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“Ouch! Hey!” Lara shouted in frustration, pushing at Daniel’s arms to get free that had wrapped around her midriff.

“Shut it.” Daniel muttered and bit her earlobe.

Jake, the poor soul with sad puppy dog eyes, his mouth had dropped the smile already as he looked away from them.

“Come on, Jake,” I wrapped my arm in his, pulling him toward the pack house, “tell me, how is it that I have never seen you train but you ha- Ow ow ow!”

A hand grabbed the back of my nape, flipped me around and snatched me back. My hands fell on a cold, naked, hard chest while my face got buried in the side of a very intoxicating neck, “I don’t want to punish you. Stop tempting me.” his voice echoed in my head through the mindlink.

My eyes widened as I gulped hard. Alessio’s head was lifted up to meet Jake’s gaze, saying in a gruff voice, “Go on now. Be with your cool kids tribe.”

I could not see Jake’s face, but I was pretty sure he was frowning.

There was a sound of fading footsteps, and the hand on