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But Shane was my mate. He might not ever love me, but he could at least let me go, for the sake of the bond, right?
“You just came to tell me your friends are outside looking over the barrier?”
His jaw worked overtime. “I also wanted to make sure you’re okay.”
The always-there tug of the bond flowered in my chest and got stronger. Shane shouldn’t care about me. I didn’t want him to. It made everything so much harder.
“Please, don’t—”
“How’s Minsi doing?” he asked, cutting me off. “And Tyren, and everyone else?”
I frowned and quickly told him about them all—Minsi was still the same and I honestly didn’t see her improving without serious treatment, Tyren was still a teenager locked in a classroom with six wolves, and everyone else … I didn’t even know. I couldn’t think too much about it. It hurt too much to know the Nightshade wolves had stayed seated in classroom corners for the most part of their days for over a year now.
“That’s no way of living,” I muttered.
Shane let out a long sigh. “We’re working on it. Soon, everyone will be free again. And—” He stilled and looked to the side. I opened my mouth to ask him what happened, but then I heard it too. Footsteps coming this way.
With a snarl, Shane grabbed my wrist and rushed toward the fissure. He pushed me inside and followed. We scooted in as far as we could go, but there wasn’t much space.
In fact, before I could register anything, Shane and I were in the same position from when the mating bond first snapped. My breasts squeezed against his hard chest, my fingers splayed across his shoulders, his warm skin under my palms. My legs straddled one of his thick thighs, his hands closed around my hips, his fingers touching my exposed midriff, and my ass and back dug into the rough rock behind me.
My face was right at his neck and it was impossible not to smell his alluring scent—a mix of mint and musk and a hint of sweat. It teased my nostrils and filled my senses.
My mate.
The words came unbound to my mind and warmed my body.
Holy moon, this was too much.
Shane lifted one of his hands, brushing my hair aside, his fingertips grazing my jaw and neck as he exposed my skin. A shiver ran down my spine. He looked at me, his breath washing over my face, but we were in the near dark and it was impossible to read his expression—but I felt the tightness of his body, I heard his labored breath, his fast heartbeat under my hand.
Shane lowered his head toward my neck, and touched his nose to my skin. I sucked in a sharp breath and whimpered. He inhaled deeply, his hands digging into my waist once more.
“You smell delicious,” he whispered, his voice low.
“Y-you know this is just the bond playing with our heads,” I said. But when my body felt so alive pressed against his, it was hard to believe that.
“Do you think this is playing?” He grazed his nose over my neck and moved his leg, pressing it against the apex of my thighs. I bit down on my lip before a moan escaped my throat.
Dear moon.
Shane brushed his lips across my jaw, and I melted in a gooey puddle. I held on to his strong shoulders before I fainted from the sensations sparking to life inside of me. Torturously slowly, Shane brought his lips to mine—
And he stilled again. He snapped his head toward the entrance of the fissure. The footsteps grew louder. A patrol was outside the rock formation.
Shane plastered himself over me, shielding me.
My mind knew we were in danger, but my body didn’t care. All it felt, all it wanted was the other body pressed against it. I let my hands move, touching the hard planes of his shoulders, upper arms, and chest. My lust lessened when I felt the scars marring his skin.
I frowned. Seeing the scars and touching them were vastly different.
I glanced up. Shane had relaxed a little, and I realized the footsteps were gone.
One corner of his lips curled up. “Enjoying your new toy?”
A sliver of anger flared up and I held on to it with both hands. I slapped his shoulders. “What the hell?” I pushed against him. “If the demon is gone, then let’s get out of here.”
“Why? I thought you were enjoying yourself?”
