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He froze Hoord this? "If you truly give yourself up to this day, enjoying everything I have to give you"-orgasms-"and still want to leave, I will help you"-for a total of twoyou back

Having played soccer all her life, Chloe could recognize when another player was ai her to stay with sex! And it ht work!

No, no, no

Yes Yes Yes She'd proinity with than a ine how experienced an immortal would be She'd keep her heart closed off, sate soes, then be on her way tomorrow "Okay, you have a deal"

"Good" He backed up, allowing her to hop off the desk "I've so else to show you My favorite spot on the entire property" Well, his rin was about the sexiest thing she'd ever seen

At the front entrance, when he opened the door for her, she said, "Why are your nails black?" She'd noticed last night

"They're claws"

When he briefly flared them, she sed "Any other anatomical differences between you and a standard-issue human?"

He bit his full botto you've never seen before"

"Oh, God, what?"

"Better if I just show you" With a grave look, he started on the top button of his jeans

Right when she was about to screa her

"MacRieve!" She swatted his hip, and he chuckled

Noas going to have a sense of hu else?

"No other anatoht term what you'll find in my jeans superhu, but now he'd gotten her thinking about it

They started down a new path "As per the terive yourself up to this for a day, which means you should act like my mate"

"What do mates do?"

"Hold ly"

So not a probleh they'd barely passed anyone earlier, now more people were out He'd initially tried to avoid the her as his mate with his shoulders back and his chin lifted

His cockiness was breathtaking

Everyone she ular folks Well, except for the fact that they were unifore, and possessed an earthy type of sensuality The males? She'd yet to see one that her team wouldn't catcall from their bus

They must be braver than normal as well If any of the outside their gate, they didn't show it

After a while Chloe got used to MacRieve calling her his She irl could resist the look of utter pride in his eyes?

She realized she was feeling excitehtun Her loneliness had ebbed until it had all but disappeared She was in no i dejection over her transition was lifting

At least there were soh points

When he squeezed her hand unexpectedly, she found herself grinning up at hi down at her, like they were conspirators who'd pulled off soushed about how happy they were that she'd arrived, Chloe asked, "Why are they so friendly to me? You'd think they'd hate an leading her toward a forest of cypresses, oaks, and pines "You're now a part of this pack This is your clan too, Chloe And anyone here would protect you with his or her life"

"My clan? So I'm already part of the tea play in, he didn't head back toward the lodge, just continued into the woods "So how did you get started playing soccer?"

"I saw an Olyae, I ree, but only by the skin of her teeth "Do you have a career?" Her eyes widened "I didn't even think to ask if you would miss work because of all this!"

That clearly amused him "No nine-to-five for me, lass I'm head of the Nova Scotia branch of the clan, and I servehowever he needs me But mainly, I'uess you could say I've been waiting for a new season to start"

"Have you been in a lot of wars?"

"Oh, aye I used to search theainst vaer seek out conflict"

"No?"

"I've got a "

She stopped "You see me over today What if I resist those charer under her chin "If you're feeling a fraction of what I', then your pretty arse is mine" His eyes narroith intent With possessiveness

She sed Still no dread? Just anticipation For the first tiht: what if she and MacRieve were fated?

What if she'd dreaded being with another-because she'd been waiting for this Lykae to co her hand back in his, he started deeper into the woods When they reached a river, he said, "Almost there It's just past the opposite bank"

She gazed around for a bridge-

He pulled her into his arms, and leapt over the water

In ?"

When he landed, as easily as if he'd hopped from one step to the next instead of twenty feet across the water, he kept his arm under her ass, their faces close "Ach, even your freckles are sexy"

Her heart skipped a beat

After long moments, he released her "We're here"

She turned away fros-and found an idyllic scene In a clearing, a sht rise to her left, a majestic tree rained white blossoms over a field of clover The sky above was opaque A warun to fall

"We call this place the glade Decades ago, when the Lykae first settled here, that tree was planted from seed It's a sera cherry tree, from a different realm They live for thousands of years"

"There are truly other realms?"

He nodded "Most of the time, they're just cubbyholes in our landscape You reach theh portals"

How much she could learn from him Too bad she had to leave hi me here"

He frowned "You never need to say thanks to ain"