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Tina’s nose twitched and she arched an eyebrow at Grady. “I see how the wind

blows. I thought you were seeing―”

“That will be all,” Grady cut her off. “I’ll be in my office for a few minutes and then

I’ll be back.” Grady glared at Mika. “Your ass doesn’t leave that seat. I don’t want a

repeat of the other night. If you want to dance, wait for me and I’ll dance with you. I

just need to take care of a few things while we’re in town.”

He walked away leaving Mika with the bartender who was still eyeing her carefully

and thoughtfully. The woman leaned closer, meeting Mika’s gaze.

“He doesn’t do humans. You must be something in bed since he marked you.”

Mika ignored the comment. “May I please have a rum and coke on ice?”

The woman moved away and a minute later she placed a drink in front of Mika.

“You can’t hold him.” Tina gave her a cold look. “You can’t handle him for long. He’ll

get tired real fast of a fragile human. He likes it rough. He likes to partially change

because he doesn’t have to hold back or keep in control.” Tina smirked at her. “He’d

break your bones just gripping you if he didn’t tear you up inside going at you that

hard.”

Mika took a sip of her drink and studied the bartender, trying to hide her anger and

how hurtful the words were. “I’m thinking your eyes aren’t just green from what you

were born with. I know it’s mating season. Were you hopeful he’d nail you? I bet it

burns that he’s in my bed instead.”

A growl tore from Tina’s throat and sharp teeth showed. Mika leaned back.

“Temper, temper, Tina. I’m Omar’s niece. He’d really be pissed if you laid a…paw

on me. He’s very protective of me since we both know you’re a lot stronger and a fight

wouldn’t be fair between us.”

Snarling, the other woman spun away and stomped to the other end of the bar.

Mika knew she’d been a bitch but she was angry. It was bad enough she had to face that

she wasn’t what Grady wanted but to have it pointed out to her in graphic detail by the

rude bartender had just pushed her “bitch button”.

Feeling watched, Mika turned and glanced around the bar. She saw about fifteen

men in the room but, other than her and Tina, there were no other women. One of the

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men stood, gripping his beer, and started to walk toward her. When he was about five

feet away she saw him inhale, sniff at her. He froze. He sniffed again and then frowned.

His gaze locked with hers and it was obvious he was confused.

“You’re sniffing right, Joey,” Tina called out. “He marked her. She knows what we

are.”

Joey’s stunned gaze shot to Tina. “But…she’s…what the hell?”

Mika sighed and turned to face the bar to take a sip of her drink. The man was

shocked that Grady had marked her. It was just one more reminder that Grady would

never accept her as a mate since his friends were reacting with shock that she carried his

scent. Tina snorted.

“Who knows, but he did it.”

Mika was surprised the entire pack hadn’t heard of how Grady was left with no

choice but to mark her. Maybe Uncle Omar had silenced that rumor because, if anyone

could do it, he could. Knowing her uncle, he didn’t want people talking about her. She

was actually grateful for that secret at the moment. She had a good idea that if Tina

knew that Grady had been left with no choice, she would have said much worse to

Mika.

“What’s going on?” Grady growled.

“Nothing,” Joey said. “I just got close enough to scent you on her.”

Mika glanced at Grady. He looked grim as he frowned at Joey. “And?”

“Nothing. I just didn’t think, well…she’s not your type. It’s one thing to fuck one of

them but to mark one?”

Grady growled low. “Respect her. She’s marked by me.”

A man chuckled. “Ah. Someone went after your little girlfriend so you had to mark

her to keep them away, didn’t you? I’d have done the same in mating season. Now we

all know she belongs to you. I guess this one is pretty good for you to want to not share

her. When you get tired of her, mind if I give her my number?”

Grady’s jaw clenched and he growled at the man.

“I take it that means I’ll just wait until you’ve moved on to the next one to give her

my number. I enjoy variety sometimes too.” Joey nodded and walked back to his table.

