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so full of pain that it tore at his heart and soul. He wrapped his other arm around the front of her chest, holding her flailing arms down so she couldn’t hurt herself, and began to speak to her.
    “Talia, wake up. Come on, darlin’, you’re safe here. Wake up, Talia!”
    Chris sighed with relief as she finally opened her eyes. She was still breathing heavily, but she was alert. His fury began to escalate again at the sight of terror and remembered pain in her eyes. Tears trailed down her cheeks and sparkled on her eyelashes. She looked up at him, and then she flung herself down, burying her face in his chest, and she sobbed her heart out. He held her and rocked her until the raging storm of emotions finally slowed and ceased.
    “Do you want to talk about it, baby?” Chris asked gently, stroking a palm up and down her slim back.
    “No.”
    “Do you have nightmares often?”
    “All the time,” Talia replied.
    “Ah, baby. You’re safe here, I promise. No one can get to you. We will guard you with our lives,” Chris stated.
    “But that’s just it,” Talia said as she pushed up straight again, looking into his eyes. “I don’t want anyone here getting hurt because of me. I think I should just go.”
    “Talia, we have the best security money can buy. There are cameras and alarms with sensors all over this land and the house. No one can get in or out without somebody knowing about it. The monitors are manned all the time, and we are werewolves. You can’t be anywhere safer, baby. I’m not going to make you stay if you don’t want to. But just remember you are our mate, and if you leave so do we. We have been waiting to meet you for so long. We just can’t let you go without following you and fighting for you. Do you understand? We can’t give you up.”
    “I don’t know what to think anymore. I am so tired and confused. I am as attracted to you and your brothers as you are to me, but I just—I need time,” Talia explained.
    “We all understand that, baby, and we won’t force you, but you have to remember we are part animal. Our wolves are pushing at us to claim you. At the moment we are in control of our beasts, but our animal instincts are to bite you and make you ours. We don’t want to hold off our wolves forever. You need to think about what you want, and when you decide, let us know,” Chris said. “Now, I think it’s time you were in bed. You are totally exhausted.”
    “Thanks, Chris. No one has ever held me and taken care of me the way you and your brothers have.”
    “That’s only a taste of how we would look after you, baby. Imagine how much better it would be if we were mated,” Chris said as he helped Talia to her feet.
    He led her over to the door and saw her to her room. She gave him a wistful smile and closed the door. He didn’t know how the hell he was going to survive the night, let alone days or weeks, waiting until she made her decision. But he hadn’t been joking. If Talia decided to leave, then he and his brothers would definitely follow.

Chapter Four

    Talia lay in bed on her side, staring at the far wall. She was too scared to fall asleep. She knew the nightmare would come again, and she didn’t want her screaming to wake up the men sleeping in the other rooms. She turned over and stared through the dark, her eyes not really seeing the ceiling as she thought over what Chris and his brothers had told her. She knew the three men weren’t anything like her ex-husband and his pack. Until she lay down in the guest room’s big, lonely bed, she didn’t realize her actions had been so telling. She had instinctively trusted Chris, Blayk, and James Friess. Otherwise she wouldn’t have been in their home. She couldn’t believe how she had crawled onto Chris’s lap and fallen asleep. She had heard them all head to their own room’s hours earlier and knew it must be well into the early hours of the morning.
    Talia sighed and threw the covers back. She was thirsty and