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heavily trying to regain his
breath and Jackie stood frozen, mouth hung open, surveying the
scene in front of her. Her mate not only survived an attack by
three very large males, he kicked their asses! Zane was certainly
full of surprises. After seeing him in action, she could believe
that Sean underestimated Zane. Zane had defended himself against
her much larger, much stronger brother and won .
    Zane grabbed Josh’s calves and hauled him out
of the cabin, dumping his still unconscious body onto the ground
outside. He returned to the cabin and Richie scooted backwards,
palms out, “I’b leabing, I’b leabing!” Zane narrowed his eyes and
growled and Richie slowly got up and ran out the door. Damian
stood, glared at Zane, then followed Richie out of the cabin. Zane
walked to the doorway, watched as the two men picked up the third
and carried him to their car. Once they settled him in the back
seat, they drove off. Zane closed the door softly, locked it and
turned around, nearly bumping into Jackie.
    Jackie reached up and stroked his cheek. “I’m
sorry they were such assholes, Zane. Our pack isn’t usually like
that. It’s my fault for not telling him about you.”
    “You told him here and still he
refused to accept it.” Zane paused then asked, “do you regret that
he’s no longer your lover?” Zane watched her carefully, held his
breath as he waited for her answer.
    “No. I honestly don’t know what I saw in him
in the first place. He was such an arrogant son of a bitch! I…we…”
She didn’t know what to say to Zane.
    “We are mates, Zane. We have some issues to
work out, but I would never seek another lover. My wolf would never
let me, and I…I wouldn’t want to.” She stroked his cheek with her
thumb.
    “What about you, Zane? Was there someone
else?” Zane shook his head. “Our pack has few females and they have
all been given to strong males who support the Alpha. Besides, who
would want me? I am a runt. It’s why my parents abandoned me.
Females want big, strapping males who can protect them.”
    “You were abandoned?” Jackie was astonished
that any parent would abandon its child, especially since so few
wolves reproduced.
    Zane said nothing and she saw the hurt in his
eyes. She realized he expected her to abandon him as well, simply
because he was smaller than typical male wolves. She felt even
guiltier for pushing him away after they had been intimate. How
could she have hurt her mate so deeply?
    “Zane…you were amazing. I’ve never seen
anyone fight like that. You were outnumbered and yet, you kicked
their asses!” She grinned and hugged him. He grunted and she
remembered his cracked rib. “I’m sorry! I forgot. Come, let me
see...” Jackie held his hand and pulled him to their bed. He sat
down and watched her pick up a medical kit and set it on the bed
next to him. She unbuttoned his shirt and carefully removed it. She
bit her lip as she surveyed the damage to her mate. His belly was
black and blue in several spots. His side had a massive bruise
where Damian had kicked him. Tenderly she touched his rib and he
winced.
    “I think you have a fractured rib.” Zane
nodded, it wasn’t his first fractured rib, nor would it be his
last. “I just need some ibuprofen and an ice pack. I’ve had worse.”
Jackie blinked, “Seriously?”
    “It was only three of your pack mates.
Once, a dozen of my pack mates decided to show me how weak I was.”
His voice was bitter as he remembered the beating he had taken. He
had lain on the ground in pain with multiple broken ribs, two black
eyes and a broken arm for two days before Delia had managed to
sneak out in the middle of the night, bringing him stolen
painkillers and tending to his wounds. He had been seventeen. As he
lay there, praying for death to take him, he had wondered why his
pack mates hated him so much. He had wondered if anyone could ever
accept him, or if he would forever be their punching bag. Delia had
been punished for