Authors: Charlene Hartnady
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With challengers closing in, his options were limited. It was either take Alisha as his mate or he would most likely die. Where would the pack be then? The clock was ticking, he needed to be strong. Needed to believe that he could get through this.
“I’ve made my decision. You have three days to come to terms with it and to prepare. Once the full moon hits, we will mate. If you give me a chance I will prove to you that I can be a faithful and strong provider. I will do my best to make you happy. We can make this work.”
“There is no way in hades I’ll let a bastard mongrel like you touch me.” Her voice remained even, but her eyes narrowed as she spoke.
Once upon a time, he’d actually found this female attractive. More than just attractive,
hounds
, as a young wolf he’d have given his left canine for one night with her. Right now…he’d give anything just to get out of it. All he knew was that he couldn’t blame her for hating him since she believed he’d killed her future mate, his half brother Bain. That didn’t change the predicament they were all in at the moment though.
“Sorry to interrupt,” the petite Demon Chaser rounded the corner and entered his suite without permission.
Bain would never have stood for such a breach of protocol. Especially from a human. The muscles in his shoulders cramped as he remembered why she was here. Taking a calming breath, he turned and faced her wondering how much of the exchange she had heard. He found himself hoping that she hadn’t been standing there long.
Ashlyn stepped further into the room, her head held high. She maintained eye contact, her gaze moving between himself and the female demon wolf. Alisha growled. The Chaser didn’t flinch, in fact, her chin cocked to the side in an arrogant lilt.
Impressive.
“We need to talk,” she paused, her eyes brushing over the female demon wolf. “That is, when you get a chance. I’ll be in my room.”
“We’re done. You may stay,” Alisha said, as if she were granting the Chaser permission to be there.
“You’re too kind. Thanks ever so much. What is it that I should call you? Your highness, Alpha bitch...or maybe just bitch?”
Alisha growled, low and deep. She flashed a set of healthy canines. The Chaser widened her stance. The pressure in Gray’s head increased. Was he going to have to break up a cat fight today as well?
Could things get any worse?
“I don’t have time for this.”
He breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Alisha turn and stalk out with all the menace and cunning of a wolf and all the sleek grace of a cat. The woman was a beauty, highly intelligent and strong. Yet the thought of tying himself to her for the rest of his very long life just wasn’t appealing. He shook his head as he added the undesirable fact that she was his brother’s leftovers.
Like it or not, he knew beyond a doubt that he would do what he had to do to secure his position as Alpha and to ensure the survival of this pack. He just wouldn’t do it at the cost of his own conscience or sense of who he was by forcing her. She didn’t know that though, and she and the rest of the pack would just have to assume at this moment that he would take her like it or not. So, he had to win her over. For both their sakes.
Gray turned and looked out the window. The thought of his other options were more stressful to think about than his first one. He could take one of the lesser females, but that would lower his chances of success. He could take the third option which, for him, was just plain ridiculous.
Demon Chaser Book 2 ALPHA
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