Chapter 172

Chapter 172

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“There. You’re clean now.”

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She whines, soft and raw, tail curling tight around me as I drag the towel over her soaked fur. She hadn’t been able to shift and I don’t know why. Somehow I’m starting to get afraid that something is wrong with her.

I don’t want to think anything and I certainly don’t want her wolf to feel like I don’t want her but this is a first for me.

“Shift, Jessica,” I murmur, voice low, almost desperate. “Let me feel you. Let me bring you back to me.”

Still nothing.

What the fuck is wrong with her?

Her gold eyes flick to mine, wild, confused, vulnerable. “Come on, baby,” I growl, voice rough, teeth bared. “I need you. Don’t make me wait.”

She whines again, nudging my thigh, pressing close.

“Okay. I won’t force you,” I told her as I lifted her fully and carried her on our bed. I set her down gently, pressing her head against the pillow, letting her body sink into the mattress. “What’s gotten into you, anyway?”

I know she’ll never understand what I am saying. I let myself watch her for another minute before I sigh and went to the asshole outside of my house.

Jack steps inside as soon as I open the door. “So…did you find her?”

“Yeah. And she’s mine. Don’t get any ideas, asshole.”

widens, but there’s a hint of caution now. “Oh? Still in

near her, feeling her tremble under my gaze. “She’ll shift when she’s ready. And

feel her focus slowly, dangerously, drifting toward me again. My wolf hums, approving, hungry. I lean closer, inhaling her scent, letting the storm outside match the one

did you tell

smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth, like he’s daring me to snap. “Relax, big guy. I

last one she saw. Every word

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that sometimes it’s fun

inside me, and my teeth grit. “She’s mine, Jack. Don’t fucking

a fraction. “Okay,

I mean…doing it in wolf form?” His tone is teasing, dangerous, and

snapping through my chest. “What the fuck

out of reach, clearly loving my reaction.

voice low and feral. “She’s not some

laughs, shaking his head, but I don’t even notice him anymore. All I can think about is her–fur slicked with rain, muscles coiled, golden

Damn it.

rattles the walls, rattles my bones, and even through it all, I can hear Jack’s laugh bursting like

what I thought,” he shouts between chuckles. “It is

else, I’m already shoving him away

she’s damaged,

frown. “What do you

the one in front of me.

Riot. That name.

touch of guilt. “She… she compared me to him. Said I reminded her of

her leaving me made my throat constrict in pain. That’ll be

her and I think he got her wolf confused…and also I think she’s

his hands, wide–eyed, “Whoa!

hammering, heart caught between fury and fear. I can’t let him see it. That tiny, unbearable fear: that one day she’ll

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