en

e blee

me feel sick to my stomach, dizzy, confused because I could almo

y father fears the beast will overpower me completely so he works hard to

mportan

ips, struggling to my feet before shak

uldn't imagine the Alpha King would leave his only son without medicine to treat his wounds---bu

nly hold clothes. I hadn't gotten a good look at the room when I was s

Justin asked, sounding muc

ve a first aid kit, don't you? Who would beat

mental, but I couldn'

he do to me? Was a whip in my future too? How was I

er the sink. It is truly nothing. W

rince be confined to a room without even getting his own bath?

intlessness of caring for his

bumped into the wall, I ran my hand along u

reat beast of a male to join me so I could tend

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asn't one to engage in sport fighting nor had m

scuffles with other young wolves; my father was not even a beta,

many times I swiped a wet washcloth over them. I wasn't sure if putting a band

he Lycan snapped, irrit

a wet sound. My face burned with color as I realized I'd

m not a very good nurse. You're still bleeding. I can't seem

could close nearly any wound. I imagined having to walk into the hall to ask for a healer.

ne in a way which made my own wolf keen inside- while he seemed unmoved by me. Wasn't my mate su

something unpleas

. It doesn't matter. You're still ble

ed breath before turning

A warm cascade began to flow down from the shower and he surprised me by

he did was unlace my dress. The wedding gown fell to my feet in

The water will st

little more than underwear. Justin picked me up as if I weighed no more than a feather and my

e water poured warm an

he water, soaking my hair, making my slip transparent so it o

feminine than I did be

ips and I found the nerve to make

in the way I handled him. My hands toyed with his hair where it fell too long around his shou

he groa

is face against my breasts. My nipples were hard buds trying to poke their way free of my slip; h

spered, "Yes

houlders, shaking my upper body so the material peeled down to expose my b

ore. I was untouched. Untouched except

get him to touch my core where my sex was a wet throb only he could soothe. I w

g to take me right against th

, ran in streaming rivulets over his massive shoulders, down hi

ct example of masculinity---and he was a

nk on lust and the mating bo

ca

ed to understand why my mate was rejecting me, rejecting me again,

jected by my second chance

he said, "If I make love with you, I'll lose my beast. I'll become huma

d I was grateful the shower hid them from view

ake love to me because

her than hurt him, I'd have kept going,

didn't need another one. Death would be preferabl

around my body and moved back into the bedroom

g, and realized I was getting hotter and hotter the

which meant I would only have hours left to live because the Alp

around his waist and the heat swept over me so complet

n't heated. I was in h