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But he did slightly loosen his grip on me.
“Why are you holding me so tight?” I asked him.
“Because it’s this or embracing the desire to pet your damn soft skin, and having burnt hands would make shit difficult.”
My eyes burned. “I’m sorry. I should’ve left us in the mate capture forever.”
“Mate capture?”
“The first part of the demon mating process,” I admitted. “The second part is the release. The third is the possession.”
“Why the hell would anyone want to release their mate?”
“It’s just a test. Or it’s supposed to be, anyway. Haven’t you ever heard that if you love someone, you’re supposed to set them free? And if they don’t come back, it wasn’t meant to be?”
He was silent for a long moment before he asked quietly, “Is that what you did with me, Mo?”
I blinked as a few tears rolled from my eyes. “Shh. I’m trying to watch.”
His nose buried back in my neck, giving me goosebumps as I relaxed against him. He didn’t laugh at the jokes that I did, so I wasn’t sure whether or not he was watching at all, but I was too buzzed to care.
He was holding me.
And for the moment, I was safe, and warm, and happy.
That had to be enough for me.
TWELVE
AXEL
I was fucked.
Why?
Because as I sat on that couch, holding Morgan’s bundled-up body to mine, smelling the salt of her tears, I knew I was never going to be able to let her go.
My pack would just have to deal with it.
I wasn’t abandoning them… but if it came down to a choice, I had to pick her.
Having her body against mine while she spoke to me in that sexy little voice made me feel settled in a way I never had before.
Having her scent tangled with mine while she laughed at the stupid jokes in the movie made me feel wanted, and needed, and important.
And despite that damn agreement we’d made, I wanted to know her. To understand her. To hear her thoughts and opinions.
She had been keeping shit from me, and that infuriated me.
I’d learn every one of her fucking secrets.
They were mine.
Shewas mine.
And regardless of whatever the future held, I knew that was one thing that would never change.
I wanted her.
