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She'd had her future planned out She'd been ures, with Olympic sponsorships on the horizon Dad was supposed to be there cheering in the front row as her tea all that punishing training she'd endured down in Florida Header after header until her forehead swelled Ice nu her eyes Hiding her lack of appetite frole-eyed coaches and physicians

All for nothing

Rub sori to die earlier; now she was coreat physically She'd been so wretchedly lonely before; now a Scottish god of a h to her

He'd saved her life, had fought for her againstto fetch you a T-shirt Doona get yourself killed while I' serious or teasing her? She sensed a playfulness inside hih

Two seconds later, he said, "Hoe do while I was gone?"

"A few close calls"

He chuckled "I'ht be a smart-arse But I like it"

The water sluiced over her His voice poured over her How could his mere voice call to mind those wicked dreams so readily? What if she stepped out, and he kissed her with his gorgeous lips?

Don't think about the faceless mandon't think

Too late Her lust surged She placed her pal Maybe he was the faceless s to her

"Uh, Chloe, is everything all right?" he asked, his voice ruht be able to smell her! She du it coat her all the way down

When Will scented her arousal, his body shot tight with tension, his shaft readying for her

Shebetter And, lords, she roaned But I canna do anything about it Not without his beast rising The harder he got, the more it would claw him inside, the two eternally linked He scrubbed his palm over his face By the time he was ready to rut, it'd be fully at the fore

His beast was already stirring, roused by her scent If Will lost control for a second, he could kill her

Inhale, exhale Rein it in, Will Once he'd garnered a ain, the peculiarity of this situation hit hihter of a ed to destroy But without Webb, there would be no Chloe

Will would never have received his mate

Chloe had asked him earlier if he would hurt Webb His eyes narrowed If Will could take her, he would get revenge Nothing could destroy Webb like the knowledge that his beloved daughter had been compromised by a detrus Will hated to think in this vein, but there it was

Turning off the water, Chloe reached through the steaed forward to hand it to her

"MacRieve!" She'd already turned her back, yanking the towel to her body, quickly wrapping it around herself

"Just being of assistance" And copping a look at lienerous, the kind of arse that would still besplit second after she'd stilled Or after it'd been spanked

He nearly groaned at the thought Gods, soccer had done her right

He'd seen just enough to render him mind-blown and hard as rock Whichwithin him

No, Will hadn't been able to refashion hiazed at his mate But then, I've never had a real reason to before now "Co in the shower stall

"No, I'm not I'm the chick alks around naked in the locker rooined that If he hadn't been sprung beforeIn a strangled voice, he said, "Next you'll tell ht in the nude"

As if he hadn't spoken, she continued, "However, just because I' to streak in front of you"

"No' yet" His lips curled "Are you going to stay in there all night?"

"Depends on what your plans are"

"Do you no' want a clean T-shirt?" He dangled it enticingly

Lips thinned, wary as prey, she stepped out in her towel

Aye, her color had returned Her skin was tanned, with sexy little strap lines over her shoulders He wanted to taste her skin Just one fleeting taste of her And then I'll be good

A drop trickled down her neck; he followed it with his eyes She noticed, shivering in reaction So sensitive, his mate

Before he could stop himself, he'd swooped in and pressed his opened lips to the drop, licking it up At her ear, he said, "You doona need a towel, no' when you have me around I'll tend to every inch of you"

When he drew back, she was panting shallow breaths, her pupils dilated The honeyed scent of her arousal filled his senses

She was about to go off, and he couldn't do a da disaster

Then she seemed to wake up Her vivid eyes flashed with embarrassment The smooth skin of her cheeks blushed red

She was so fucking adorable, it hurt hiin?

A delicate, in? He backed up a step "You tempt me, sweet Gods, you tempt me But you've been injured You need to be abed"

"And if I hadn't been injured?"

"Then ould be abed right now," he lied, handing her the shirt When she raised her brows, he turned around for her to change

But even once she'd dressed and he'd led her to his bed, she still looked a bit dazed As he pulled down the covers and clean sheets-bless you, brother-she asked, "How are you handling this, MacRieve?"

"What do youtoned thighs Mercy

"Thisyour own business, and all of a sudden-whaot athis? "You're e consider Other And I think you ht be the first Other fe all this"

He recalled his cousins who had non-Lykae mates Each of those females had panicked at thethis just fine," he said, surprised to find that was the truth

Because you're my lifeline He could see it so clearly now She was his lucky penny, found right when he'd needed herinto place His Instinct had returned There was hope

But if Chloe was his cure, Nix was the cause At the auction, he'd recognized what the Valkyrie had done for him Now he realized what she'd done for Chloe

If not for Nix, centaurs would be raping Chloe right now And they would use their own healers on her so they could do it again and again At the thought, bile rose in his throat