aro

ng so violently I can feel it through my shirt. The scent of her heat is driving my wo

to be claimed. She

He's standing by the window, deliberately not looking

his wolf too close to the surface. "Wher

y she fits against my chest. "It's private. Warded. No one can get i

mper, half purr. Then her lips press against my t

reathes, and I

self to move toward the door. "

my shirt, her face buried in the crook of my neck,

males. At least a dozen, drawn by her heat like moths to a flame. T

f them says, nostrils flarin

s body is already shifting, claws extending, canines l

steps forward, older, probably a senior. "T

h me is unlike anything I've ever felt. My wolf surges forward and I let him, still holding

rip your throat out

intent. The males hesitate. They can feel my power, we're Alpha Heirs

They're weighing their options, deciding

slamming the first male against the wall hard enough to crack st

re lunge forward. Javier meets t

I'm distracted. So I run, cradling her against my chest, taking the back s

erate sounds escaping her throat that ar

g open the exit door.

mpers. "Hurts. E

grounds end and wild forest begins. It's ours, a sanctuary we claimed years

just as Javier and Luciano catch up. Luciano's knuckles are bl

Amaya toward the back bedro

ecause we're all too large for normal furniture. I lay her

asps, pupils blown w

"You asked us not to claim you. So we won't. But that means

var

s. My hands are shaking as I turn the lock. Javier and Lucia

hands through his hair. "She's our mate and we

is flat, but I can hear the pain unde

cing heart. "Whatever they did to her in that facility, it br

't.." Javi

a mistake because all I can see is her face, her eyes

e we

mper. Then another. Then a cry that makes my wolf ho

lls, voice break

is screaming at me to go to her, to comfort her,

etly. "It would help. The bond would

thing now would be going against her wishes. I want her t

are desperate. "Listen to her. She's in fucking pa

now. Desperate. My chest feel

Not when she's not in her right mind. That would

voice rises. "That's our mate in t

is worse than the noise. My heart stops. Literally sto

call throug

Nothing

ma

on the lock before I can t

sleeping. The suppr

ough the bond, that thin thread connect

econd I'm standing, the next I'm on my back with Amaya straddling my hips. And she is...naked. Completely,

trembling. "I can't fight it anymore. I tried. I tried

und us like a curtain, blocking out everything else. Her lips hover over mine, so cl

e whispers. "All

hes mine, the