Chapter 236: Part 6

Ivan

The desire raging through my blood ended when I realized fear gripped her. What should have been fun and mutually satisfying turned dark and ugly. When she gave me Raykon's name, I guessed at what she'd lived through. Hell, I knew before she gave me the name. Female cats survived however they could.

Would she be able to release her fear? Earlier, with the mating instinct overtaking us both, our animals did what came naturally. Just now, her human side gained control when my volatile wolf planned to take what was his.

If I allowed my human side to remain in the foreground, everything I hated about my world would show. Not that she didn't know my feelings. Why did the Goddess see fit to throw me into a needy group of cats and give me one as mate? I didn't have the answers. I also couldn't control the mating frenzy if I remained here.