Grady’s dark gaze moved to Mika. He looked angry. “Let’s go.”

“I’m not done with my drink.”

Grady grabbed her drink off the bar and downed it in a few swallows. He slammed

the empty glass on the bar and glared at her with black eyes.

“It’s gone now.”

Mika took a deep breath and fought her anger. She figured he was embarrassed to

be seen with her and his friends were giving him shit so he wanted to hustle her out of

there fast.

“What about that dance?”

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He growled low at her. “If you want to feel me holding you, we’ll do that at home.

Let’s go.” His hand clamped down on her arm.

Mika glared at his hand. “Let go.”

Grady growled deep and she saw his teeth growing a little longer as his lips parted.

He was really pissed off now. His hold on her wasn’t bruising but it was damn firm. “I

said let’s go, Mika. Now.”

“Fuck you.”

“You’re going to.” His other hand reached out and grabbed her around her waist.

He yanked her off the barstool.

“Easy,” Tina said from somewhere close behind Grady. “You’re going to hurt the

little human. Let her go and let’s go into your office. You won’t hurt me, Grady. I want

it rough.”

Grady’s head snapped around and he growled at the bartender, “Get your damn

hands off my ass.”

“Want them somewhere else?” Tina softly growled back at him.

Grady released Mika and spun. Mika heard a thump, a chair scraped, and a

whimper sounded. Grady growled and moved enough so Mika could see Tina. The

woman was against the bar about six feet down and leaning on a barstool that was

holding her up. Tina rubbed her side and growled at Grady. It was obvious that Grady

had shoved the woman hard.

“Don’t ever do that again,” Grady warned Tina. “If I wanted your hands on me, I’d

let you know.”

Tina glared at him. “You wanted me last week just fine, against the Jeep out back.

It’s mating season and I hurt for you. Smell me. I’m so fucking hot I’m soaked from

wanting you.”

Grady snarled. He spun and grabbed Mika by her arms and forced her toward the

back door. He took a deep breath when they got outside and headed toward his Jeep.

“Get in and don’t piss me off more. You don’t want to see me lose my temper.”

She shut her mouth, more than a little shocked at the scene inside. Grady started the

Jeep and punched the gas. He didn’t talk to her at all as he drove back to her house.

When they got there he shut off the engine, jumped out, and rounded the Jeep. Mika

had barely released the seat belt when Grady grabbed her.

Mika gasped as she was tossed over his wide shoulder. He stomped toward her

front door. “Keys, now.”

She had nearly lost her purse when he’d literally made her world go upside down.

Her hands were shaking while she unclipped her keys from her purse and Grady jerked

them from her fingers. He unlocked the door, stepped inside, and slammed it. He spun

again, fast enough to make Mika a little dizzy and then he moved.

He grabbed her and she squealed as he tore her from his shoulder. She landed hard

on her feet. She saw Grady’s eyes were black as he glared down at her. He was on her in

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a heartbeat as he grabbed her shirt with both hands. The material tore apart as he

shredded it from her body and then spun her around. One hand came down on her

back and another one went around her as he forced her over the back of the couch so

she was bent over it.

He tore open the front of her jeans and both hands gripped the waist of them. He

jerked them down her hips hard. Her panties went with her jeans. His hands left her

body. She heard a zipper and then his knee pushed between her thighs. All she could

do was gasp as Grady entered her from behind.

One of his hands gripped her shoulder while his other hand gripped her hip. He

started to move inside her hard and fast. She clawed at the couch cushions under her.

Pain and pleasure slammed her as hard as Grady did from behind. She heard sounds

coming from her and from him. His weren’t human but hers weren’t entirely either.

Grady pounded her body as he fucked her.

She felt him tense behind her, his hips stilling, and then he jerked inside her, his

hips bucking. He snarled when he came. She felt his cock throb inside her and he came

hard enough that she could feel it as he shot streams of his cum into her. He stilled and

then he withdrew from her body just as quickly as he’d entered her. He released her

and backed away. Grady snarled a curse word.

