"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

"You can't just walk away from me when you're upset." 


I was hyperaware of every inch of my body and I used my full weight to press against Tyler. He let me maneuver him into leaning against an alcove in the hallway out of the view of casual passersby. 


I say he let me because my weight wasn't nearly enough to push Tyler Wright around even with the additional pounds I'd started to pick up in my pregnancy. 


His wolf grumbled on the inside about letting a female push him around, but I knew Wynd would do anything if it comforted Rayne while pregnant. 


"I need to be able to argue with you and know you'll talk to me. You'll argue back. You won't just walk away. I can't handle you just walking away, Tyler. It's too much for me." 


Tyler settled his hands on my hips, pulled me even more flush against his body before saying, "I don't like to argue with you." 


Chapter 123