Page 78 of Never His Mate

Go on, Shane. Tell me how you really feel about Ryker.

Hang on—

“What do you mean, pushed Trish. Hang on.” I’ve just remembered something. ““You’re the one who told me not to worry about the rumors that Ryker chose Trish.”

All those times when Ryker was “busy” and Shane kept me company… I wouldn’t have known about Trish at all if Shane hadn’t said anything at first. Then, after her snarls, her snotty comments, and the evil eye she gave me as she told me that I wasn’t worthy of the Alpha…

He nods, a hint of a gleeful smile making his dimples pop. Damn it. Those fucking dimples fooled me, didn’t they? “I had to. It would’ve been so much easier if you rejected Ryker first. You could choose anyone. Another Luna… you would be wasted with Ryker. Mate me, Gemma. Be mine.”

All it takes is me accepting his offer and, by pack law, he can force me.

No fucking way.

“No.”

There.

Simple.

Effective.

Try to twist that into a yes, asshole.

“Just like an alpha.” Shane’s grin widens. “Because of Ryker?”

No point in denying it. “Yes.”

I’m not his mate, not yet, but my heated never from last year has cooled off some. He was right to refuse me when I offered to mate him earlier, but does that mean I won’t offer again? I don’t know.

One thing I do know for sure, though? I might not be Ryker’s mate, and my sitch with Aleks is complicated… but I definitely don’t want anything to do with Shane.

“That’s a shame.” Shane closes the gap between us, quicker than I thought he would. “Will he still want you if you’re not so pretty, Gem? ‘Cause I will.”

What the—

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