's

lenched at my sides. My body still burned with the need she

re helping our mate

m her, to mark her as ours and eliminate any threat. But we couldn't. Not w

orthy of be

ng ourselves. We should break the bond, reject her, and m

t it, my chest tightened with

lly sca

rframe, watching me with knowing eyes. He must hav

growled, adjusting my sweatpants.

ssion serious. "None of us ar

ys a choice,

remember what it was like befor

derstand. Women threw themselves at us constantly-beautiful, experienced women who knew e

even visiting specialists who told us it might be psychological

y any woman for years," Reed continued quietly. "R

beds who we couldn't perform with. The humiliation, the confusion,

y," Reed said. "By mating with our true mate. That sh

hanged. Suddenly, my body responded the way it should. The

And we can't resist when she's around. You felt it tonight,

hat was ours. The feel of her soft body pressed against mine, the sw

I asked, hating how

he plan. We deceive her into mating with us, let th

The words ta

ther women again. Normal women. Women who actually fit into our world." Reed

her own sexual issues. She'd practically begged Zane Parker to sleep with he

. "I just... I couldn't contr

ons will give us access to her, build trust. And she's already drowning

rds echoed in my mind as

thought make

ride before school. I grabbed my helmet and headed for my motorcyc

I saw

e house, and I litera

I'd never known existed. Her tight white shirt hugged curves that the loose clothing had completely hidden. A

a

uth so fast I felt dizzy. I slapped myself ha

She's doing this

like acid. I swung my leg over the bike, r

Her voice

t away, chewing her lower lip nervously. The g

to go to school togeth

osed off. "No thanks. I remem

er a creep. At the time, it had seemed funny-a way to

ust seem

ain," I said, surprising mys

t pressed her breasts together in a way that made my

e need to be near her. "Fine.

casual. "What I did before was pretty fu

my stomach twist, but I revved the engi

Keep her at a distance. Don'

the hallways. She avoided me completely-turning down different corridors when

what you wa

felt wrong, empty, like some

ed inside me, agitated by her absence. I headed toward the parki

I saw

dn't recognize-tall, athletic, definitely not from our school. He

as huggin

ision actually tinged red at the edges as jealousy u

She'

ar that guy away from her and show

ly. She was chasing Zane Parker. And

, watching him tuck her hair behind her ear with a fam

e hell

e to interfere. This was good, I told myself. If she found someone els

sper something in her ear that made h

I wanted to, no matter how wrong she was for us, no m

was

ealize that maybe, just