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My wolf isn’t as patient.

Bite her!he snaps.

Not yet!

“So, if I say yes…” She leaves the sentence hanging

“Then it’s forever. I’m all in. I’ll do everything and anything to make you happy and keep you safe. I’ll give you whatever you want.”

She stares at me wide-eyed, and I hold my breath as I wait to see what she’ll say next.

“I, uh, I think I’m ready for bed.”

“Of course.”

She stands, and I grab her bags.

“Do you want me to wash any of your things? They might smell like the airbags,” I say before we head upstairs.

“Oh, don’t worry tonight.”

“I can make a start.”

“Okay.”

“You can borrow one of my shirts to sleep in.”

“Thanks.”

I nod and set her bags by the laundry room. She heads upstairs, and I follow, grabbing her a change of clothes.

She turns to face me. “Night.”

“Night, Mabel. I’ll see you in the morning.”

I close the door slowly behind me and take a deep breath.

It feels promising. She’s interested.

My wolf sighs.The mating moon is tomorrow.

We’ll be ready,I promise him.

I hope.

NINE

Mabel

I can feelit as soon as I open my eyes in the morning. My entire body is awake, alive in a way it never has been before. Every nerve ending is firing.

I take a deep breath and try to clear my head as I sit up in bed. Miles’s scent is all around me, making my thoughts dirtier.

I want him.

Ineedhim.

I’m…horny for the first time in my life.