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Story: Primal (Wolf Ranch #7)
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“Riley!” I reached out to grab her arm again, but Boyd caught my shoulder and hauled me back. I barely stopped myself from turning around and headbutting him. I wanted to fight him, to let my wolf out and fight him, but I couldn’t.
“Give her some space,” he snapped.
He had no idea how close I was to tearing out his throat. “No,” I snarled. “I need to fix this.”
“Boyd’s right.” Audrey stepped near but not too close. She’d been a part of the pack long enough to know not to get between two angry males. “She’s not going to hear anything you have to say right now. ”
My wolf howled with pain.
“She’s my mate.”
Watching her walk out the door with tears streaking her beautiful face and knowing I’d put them there made me want to punch my own face in.
“Doesn’t matter. Even mates need space sometimes,” Audrey said.
“What should I do?” It wasn’t like me to ask for advice on how to handle a female. But Riley wasn’t any ordinary female.
She was my life.
I didn’t even care about the implications to the pack. This wasn’t about her knowing our secret. It never was.
But somehow I’d let her believe that.
Dammit!
“Give her an hour or two to cool off. Then make contact.”
I growled. I didn’t like his advice. Fuck knew, I didn’t want to take it. But I couldn’t think with the clanging in my head. With my wolf snarling to be free to go after her.
An hour or two. How would I live that long knowing my mate was suffering? Knowing she was in pain, and I caused it? Knowing I was the only one who could also fix it?
But how? I needed to prove to Riley my love was real. That none of this was a manipulation. That she was my forever, whether she knew our secret or not.
“I need a run,” I muttered, and both Boyd and Audrey knew what that meant. My wolf needed out, or I would start to go mad.
Boyd tipped his head toward the door. “Go. Get your aggression out, so you can think straight.”
I nodded. “I have to make this right.”
Boyd dropped a hand on my shoulder and shook it roughly. “You will.”
I didn’t share his confidence. I didn’t know what the fuck I could do or say to Riley to make her understand what she meant to me.
All I knew was if I didn’t figure it out, I wouldn’t survive without her.
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