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Blood Rites Quinn Loftis 19250K 2023-09-02

"I’h, if that’s ok?" Dillon asked her

"Yea, I’reat" He turned to Fane and once again held out his hand, "Fane, thank you for your patience and letting me spend some time with Jacque"

"If it makes her happy and she is safe, I will always be okay with you spending tih his eyes just a little

Dillon took a step back before he could catch hiht, Alpha, but not over him Good to know

Fane was on his way over to Jacque before the door clicked closed He sat down on the edge of the bed next to her "How are you, really?" she asked him

Fane leaned forward and placed his lips on her neck and breathed her scent in deep His wolf growled in contenthed and brought his lips to hers and kissed hi the way she tasted, re him that she was safe, and she was his Jacque h?" she asked hirin

"I hope not I hope you alant h of you," Fane told her without shame at his need of her

"Duly noted, wolf-man," she teased him

Chapter 15

Dillon stepped out into the hall after having spent theand part of the afternoon with Jacque He could tell that Fane really did care for her and he was beginning to rethink invoking his Alpha rights If he didn’t he would lose her, she would bond with Fane and then go off to Romania, just when he had found her Maybe it was selfish but he didn’t want to let her go Not yet

He hadn’t taken but a few steps when Lilly, Vasile, histowards hio?" Lilly asked him

"Really well, she told me all about herself She’s not shy at all" They all chuckled at that rereeain

"I think we need to talk" Dillon looked her in the eyes "All of us" He addressed everyone standing in front of him

Vasile lead the way to a private fa to put themselves in a vulnerable or submissive position

"Speak," Vasile ordered This was the Alpha talking, not Fane’s father

"I’hter, who is a rowled, causing Dillon’s confidence to waver ht to step forward, it was pack law

"You know I have every right, Vasile She is still a hter, and it has been made apparent that Fane is not ready to protect her the way a ed forward Vasile caught hian could intercept him