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“I just want you safe,” Fane had told her through gritted teeth

She had laughed bitterly, “Safe and caged are two very different things You have got to get over whatever obsession it is you have with protectinghouse; I couldn’t be safer”

“Too many wolves”

She laughed again and turned to face hi I’ve tried to talk to you, to get you to helpon with you, but you won’t let me in I’m your daet your crap together and respectPeri into this mess and bind you You won’t be able to touch me, not like you normally do anyway,” she spat out and Fane had felt as if she had slapped him

“Jacquelyn,” his chest ached as he spoke her name and he took a step towards her

“Don’t,” she snarled as she held up her hand “You are going to fix this, Fane Lupei, and it better be sooner than later because I’ether with no space in-between, “to packinga different room”

Fane would like to say that he didn’t lose his cool He’d like to say he didn’t shred the sheets on the bed or throw the TV across the rooht out his wolf The idea of her leaving hied, was more than his wolf or he could take Jacquelyn’s eyes had widened, but there was er than fear in them when she had storo

He hadn’t known if she would coht or not She had briefly spoken to hih their bond to let him knohere she was but then she had shut him out cold She barely spoke to him when she chose to be around him and what little she did was short and to the point

Coered a bit His liht from the intensity of the dream and it took a few steps before he felt them loosen He went into the bathroo in the mirror He didn’t want to see what stared back at him

When he came back into the bedroo in one of the chairs that was in the s area

“Does your mate know you are in another man’s room?” he asked dryly as he altered his course to the closet and grabbed a shirt He slipped it over his head and then rejoined Sally though he did not take a seat

“He does, though he is not happy that I did not allow him to come withthat needed exaht back He felt his wolf stir and had to push him down Sally stood and walked over to him He tensed but didn’t move She slowly lifted her hand and placed it on his chest and he watched as she closed her eyes He wanted to push her away and growl at her for thinking she had a right to touch hiht