Game of Hearts Alpha’s Dangerous Love 176

Chapter 176

"Shhh, it's okay. It's okay."

Slowly I opened my eyes. "Patrick?" I asked, still feeling dazed and confused and gasping for air against the panic that had set in. "I thought... I thought I was back there. I couldn't move my arms."

"Sorry," he said, sounding sincere. "Guess I rolled over in my sleep and pinned you beneath me."

His deep morning voice sent unexpected chills of excitement through me. All of my senses were heightened, in part from the fear and panic that had gripped me, and another part from the strong male presence sill pressed firmly against me.

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked when I didn't say anything.

Talk about it? Talk about what? How badly I wanted him in that moment? How hard it was to fight

the mating call that reached out to me in constant torment, even when he wasn't right there with me? Or was he asking about the kidnapping and how helpless and weak it had made me feel?

My elevated awareness of him caused an arousal in me that was borderline painful. I needed my

the kidnapping were at the surface, too. He protected me. He saved

in my

of that while pouring my heart out to the girls. The overall consensus

O'Connell was mine.

to his place the night before to make things right,

couldn't remember a lot from the previous night, but the sting

rejected me,"

"What?"

head was throbbing so much it hurt to do so. "Last night, I tried

and rubbed his face and the day old growth there. "You remember that? You were so gone, I wasn't sure you

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don't want me as a mate, so what are we doing here?" "Don't be ridiculous. Of course I want you as a mate, love. I just " He paused like he was trying to determine how best to word his next statement. "I just needed to be sure it's what you truly want. You weren't in a condition to make that decision last night. You weren't, I had to carry you home. Even in wolf form you couldn't walk a straight line had your life depended on it. You've been struggling with the thought of taking me as a mate. It would have been selfish of me to take advantage of the

piece of hair framing my face before tucking it behind me ear and

cheek.

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