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I kiss her, letting her feel all my emotions and gratitude at having found her.

She returns the favor in kind, letting me experience her joy and wonder at our union.

It’s a tender moment made even more special by the life blossoming inside her.

“Let us take care of you now, Clove,” I whisper. “A bath. Some orgasms. And maybe some fruit.”

She grins. “You’re spoiling me.”

“We’re loving you,” I correct her. “Because you’re ours.”

“Forever,” Caius says from outside the nest.

“And always,” Volt finishes.

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CLOVE

Energy hums through the air, causing the hairs along my arms to stand on end.

But it’s for an entirely different reason today than two months ago.

I’m in the same field.

Standing in the same place I once kneeled.

Only now I’m standing. I’m clothed. And I’m staring directly at the male who once rejected me.

Seeing Canton now, I can’t remember why I ever found him attractive. He has nothing on my three mates.

He’s a fucking pansy ass,Volt says to us all.Look at him. He’s ready to wet himself just like last time.

That pansy ass managed to keep a hold on Clove’s wolf for almost a week,Tieran reminds him.Looks can be deceiving.

He’s right.

I remember feeling Canton’s power.

He’s certainly not weak.

He took advantage of an untrained shifter,Volt argues.Hardly makes him strong.

Also a fair point. I didn’t know how to control my inner animal and she was pissed at me for denying her all these years. It made her easy to manipulate.

Alpha Crane clears his throat. “Well. We’re here,” he says, gesturing to his pack. “What do you want, Tieran?”

“AlphaTieran,” Caius corrects him. He’s standing to my left.

Volt whistles from right behind me. His hands are on my hips, where they’ve been since we arrived. “Yeah, not a good start,AlphaCrane. Insulting your superior?” He makes a clicking noise with his tongue. “Not recommended.”

Tieran says nothing on my other side, but I feel his displeasure at Alpha Crane for the clear insult to his title.

“Please excuse me,” Alpha Crane says, not sounding apologetic at all. “What do you want,AlphaTieran.”

Several of the Carnage Wolves behind us growl. They all showed up in wolf form rather than human form, something Tieran requested of our pack. He wanted to prove that they don’t need weapons in a fight. Their teeth and claws will do just fine.

Of course, Volt, Caius, and Tieran are all armed, just in case Alpha Crane decides to commit suicide today.