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This wound and the one on ht for some reason"

"They only make you sexier"

He arched his neck in a silent invitation, had the pleasure of feeling her suck hard enough to leave aover the hted him on every level, "there were pups’ lives at stake" Nipping kisses along his throat, the scent of peaches warain if necessary, wouldn’t you?"

"Yeah, I guess I’ainst him, hissed out a breath as she bit down over his pulse "That’s three, bad girl" Her thighs squeezedand this time when she tipped back her head, there was only anticipation in the arch of her spine

That hen he felt it, the wild howling fro dance

Declaration of Courtship Chapter 10

GRACE STARED AT the

"Now everyone will know you’reat the er over the spot when they finally got hoers, Grace decided not to cover it up with makeup She was proud to be Cooper’s And it wasn’t as if her packht with a delighted laugh, her entire body huht to come The fact her wolf had accepted him at her throat

Happy and excited and a little bit terrified - in the breathstealing way of a woerous man would soon be in her bed - she went to ith a s

What she was not ready for was for her brother and sister to turn up The two took one look at the un an identical wolf areen

"Are you insane, Grace?" Pia yelled, having dragged her out into the sunshine-drenched forest so they could talk without being overheard, her petite size no indication of her temperament

"The man is a lieutenant! Not only that, he’s a lieutenant with a reputation for being a total hard-ass He eats subant in his choice of words but no less violent in his repudiation "You need soentle, someone who knows to treat your ith care Thank God we talked Dad out of co that bruise on your neck"

As she opened her mouth to point out that the "bruise" was a very welcome love bite and that she’d seen plenty like it on the throats of Revel’s various lovers, her sister went off again, so she folded her arms and waited Pia would eventually run out of steam, or pause to catch a breath Meanwhile Rev would wait for Grace’s reply to rebut her words It was an aggravatingly familiar pattern - but she knew the doofuses were freaked out because they loved her

Her wolf sighed in exasperation, put its head on its paws, and waited

Except the pattern altered in a rush of fury as another ht?" was Cooper’s first question, his irises ringed with that distinctive feral yellow that said his as riding hi closer, she put her hand on his chest "What’s the matter?"

"What’s the et a report that two unfamiliar dominants hauled you bodily out of the den, and you ask me that?" Suddenly infuriated, she narrowed her eyes "Don’t you use that tone of voice with me" She would not take it, not from anyone, and especially not froes both intimate and precious

His response was to shove her behind the wall of muscle that was his body "You" - his words were snapped out at Pia and Rev - "have three seconds to explain why you dared lay hands on her"

"She’s our sister" All black hair and wolf eyes, Pia was er - she would also be ression "And you have no right to use your position to force her to share skin privileges"

Grace wanted to beat her head against a enerous-hearted, talk-before-she-thought sister But she didn’t have tirowl coloring the air Slipping around his body and gripping at his arms with her own clahen he picked her up and attempted to put her back, she raised her voice to be heard over the cacophony of her siblings’ cries for her to get away, to run

"Cooper Cooper! " Twisting her head when she felt Pia and Revel move, she said, "No!"

They halted, unvarnished shock in their expressions Grace never yelled

Not at theht a fraction round, she leaned forward and did the bravest thing she’d ever done in her life

She bit Cooper hard on the jawand got no response aside fros "Cooper," she said, digging her claws deeper into his flesh, "you ignore aht, it was a shocking kind of beauty