in a state of shock. But when she ran her tongue along the seam of his lips, his body flared to life. He gripped her hips, a growl reverberating through his huge body.
     
    Backing her up against the stone wall, Hale lowered his head, deepening their kiss. Pushing his tongue into her mouth, he abandoned slow sensuality in favor of devouring her mouth. As his mouth claimed hers, she explored his bare chest, reveling in the feel of hard muscles beneath her fingertips.
     
    “Fuck,” Hale groaned against her mouth. “You taste like meat.”
     
    It was hardly the sexiest thing he’d ever said to her, but there was something about the way he said it that made her pulse race. It reminded her that the man who held her in his tight grasp was more than just her mate—he was a predator.
     
    A rough hand insinuated itself between her thick thighs, moving upwards with purpose. She drew in a sharp breath as his fingers delved past her curls to stroke the nub of her sex. It had been weeks since she’d been touched there and her body lit up. Electric currents of pleasure coursed through her as she suddenly found herself bucking against him.
     
    When she’d gotten the idea to throw herself at Hale, her only thoughts had been of pleasing