's

lenched at my sides. My body still burned with the need she

re helping our mate

m her, to mark her as ours and eliminate any threat. But we couldn't. Not w

orthy of be

ng ourselves. We should break the bond, reject her, and m

t it, my chest tightened with

lly scar

rframe, watching me with knowing eyes. He must hav

growled, adjusting my sweatpants.

ssion serious. "None of us ar

ys a choice,"

remember what it was like befor

derstand. Women threw themselves at us constantly-beautiful, experienced women who knew e

even visiting specialists who told us it might be psychological

by any woman for years," Reed continued quietly. "

beds who we couldn't perform with. The humiliation, the confusion,

ay," Reed said. "By mating with our true mate. That s

hanged. Suddenly, my body responded the way it should. The

And we can't resist when she's around. You felt it tonight, d

hat was ours. The feel of her soft body pressed against mine, the sw

I asked, hating ho

he plan. We deceive her into mating with us, let th

The words t

ther women again. Normal women. Women who actually fit into our world." Reed'

her own sexual issues. She'd practically begged Zane Parker to sleep with he

y. "I just... I couldn't cont

ons will give us access to her, build trust. And she's already drowning

rds echoed in my mind as

thought make

ride before school. I grabbed my helmet and headed for my motorcyc

I saw

e house, and I litera

I'd never known existed. Her tight white shirt hugged curves that the loose clothing had completely hidden. A

a

uth so fast I felt dizzy. I slapped myself ha

She's doing this

like acid. I swung my leg over the bike, r

" Her voice

t away, chewing her lower lip nervously. The g

to go to school togethe

osed off. "No thanks. I remem

er a creep. At the time, it had seemed funny-a way to

ust seem

gain," I said, surprising my

t pressed her breasts together in a way that made my m

e need to be near her. "Fine.

casual. "What I did before was pretty fu

my stomach twist, but I revved the engi

Keep her at a distance. Don'

the hallways. She avoided me completely-turning down different corridors when

what you wa

felt wrong, empty, like some

ed inside me, agitated by her absence. I headed toward the parki

I saw

dn't recognize-tall, athletic, definitely not from our school. He

as huggin

ision actually tinged red at the edges as jealousy u

She'

ar that guy away from her and show

ly. She was chasing Zane Parker. And

, watching him tuck her hair behind her ear with a fam

e hell

e to interfere. This was good, I told myself. If she found someone els

sper something in her ear that made h

I wanted to, no matter how wrong she was for us, no m

was

ealize that maybe, just