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"Are you always so brazen with feer to cover up her e such an Adonis of a male so very interested in her

"Would it rinned wolfishly at her

She wanted to scream yes She wanted to tell hiain she would―

"You would what?" he purred

So He bent down closer to her face with his lips only inches froain

"What would you do to a she-wolf, if I looked at another female?"

Alina’s eyes dropped to his full, sensual lips and cla if his were as soft as they appeared She looked away quickly out into the forest where there was not a desirableback at her She cleared her throat before she answered "Nothing, I would do nothing You are free to look at whoazed at the beautiful steel eyed beauty sitting beside him She didn’t know it but he had seen her before in the o He had been drawn to her, but he had chalked it up to the fact that she was exceptionally beautiful She had been arguing with aas she deive a fair price to the older wo to buy fruit He could tell she was still fairly young so he had not allowed hi Now, a year later, she had matured quite a bit She was perfect with shiny brown hair, fine delicate features, and a mouth that called to him as a siren called for her next victim He wanted to wrap his arms around her and carry her off to a den and bed doith her andinside of hiht there, just claie did not er a child A child could not bear children, a child would not stir the man in hi that stopped hi her then was the look in her eyes It was one of longing but also of doubt She truly did not believe she was his e Despite the mental bond, she continued to deny hiht drop in her shoulders that revealed to him her disappointment She need not have worried He reached up and brushed her hair over her shoulder revealing the elegant line of her neck As he leaned closer Alina stilled; even her breathing stopped His lips paused only centimeters from her ear and he took in a deep breath Her scent hit hie, and his hand slipped under her hair and wrapped around the back of her neck The skin to skin contact steadied and grounded hi his teeth into her

"Breathe, Mina," he whispered when he realized she still had not taken a breath She inhaled sharply and then began to breath norrowled to himself The re near your true mate for the first ti

"Do you know that a female has a scent that only her true mate can smell?" he asked her quietly She nodded "Would you like to kno you srin at her obstinately "Good thing I do not usually do as I aain "You s air when the dew still rests on the leaves and the grass, pure and untouched like the dawn, before any has awoken to taint it"

Vasile absently rubbed with his thumb just below her ear with his hand that still held onto her He felt her lean into his touch and the movement flooded his senses with another srowled victoriously, but the man kneas time to back off He stood up abruptly to put some space between them As he looked down into her vulnerable eyes, he knew that he could not have her, not yet He was a patient hunter as a wolf and just as patient as a e He wanted her, needed her, and would have her Look where that had gotten him Now that he had cal over him like a waterfall of bliss, he could think a little clearer She was his, of that he had no doubt, but she would need tihteen was not so far away, two years and he could have her Until then, he would have to court her and somehow keep his wolf under control The latter seemed impossible, but then, to have Alina, he wouldas she ended up by his side

He would give her so wholeheartedly at hie anyway, so he would not be far That would give him time to consider what to say to her father She was still under his household and Vasile would have to have his permission to spend time with her, Alpha or not, mate or not He wondered if the bond would work the same for them as it did for mates who found each other once fully mature Would it be painful to be apart? Would the ache to be close to her beco? And what of her? Would she be in pain? That was soht of He never wanted to be the cause of hisbetter about the situation, ht there in broad daylight, he pulled her to her feet and pressed his lips to her forehead Not enough for the wolf, but it would appease thehis own heart to speed up Noas he who needed space because if not he was going to take her and run He wrapped her in his ely, as if she needed his touch as ainst him, but more than that he wanted her saturated in his scent Until she was marked with his bite, the only way for other ed to would be by his scent on her When he finally released her and stepped back, he smiled down at her rosy cheeks

"I have business to take care of with the pack here I know that this is a shock to you, as it is to ive you so room if you will" Her eyes widened in surprise and she let out a sh of relief He bit back the snarl at her obvious desire to be away from him For that he added, "If you run froo, I will find you and I will not stop until I do" He pressed his lips to her forehead again, postponing leaving her for just a few secondsfoolish"