My free hand swept around her and pressed her lower back, so we crushed together. The hand that was in her hair dug in and cupped the back of her head. Tingles spread from every point of contact until my body was on fire. I burned for her. 

I harden against her.

Tallia gasped, but didn't pull away. She stared up at me in awe with her pupils blown wide. The scent of our arousal mixed and swelled around us. 

Her hands came up to my chest and her fingers dug in, like she'd claw me if I even tried to pull away. 

"I'm done running, my mate," I said in a low growl. 

***

When a seer informs Alpha King Bryant where to find his mate, he hits the ground running. He never could have predicted he'd find a human that confuses both him and his wolf. When Tallia is bitten by a shifter and changes into a wolf herself, all bets are off. 

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Queen of the Shifters

Thankfully, I knew exactly where Tallia was when all connection to her disappeared. 


My hand grabbed at my chest, and I growled. 


It wasn’t pain; it was just complete nothingness. My wolf stopped everything and focused on finding her, but she was nowhere. 


I’d feel it if she died, so this wasn’t that, but it was still significant. When she’d been drugged, she’d felt hazy, but she’d still been there. Now there was nothing left of the mate bond. 


Shifters could separate themselves from their animal side and I guessed that that would silence the mate bond like this. That had to be what was going on. I wouldn’t accept any other answer. 


But now the question was: why did Tallia feel the need to cut me off? 


Dominic stopped the SUV on the other side of the hill and the one following us pulled up alongside. We all climbed out and scaled the hill to stare down at the barn in the valley. 


Chapter 46: Close Your Eyes