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rubbing her bitable bottom on his erection every time she moved, whether she knew it or not.
     
    “Tell me about yourself, Hannah.” If he hadn’t been holding her, he wouldn’t have noticed the almost indecipherable stiffness in her body, but he continued. He needed to hear more about her, and if her reaction was any indication, she needed to let out her tension and share. “What are you like outside of these four walls?”
     
    Hannah took a deep breath, her breasts rubbing against his arm as she did so. Reed held back a groan. This wasn’t the time to bend her over and mount her.
     
    “I disagree on that.”
     
    Reed ignored his wolf. He was pretty sure the animal thought about sex more than he did. And that was saying something since he’d been pretty deprived recently.
     
    “I shouldn’t be telling you anything about me.” Hannah’s face scrunched up in confusion.
     
    Reed felt a pang of hurt at her words, but reminded himself she didn’t know they were mates. His fault, he knew, but it was still the right choice, for now.
     
    “I won’t share what you say here. But I want to know more about you. Who are you, Hannah?”
     
    Hannah let out a deep breath and bit her lip.
     
    “I’m an earth witch. I control the soils and can call on other parts of nature if I need to. But I’m only moderately functional with that stuff. My real talents are in the healing.”
     
    Reed nodded, urging her to continue.
     
    Hannah held out her hand, absentmindedly playing with the hair on his arms. Goosebumps raised on his flesh at her soft touch.
     
    “I owned a potions and herb shop with my mother.” Her voice broke at that last part. Tears fell down her cheeks.
     
    “Hannah, baby, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you. We don’t have to talk about this anymore.”
     
    She bit her lip in her delectable way and shook her head.
     
    “No, I need to tell you. I want to tell you.” She stared off into space, her mind on whatever memory haunted her dreams. “When Corbin’s men took me, they destroyed the shop. My mom and I were working that day. It wasn’t too busy so she told me to go in the back and mix up some more lotion for dry skin. She said she’d take care of the register and customers. If it got busier, or if someone needed me, she’d get me. I didn’t hear the door open from where I sat. I was too engrossed in what I was doing. It takes a lot of concentration to make a good potion and herb remedy. So I didn’t hear anything until I heard her scream.”
     
    Reed held her closer, her heartbeat fast against his as tears ran faster down her face.
     
     “I ran to the front, not thinking of something that could hurt me. I just had to get to my mom. You know?”
     
    Reed knew. That’s how he’d gotten here too.
     
    “And then…” Her voice broke again, and Reed rubbed small circles on her back, trying to offer soothing comfort where there was none to give. “I didn’t see her, only a shadow, and a puddle of blood. But I knew. She was gone. And I had been in the back, not paying attention to what was going on.”
     
    “Hannah, it wasn’t your fault.”
     
    “But I could have helped her.”
     
    “Hannah, they went there for a purpose.” Shit, wrong thing to say.
     
    “Yeah, to find me. And they killed my mom for it.” Anger and despair swirled in her eyes.
     
    Reed was at a loss of what to say—an uncommon occurrence for him. Usually, he was the one people came to for cheering up. He was the one with the words and pleasantries. Yet with his mate in his arms, he felt inadequate.
     
    “It’s not your fault. It’s Corbin’s and Hector’s fault. They were the one who had those men come for you. They were the ones who took your mom away from you. There was nothing you could do.” She must have felt a hundred times more helpless than he felt at the moment.
     
    “I know that. But it still doesn’t make it right. When I came out of the back room, I saw her and screamed. I