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"I wish to go," she responded sweetly She heard the chastising groans behind her froed not to roll her eyes

"You knoho I am," he stated firmly

"Yes, Alpha," she said as she lowered her eyes and tilted her chin up revealing her neck, adh what she really wanted to do was sto the vulnerable places to a predator was always a risk He darted forward and bit down on her neck not hard enough to break the skin but enough to capture her full attention She held very still Her wolf stirred, she sht her wolf for control refusing to allow her to purr at his attention or flop on her back bearing her belly like a love sick puppy

She still was not convinced, despite the connection of their minds, that he was her mate He was the Alpha, royalty, and lived in a whole different world, despite living in the same territory as her How could she ever s he had probably been exposed to all of his life? How could she compare to the she-wolfs who did not scrub their own laundry but instead hired pixies who had been shunned from their realm to do it? They did not have dry skin, or chipped nails, but she did She could not be his; there had to be so, seeing hilory and power, she knew that she was not his equal and mates were always equals

After several seconds that felt like hours passed, he released her and stepped back but was still closer than he had been She could not look at him, not after all that she was sure he had seen in her h she was fully dressed, she had never felt so naked, so vulnerable, in all her life His warm hand under her chin lifted her face until she had no choice but to look at hilowed and she sed hard as she stared at Vasile’s wolf

"Yes," he growled "I am Alpha, but I ahtly to the side "How old are you?" His eyes seemed to travel down her form and the obvious intimacy in his stare heated her cheeks

She shook her head asher chin "I am nearly sixteen So you see there has been a ; I ae"

Her experience with the an to snarl, growl, and slas around, it was best to leave thee of violence at all times as the beast inside of him yearned to take over But as she watched the o very, very still, she realized that there was so a male lose control She kneithout a doubt that the carefully contained rage before her was ht do

"Vasile," one of theher Is that what you want?" She figured he h he had not raised it When Vasile’s head snapped up to pin the ith his gaze, Alina nearly groaned Surely, this male knew his Alpha better than that Surely, he understood that when the wolf is peering out of the man’s face it’s typically not an invitation to have a reasonable conversation

"Nicu, do not co his voice, not snapping his teeth but with completely composed wrath that promised reprisal if not obeyed instantly

Nicu ain on her Fabulous, she thought