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“I’ll be taking my Luna now,” I told Julien, who dropped his eyes in submission immediately.
I hooked my hand through Avery’s elbow and towed her towards an empty corner of the bar.
“Don’t you have other duties to attend to?” I snarled into her confused face.
“Don’t you?” she shook her head, “I’m supposed to be overseeing the event, and Julien is in charge of security. We were discussing how to ensure that these girls all got home safely tonight, the ones who don’t want to leave with anyone, that is p>
I blinked at her in surprise. It truly hadn’t occurred to me that she wasn’t just trying to play games, and I had assumed she had been flirting with Julien to make me jealous.
“So you weren’t… trying to hit on him?” I hated how insecure that question made me sound.
“No!” Avery said curtly, “That might have been your intention, but it wasn’t mine! Don’t think I didn’t notice you, surrounded by ladies p>
Her pretty face had two bright red splotches on her cheeks from her annoyance and the alcohol. I couldn’t help but feel affection flowing through me when I looked at her, despite my irritation. 1
The corner we were standing in was dimly lit. There was a live band playing by the far end of the bar, and the thudding bass drum made the glassware rattle and chime. It made me feel like my heartbeat was pounding throughout my whole body as Avery and I stared at each other with hurt in our eyes.
I hated this confusion that kept arising between us. I could feel our bond, the way our wolf-souls called
out to each other.
“Let me show you my true feelings,” I said roughly, and then I leaned down and kissed her, soundly.
She let out a soft, small cry against my mouth, and then she was enthusiastically kissing me back. Her soft tongue and sweet lips were the best thing I’d tasted all day. My palm smoothed along her jaw, tilting
her head back.
There were so many things I wanted to say, and I said them all with my body. That she was mine. That I resented even the idea of sharing her with anyone else. That seeing her and knowing she didn’t want me
in return was killing me.
Pleasure pulsed through our bond as I backed her into the corner and supported her with my leg pressed between hers. I wanted to see her melt beneath my touch.
“Avery, I need you,” I murmured into her ear, and felt her body curve against mine. She opened her mouth to say something, but I suddenly found I didn’t want to know what she would say. I just wanted to hold her, and to have her respond to my touches the way she had a minute ago,
So I kissed her again, stoppering her words.
My hands ran down her back, and I caressed her backside. My hands roamed towards her soft hips, and
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then the roundness of her belly.
Abruptly she pulled away, her face looking panicked and confused. I’m sure mine mirrored it.
“I can’t.” She stammered, turning and disappearing into the crowd.
I watched her go, feeling bereft and flabbergasted. I could tell through our bond she had been enjoying my touches, so what the hell had happened?
Avery’s POV
Stupid. Stupid!
Gideon’s embrace and kisses had felt so good, it had distracted me from the secret he mustn’t find out. But when his fingers had trailed across my abdomen I had suddenly worried he would notice the hard
bump that was starting to emerge between my hips where the baby was growing.
I had broken off the kiss and fled, rather than face his disappointment or his questions. I could feel the ricochet of his displeasure through our bond as I darted into the mess of people.
There had been other worries running through my head as we approached the night of the Annual Mating Ceremony. I hadn’t shifted since getting pregnant, and I worried that in wolf form, the wolves keen sense of smell would be able to pick up on the changed hormones and pheromones my body was
now creating.
I needed to leave before that could happen.
And soon.
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