Page 27 of Never His Mate

My wolf lets out a chuffing sound. Straight up disagreement.

No. Damn it. She’s right. As angry as I am, I still can’t kill him.

But that doesn’t mean I have to put up with this shit.

“Get out of here.”

His eyes are still a lighter shade than normal. They twinkle as his smile widens just enough to stab at me. “Make me.”

“Excuse me?”

A liiiittle bit wider. “You heard me. You’re an alpha. If this is your territory, protect it.”

I’d really, really hoped that he’d forgotten about that. Maybe then I could’ve convinced myself that he meant it when he said he’d been looking for me for a year. When he said I was his mate.

But it’s not me he wants. It’s an alpha female.

And if I do what he said, if I prove it, he’ll never leave me alone.

“Ryker—”

“Come on, sweetheart.”

I blink. “Sweetheart?”

“You prefer Gemma?”

“It’s Gem.”

He ignores that. Lifting his hands, he reaches for the first button on his shirt. “Sweetheart it is then,” he says before he flicks that top button open.

And then another.

“What are you doing?”

“Making it easier for you.”

I know exactly what he means, too. I wish I didn’t, but I do.

Wolves show dominance with both fighting and sex. By taking off his shirt, he’s signaling that he’s open to either; he’ll take off his clothes so can prepare to shift, or to mount his mate. Sounds weird to non-shifters, but because we’re of the same rank, he’s actually showing me a tiny bit of respect right now. Unlike when he attacked Aleks, he’s turning this into an official challenge.

I don’t have to follow along. In fact, I have no intention of it. But between his marking the bar and the way he’s undressing himself right now, Ryker is treating me like both an alpha and a mate.

Which, yeah, is what I’m supposed to be, but still.

“I’m not stripping down.”

“You will eventually.”

He sounds so sure that even my wolf is offended. I flash my canines, before spitting out, “You gave up your chance to be my mate when you chose Trish Danvers.”

“I didn’t.”

“Yes, you did.”

“You don’t understand. I didn’t choose Trish.”

Bullshit.

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