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CONNOR

I can’t believe she let me touch her like that…that she let me make her come.

I know I need to sleep, but I keep replaying it over in my head. The way Sunny opened herself for me…the way her soft, curvy body responded as I touched her. I’ve never been with such a responsive woman before—not even during breeding on a Full Moon night. It was like her body was made for mine—made to respond just to me.

I’ve never felt like this for any woman. I cradle her close to my chest, savoring the scent of her hair and skin, loving the way she feels against me. I fucking never want to let her go. It’s like she’s a drug and I’m already addicted.

Be careful, Connor , whispers a little voice in my head. You’re getting into dangerous territory here. If you don’t watch it, you’re going to fall in love with her. Then what the fuck will you do?

It’s a good question. It’s not like I can stay here forever. I have responsibilities back home—people who count on me. Branson has held everything together for three long years but it’s not fair to ask him to keep doing it. At some point, I have to go home and leave Sunny behind.

But even the thought of that—the thought of leaving her—makes my heart clench like I’m having a fucking heart attack.

Mine! howls the voice of my Wolf . My mate— MINE !

No, Sunny can’t be my Fated Mate —it’s impossible, I tell myself. I’m a Rogue Alpha —we don’t get to have mates like other males. We don’t form bonds—it’s one reason no pack wants us for long. I didn’t just get kicked out of my home pack for the crime I committed—they also didn’t want one of my kind around.

I tell myself I need to leave. I can’t stay here. The longer I stay, the closer Sunny and I get and the more it’s going to hurt when I eventually have to leave her.

But not yet— I can’t leave her yet. I’ll stay just a few more days, I tell myself. Just a little while longer before I go.

Thinking that and holding her soft, small body close to mine, I finally drift off to sleep.