She lay there panting, confused, and sexually frustrated. Her legs were shaking.

Her jeans bunched at her knees. She finally reached down to tug on them when she got

a hold on her raging emotions. She straightened, shaking still, and looked down at her

destroyed shirt. Her bra was intact. She turned her head to find Grady standing in the

corner, facing it, and his pants were up. She stared at his back. She shook as she gripped

the torn jeans to hold them up on her hips.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered.

Sorry?
Tears filled her eyes. She ached from how hard he’d fucked her, but worse,

he’d left her high and dry sexually. It had hurt a little when he’d taken her that way but

it had felt really good too. If he’d just touched her clit she would have come with him or

if he’d just lasted a little longer she would have come. She turned without saying a

word and walked on wobbly legs to her bedroom. She closed the door softly and then

made it to her bed where she collapsed. Hot tears seeped out. She felt used and it hurt.

The bedroom door opened but Mika kept her eyes shut. She was curled up on the

bed in a ball on her side. The bed dipped from his weight and then his large body

curled around her back. She tensed but then relaxed as Grady pulled her tightly into his

arms, holding her.

“I’m so sorry I hurt you,” he whispered. His lips brushed her neck. “I’m a total

bastard.”

She sniffed. “I’m fine.”

“You’re crying and I can smell your pain.”

“I don’t like being used. That’s what hurts.”

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His hold on her tensed and then he pulled her firmer against his body, curling his

more tightly around her. “I didn’t use you. I just wanted you too bad to have much

control.”

“You used me. You fucked me and then couldn’t get away from me fast enough.

You didn’t even care if I got off or not.”

“I’m sorry I lost control and took you as though you were a wolf. When I realized

what I’d done and I was horrified. That’s why I pulled back and why I stopped

touching you. I’m so sorry, Mika. Did I hurt you inside? I was rough. Do you need a

doctor? I know I’m too much for you when I’m like that.”

She sighed. “Get over yourself. You didn’t break me. It was pretty damn great until

you stopped.”

She heard him suck in air in surprise. His hands on her moved, massaging her hip

and her arm. “Really?”

Mika opened her eyes and turned her head to meet his shocked gaze. “Really.”

He softly growled and his eyes darkened as she stared into them. The brown turned

to black. “Take off your clothes. I’ll let you use me this time.”

She studied his eyes. “I don’t want to use you, Grady. I want to be with you.
Be with

you
,” she repeated. “Share it all. Every touch. Every sensation. I want us to enjoy each

other.”

His breathing increased. Mika wiggled away from him and got off the bed. She

opened her torn shirt and let it drop. Her bra went next. She kicked off her shoes and

shoved down her destroyed jeans and panties, stepping out of them. Grady sat up and

discarded his shirt and jeans. Naked, he sat on the bed watching her.

“Did I make you sore?”

“A little,” she admitted.

Grady held out his hand to her. She didn’t hesitate putting her hand in his and let

him tug her back on the bed. He rolled her onto her back and stared at her. His long

hair brushed her shoulder and tickled slightly.

“I can kiss it better.”

She grinned. “You didn’t use a condom. You’d taste yourself.”

“I don’t give a damn.” He reached for her knee. “I crave the taste and scent of us

together.”

Mika stretched back on the bed, her gaze meeting his, as Grady shifted his body

between her thighs. She spread wider for him. He slowly took in her body stretched out

under him. Another growl came from his throat. He kissed her shoulder and then

started to brush kisses down her body. He spent a lot of time at her breasts. His mouth

was hot and wet. He teased her nipples into hard nubs. His mouth kissed lower, over

her rib cage. By the time he pushed her thighs wide and fit his shoulders between them,

Mika was hurting with need.

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“I wish you were totally shaved,” he rasped. “Would you do that for me? I think

you’d enjoy my tongue tracing over bare skin here.” He rubbed his jaw against the soft,