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Another nod.
“Do you want us to take you back there?”
She shrugs, seeming as deflated as Fox does now.
Everyone stands in silence, and if feels like I’ve made a mistake.
She wanted this, and we turned her down.
If we get a second chance, I won’t make the same mistake twice.
I’m wondering if there’s time to salvage our night, when the sound of someone coming toward us through the forest pulls my attention. I look up to see Scar marching our way, from the same direction the woman came.
He stops when he gets to us, his gaze taking everyone in quietly.
“Scar. There you are. Have you already met our mate?” Fox asks, sounding as casual as ever.
The woman is staring at our leader, her gaze as curious and brazen as it was when she first laid eyes on me. To say I’m jealous would be an understatement. I am already starting to bitterly regret trying to do the right thing.
Scar does not look at our feline brother. He simply gets down on one knee and lifts the woman up.
She doesn’t fight, or protest. She clings to his neck, her gaze on his face.
He looks at me. “Take our brothers back to The Abyss.”
His tone is cold, and he does not say anything more as he turns and stalks back the way he came with the woman curled up in his arms.
“I hate wolves,” Fox mutters, turning and heading back toward The Abyss without being told.
Snake chases him, catching up quickly and hissing out his displeasure loudly enough for the entire forest to hear it.
I feel hollowed out as I trail after my brothers through the trees.
Something amazing came close to happening tonight.
It’s gone now because I couldn’t trust it for what it was.
She’s gone.
Scar has her.
He had better bring her back.
Chapter Seventeen
Scar
Tonighthasbeenfullof surprises. I was unprepared to find myself drawn to a potential mate, and I was even less prepared to find her with my brothers, all of them acting as if I was interrupting something of great importance when I happened upon them.
Of course, Fox cuts straight to the point, making it obvious that something did happen.
He sees her as his mate. They all do.
That is not the situation I hoped for when I dreamt of one day meeting a shifter who might be willing to look past my condition and take me as her mate, but I do not find the idea of sharing this beautiful creature with my brothers as terrible as I expect.
I would not be happy if she were mated to someone else, but my brothers are loyal fighters who will do anything to protect her, just as I will.
She could not find four more dedicated men if she tried, and it does not seem like she is interested in looking elsewhere. Whatever happened back there with my brothers, her scent is stronger than it was, and her upper legs are wet and shiny with signs of her arousal. She is open to this mating bond.
