"Who are you?" I came awake with a jerk, disoriented and aching all over. 
A heavy male body lay beside me---we were both naked except for the sheet covering our bodies. 

I searched my memories of the night before, trying to figure out how I had gotten here while attempting to wrap the sheet around my body. I stopped when I realized I'd leave my bed partner totally nude.

I remembered myself saying over and over, "I'm your mate!"

I eased myself off the bed to look for clothes. I tried to be as quiet as I could so I didn't wake up the stranger. 

His scent was all over me, all over everything really. Rich and masculine, every time I breathed I felt as if I was being surrounded by the forest with hints of wood and a warm spice I couldn't name. I wanted to crawl back into bed beside him and never leave.

My wolf, Rayne, grumbled in my head, "We shouldn't leave! He is our mate!"

Rejected My Alpha Mate

Adrenaline had kept me riding the edge of shifting too close for comfort. It was only sheer force of will which had kept Wynd down inside my mind. I knew if I had let up on my self-control at all, I would have lost the battle with my wolf, shifted right there in the car and who knew what would have happened next?


Rachel and I were a strange mixture of people on the last leg of our journey home.


Once Lewis and Windsor had gotten the Moonglow Pack car off our tail and we'd all calmed down upon realizing no second car was going to show up to offer chase---well, somehow Rachel had wound up in the center of the seat, lying against me while Lindy Campbell lay against her.


I stroked both of their hair on the drive as a means to calm everyone down.


I had to admit Lindy was a lovely girl even if I couldn't see how anyone would choose her over Rachel.


Chapter 108