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cious, a choice of beef, boar or locally caught salmon. Dessert was a delicate dark and white chocolate mousse with gold powder sprinkled over the top. Bottles of wine were constantly replaced as soon they became empty by more omegas who seemed to float around effortlessly carrying more plates than Annie had ever seen one person carry. Patric stood up to make his speech and although clearly nervous, he carried himself wonderfully, controlling

spite her protestations. Sabine was laughing at Annie's reluctance, she had never been one for dancing and her shoes were not helping with her balance. Then she danced with Patric for a song as Amelie went to sit back down. Annie knew she had done that so she could dance with Patric, it wouldn't do to dance

melie grinned her affirmative reply so Annie set off to find their ome

around the back,"he grinned, "I'll be right b

Annie had to tuck one shoe under each arm to carry them, she thanked the omega and started to make her way back to the table at the other end of the vast marquee. Just as she was walking past the entrance, a breeze blew through the opening and a scent hit her like a wave, cras

the entrance of the marquee buttoning up his jacket. He was tall, muscular, with dark hair, slightly greying at the sides. It was cut noticeably short on the sides, longer on top and swep

could feel her shaking and Sab

ie, her breath stuck in her throat. She was paralysed, un

at the space where the man had been feeling crushed, her heart shattering. She slowly looked around wondering if anyone else had seen what just happened. No one seemed to have noticed so she slowly continued her walk, numb with shock. Putting Amelie's glass down in front of her w

's wrong?"de

'm just hot, I got a

cern. "Do you want to get som

d Annie faking a smile, mo

calm herself. She kept trying to reach her wolf without success, Sabine was broken and Annie was not sure she could recover this

a storm, threatening to overwhelm her, dragging her into the maelstrom before dashing her to pieces on the ground. Annie knew she needed to keep

r wolf. "We will survive, we will survive."she repeated like a ma

they started to dance, Jacques knew something was wrong. Annie started to hyperventilate, the tears she had been holding ba

ned Annie?"he

t hold back

n Jac, I need to go

of the marquee. He was angry, really angry Annie could tell. She shot glances in all directions as they exited the marquee in case the man was still out there. Thankfully, she couldn't spot or smell him anywhere as she scurried back across t

now who he is?"spat Jacques,

rly just shook her head, through the so

ac, I need to go h

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e sighed after a few minutes. I will drive

in control of her emotions as

u can handle that again? said Jacques as an after- thought. It was one thing

th if I know for sure I won't

there are a lot of unmated wolves sniffing around my daugh

ng Jac."Annie forced a smile unsure if she w

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seal the deal. He pulled over when he heard his phone buzzing, damn, three missed calls from his daughter. He sent her a quick text to say he was half an hour away and set off again deciding to go straight there instead of calling home to get changed. Hugh mused it would be nice to see what the mone

und the side of the pack house buttoning it up as he reached the entrance to the marquee. He stepped inside scanning the crowd looking for his daughter when the most wonderful intoxicating scent he had ever encountered hit his nose, washing over him and bringing him to a standstill. All sounds or any sense of his surroundings left him as he scanned the marquee trying to find the source of the alluring scent. His wolf, Knox was on hig

ATE!"yelled Kn

ady for this, he would never be ready for this, what would his children think? No, NO! He would not allow this. Hugh started to panic, his breathing shallow, he felt like he was s

ck, we must claim her,

aware that Knox was still screaming at him but Hugh pushed him to the back of his mind. He silently apologised to Knox, but he needed quiet, he needed to think. After calming himself he managed to get the keys in the ignition when a knock on the car window made him jump out of his skin. It wasn't often anyone got the drop on him and he turned dreading he was going to see the women with the blue eyes, he huff

in and then run out

off, leaving Lyall standing alone, mouth agape. Hugh drove as fast as he dared out of the pack house pointing the car towards his own property. The cou

pen. His valet met him at the door and opened his mouth to speak but Hugh just handed him the car keys as he strode past, mounted the stairs two at a time and kept walking until he reached his office. Once inside he locked the door behind him, walked directly to the drinks cabinet and poured himself a large single malt. After knocking it back in one swallow, he poured another before moving to his desk, taking

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elf that she was his one and only, and for the sake of his pups, that was a promise he wanted to keep. Knocking the second drink back and pouring another he picked up his phone. He was in no

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to her was only going to grow stronger until he did. Hugh was conflicted, he was very aware that the Goddess rarely gave second chances and as Reivers were followers of the old religion, he was brought up to believe in the absoluteness of the mate bond. But why now, after all this time did th

dess."he groaned out lou