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k in the air, and more potent than anything I'd ever experienced. It wasn't just s

I had left and drag him into my arms, and then the next, I was bat

was happe

t he didn't look up. His face was pressed to

lder and flinched,

s, about the Omega Heat. The stories were mostly jokes or horror tales told during l

ing through it and

ow my wolf surged to the surface during the rogue attack, and how I'd bitten Luca. I t

was doing, he marke

Luca, I had started a bo

d I cursed under my breath and forced myself to breathe through my mouth. His scent was doin

ou to breathe, okay? In through y

tried to pull away, his fin

n't

to waver, I laid down beside him, keeping a sliver of space between our bodies. We

ing anywher

lassy, like he held tears in them, "Why

as just a side effect of the s

mise I didn't mean to... not like that. But I dunno my wolf

idened, "W

e bond, but we're not fully bonded, and now your b

as if broken from the inside, he pushed

e, you knew what

o! I didn't even know what I was doing, the rogue

? That I'm yours now? Is that it? You know dam

the bond said yes, but

t we don't have to do anythin

nk I can fight this? You touched me

rned away, but not before I saw

o this," h

rd him, but he fli

one has to know, we'll keep it between us, we'll

ie, the bond didn't fade, not really. No

h an unreadable expression, "Do yo

d, but I knew what he me

e careful, but your scent... it's different n

ow

ers, just... don't shift again

sed again almost in unison, and both turne

multiple

mem

with mine, and they

issed, "And let m

e a sh

through the brush, flanked by two others, his ey

re you two doing

is gaze, but my heart was hammering,

ing and lost t

trils flared slightly. Then his g

ent, Luca, did so

ed in front of him before

ck

"Relax, Rafe, I'm jus

knew it wasn

ween me and Luca like he was piecing something togeth

e training session to my father and

eir footsteps crunching under the leaves

ng was shallow and I reached f

re than I expected, and as the last of their footste

were watching him and if I didn't