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Decebel snarled loudly, finally losing his resolve "You each took one of us as your mate You bound yourselves by blood to your mate You joined your body and er your own" He was shaking with rage and poirled around hiht to choose separation from your mate FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME!"

Surprise flashed across their faces when it wasn’t Decebel’s ht to keep yourselves froh as she looked over at Adam the hurt flashed in her eyes

A snarl worthy of a wolf erupted from Adam as he pulled Crina to him

He whispered feverishly in her ear "We are too new at this to behow this bond works between us Crina; don’t walk away now"

Crina stared at his handsome face; saw the desperation in his eyes to keep her at his side His words were true, but she knew that he had been holding himself back from her as well Whatever he had seen in the In-Betas creating a void between the to knoas inside

"Will you?" Crina asked, knowing that Rachel would understand what she was asking

Rachel nodded and walked over to them She reached up, placed her hand on Adam’s chest, and closed her eyes She could see their bond and it had been getting stronger, but then she saw the black haze in Adam’s mind She saw the wall he had put up between the bond and the darkness Then the bond weakened because of it Somehow, Rachel knew that if Adam would let her in, would fully bond with her, then they would have the same abilities as the other mated pairs She opened her eyes and pulled her hand back as she looked up into Ada for her not to expose his actions She shook her head Rachel would not enable hiht

Rachel turned back to Crina "He tries to protect you, but the barrier he has put on your bond is keeping it fro I believe you will be able to reach each other’s s that will identify you as row It appears exactly as the bond betolves, but it withers under Adam’s refusal to open it"

Adam’s arm dropped from Crina as he watched the tears stream down her face She stepped away fro breath "Your touch is uninvited" Her voice wavered, but her rigid shoulders and upturned chin expressed what her voice could not She turned and nearly made it past Peri’s barrier, but Adarabbed her and spun her around, and then took her face in his hands he kissed her Their lips barely touched when Adah him His eyes were filled with confusion as he looked at his mate

"What was that?" He asked, as his hands fisted at his sides aching with the need to touch her

"Your touch is uninvited," she repeated

Adam closed his eyes as realization struck hi aren’t they, soic?" She nodded as she continued to back up

He turned to Peri "What undoes this?"

Peri asked him as she shook her head "No, Adam, I can’t play favorites with you just because you are Fae"

Adarowled at her, and then looked back at his mate She was so close and yet it felt like an ocean separated thelance Her shoulders were pulled back and her jaw tilted defiantly Gavril made no move to stop her, nor did he speak

Elle stood next to Sorin, staring at the females who hadthem She also knew that what Rachel had said was true As the time from their rescue, passed Sorin had touched her less and less He hadn’t used their bond unless absolutely necessary They’d had no ti She hadn’t even told his yet All of this swirled in her mind and she found that she was hurt that he had kept her at arle with their darkness, knehat it could do to the her in She turned to look at Sorin and saw theElle ot his hands on her Sorin lunged and ran into the same barrier Fane had He stared at her in disbelief, as her face betrayed no emotions, not until she spoke "Your touch is uninvited" Her voice was so small, he barely heard her, but he felt it To his very soul, he felt it