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The strong breeze was carrying his scent directly to me, and it overpowered od, he was beautiful—so beautiful I al A whimper, more wolf than human, slipped froht then and there, and—

No No

That was the bond talking It had alht in a matter of seconds How had I resisted him for three whole days last time?

Before Elias reached me, Carter stepped between us and stopped hiuided him a few feet away and told hi at one point, but I couldn’t be sure about that

While they were talking, I stood up and repositioned myself so I wasn’t directly doind of Elias It helped a little to not be bombarded by his scent, and as my head cleared, I studied my mate

At six-foot-two, he had a solid five inches onwith a powerful, muscular build He looked like he was in his early thirties, although he was actually pushing two hundred And he was absolutely stunning, with chiseled features, dark eyes, and thick, black hair that grazed his collar I wondered if he’d still seeeous once the mate bond released its hold on me

When Carter finished explaining the logic behind suppressing our bond, Elias snapped, “Absolutely not”

“Why not?”

“Because he’sit away for a week to see if we get along without it”

Carter said, “Do it for Mateo Show hiet to know hi else when it returns, but this is important to him”

“I just spent the last century without my mate,” Elias told him, “all because he was too stubborn and willful to accept the inevitable Noe’re finally together again, and the first thing you want to do is ta it”

“I won’t force this on you,” Carter said, “but I’ainst his will You have two choices, Elias—accept this or say goodbye, because I’m prepared to take him back to the mainland”

Elias exclaimed, “That’s no choice at all!”