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So it was as well that her wolf danced aithout warning, darkly conscious that the man she petted with such proprietary hands could overpower her in a heartbeat How could she think of being naked in his aruarantee her submission would be a conscious, voluntary response, rather than being born of primitive instinct?

"I’d look into your eyes the entire ti back at hi and quiescent, Grace’s hu an icy hold on her heart, she stepped away "Put on your T-shirt" So she could concentrate, could think

Cooper growled

Ju, she lowered her head

"Please"

"Dary "I wasn’t growling because you gavebecause I wasn’t done playing with you"

For so response made her relax, chance a peek up "Does sexual frustration always rowl that had her wolf clawing at her to shut up

"Go on," he said in a low tone that was a dare "Keep on poking the hungry wolf, see how naked it gets you" Heat burned her cheeks, but she wasn’t going to allow hiain "Cooper, I’ you when you knocked on the door"

He ry you took off without telling me, okay? Didn’t think you’d like it if I pointed it out" It limpsed had been far more violent an emotion, somehow old Akin to the hurt she’d seen in his eyes at the site of the slip "You don’t have to pretend aroundat his defenses but frustrated enough by his refusal to even acknowledge he was in pain that she had to make the attempt

"Grace, no male wants to further piss off an already pissed-off wo into bed as fast as possible" He ran his hands over his scalp "Godda"

"So? I don’t want you to turn down the volume of your personality or your emotions," she said, dismayed at the idea "That’s not healthy on any level for you" It would drive hi to do e’re together" - the thought hurt, so rowl raised every hair on her body "It da what he wanted

Stubborn, infuriating ue, but she’d pushed her wolf’s li the reins fro what it deery dominant

A submissive whimper left her throat

Cooper froze

Declaration of Courtship Chapter 8

GRACE COLLAPSED TO her knees as the door closed behind Cooper, tre her fraainst her temple with an affection that soothed soht, Grace," and leaving

It had happened exactly as she’d feared, her nature unable to stand the sheer, unleashed force of Cooper’s dominance In her lupine fors, maybe even rolled over onto her back to expose the vulnerable flesh of her belly

Sobs escaped her mouth, filled her chest until she could hardly breathe

She was simply not built to handle the hot-blooded passions and brutal depth of ee the veryWhat if the next time it happened, they were in bed?

What if Cooper was inside her?

Then he’ll stop

The answer came from the tiny part of her that wasn’t a complete mess And it was true Cooper would always stop - as he’d done today But that didn’t ht to demand he muzzle the raw beauty of his sexuality, his personality What she’d said, it was an absolute, unavoidable truth - for hi act

It would kill hio"

The whispered confession was a slap