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Blake As we near the cabin, I hang back, scouting out the immediate surroundings for any out-of-place scents or disturbances. The woods are silent. The smaller animals and birds have the sense to leave the area. They steer clear and go into hiding, knowing that something dangerous is in their presence. The effect of the drugs on me is getting stronger. My legs feel weak and I’m sweating, despite shivers wracking my body. Zoe's symptoms were instant. I've likely built up a tolerance if this has been going on for months, but this is the worst I've felt. Stopping, I look up at the sky above and the way the branches overhead sway in the gentle breeze that’s kicking up. Feeling detached from my body, I stare, just thinking about how much I love this land. This territory has been my home my entire life. When I was a child, I spent my days roaming, often with Tyson, learning every path, rock, and tree. Every hiding place and each swimming spot. I knew it like the back of my hand. As a
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ZoeThe further I run, the steadier I become on four legs. At first, my balance was off, but I’m getting the hang of it now, increasing my speed as I get more confident. Pushing my new body to see exactly what it can do.All my senses are heightened. At first, I find it disorientating. Soon I’m getting used to tuning out the background noise, leaves rustling in the breeze, the water rushing in the distance, and focusing on what I want to hear.Voices. Footsteps. A door slamming shut.Already slowing down to concentrate, Blake’s deep voice slips into my brain and I skid to a stop. Spinning around to see where it’s coming from, I’m startled and confused when I can't find him. He sounded so close. But then I remember mind linking. I’ve seen Blake and Max use it countless times, but to experience it is incredible.Giddiness at hearing him speak takes over for a second before I realise that still doesn’t mean he’s safe, it just means we can communicate. Listening patiently, I wait as he te
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Blake“She’s strong, Blake. After a good rest, she’ll be fine. Think of how exhausted you were after your first shift. I slept for two days.” Jeffrey places a reassuring hand on my arm before leaving the cabin, waving over his shoulder as he goes.“Call me if you need anything.” Jeffery was the only other pack member who saw how truly unhinged my father was becoming. When I needed it most, he was straight with me and told me things weren’t going to get any better. Something needed to change, and I was the only person who could do it. He’s not a man who sugarcoats things, so his confidence means a lot to me.Airing on the side of caution, and after much pestering by me, he’s given Zoe strong antibiotics and had her on a drip to get fluids back into her. But we both know that her wolf will have healed her by now. The physical changes and injuries will not be the problem. When she wakes up, she’ll have to deal with the emotional trauma of being attacked again, but potentially more life-a
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ZoeMy gaze drops to Blake’s crotch, where an impressive bulge is pressing against the front of his trousers. Running my tongue over my bottom lip, I pull it between my teeth and moan. All I want to do is shove him down on the bed and yank those trousers off, to tug his cock free and taste him. To take him deep down my throat and drive him so wild that he’s completely at my mercy. To stare up at him from my knees, with his dick in my mouth, and know that I own him, that he’s mine.“Goddess,” Blake groans like he’s praying for strength. “Zoe, whatever you’re thinking about, stop. You’re killing me here.”“I can’t stop, Blake. Is this was the mate bond has felt like for you this whole time?” It’s the truth. Just his scent is enough to make me want to jump his bones right now, combined with how he looks, how he moves, and even his voice. I feel like one giant raging hormone. Now I appreciate how much he has held back his natural urges to give me space and time. But he doesn’t have to do
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BlakeOh no, Leah’s wedding. I had completely forgotten.Obviously, I'm thrilled for Rex and Leah, but all I want to do is lock myself away with my new mate and stay in our little bubble for as long as possible. To ignore all thoughts of family, friends, and work.I can’t resist looking at my mark on Zoe’s shoulder, the red puncture wounds already closing with her new faster healing powers. My wolf preens delighted that any male that comes close will know not only that she is taken, but exactly who she is taken by. They'd have to be an idiot to touch her. Without marking her, I’m not sure how well I’d have fared at a wedding in a different pack with unmated males all around. I have superb control of my temper, but the sight of her dancing with Cooper's playboy brother Nathan, or even his charming beta Ethan, would have been a significant test of it. Knowing she wears my claim calms my wolf.As a new wolf, this will be incredibly hard for Zoe. She might be laid back but her wolf is you
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Zoe Folding the white sheet of paper with Sharon’s barely legible scrawl on it in two, I rest my head against the back of the porch swing and kick my feet. Blake's masculine scent reaches me before I hear him. Even with my vastly improved senses, he’s still impressively quiet when he moves. His weight as he sits beside me causes the swing to shake, but he steadies it, before using his foot to resume the gentle rocking motion. His lips are soft against my temple as he throws one arm around my shoulders and pulls me gently to him, letting me lean on him and soak in his strength. He radiates calm and I try to absorb it because it's the exact opposite of how I feel right now. “Blake, what am I supposed to do now?” I whisper, my voice coming out strangled as I swallow back a sob. The reality of what’s happened and what it means for my future is sinking in. My life will be nothing like I thought it would be. Not that it's a bad thing, but it's a lot to take in. I need to learn how to liv
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Blake“Watch your tone,” I warn, keeping my voice low and calm, but deadly serious. My hands are deep in my pockets to maintain the illusion of being relaxed, whereas, in reality, my wolf has been on edge since we arrived on someone else’s pack territory. Being on my land was okay. I can control everything that happens to a certain degree. Zoe’s wolf is juvenile and unpredictable. Arriving late ensured the only people we've met so far are Zoe’s family, all human, but I need to make sure nobody does anything to trigger Zoe, and that her change doesn’t become the focus of the day.Cooper, Rex, and Nathan all move as one around the kitchen island, creating a wall of angry, protective brothers in front of me. They look imposing, but we’ve all sparred together at various alpha training camps and although I might not be significantly bigger than them in size, they are well aware of the difference in strength. Not that they are likely thinking clearly right now. They consider Zoe part of the
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ZoeLeah looks stunning. Her wild blonde curls hang loose around her shoulders and she’s wearing a simple, long, white silk dress with just one thin gold bracelet on her wrist that I know Rex bought her for her birthday. Today will not be fancy, just a BBQ and buffet outside in the packhouse gardens with close friends and family, but try as Leah and Rex might, they could not convince Marie to do a casual dress code. Agreeing to no ties for the men was about as far as she would stretch, and secretly, I think Leah is happy now that they let Marie get her way.“You’re glowing,” Leah whispers with a cheeky wink as I kneel to help do the straps on her gold strappy shoes.“Quiet you. That’s how rumours start.” She chuckles and pulls me into a long hug as I stand up straight again, pushing my wavy hair back from my shoulders.“Must be all the hot alpha sex. I’m so happy for you two.” She squeezes my hand and grins. “It would have been so hard to keep all this a secret from you. I would neve
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