Page 55 of Love Bites Hard

Though instinct told me to head straight to the cafeteria to join my mate, I reeked of sweat. I’d need to shower before I found her.

So, I went to our room.

I preferred it when my mate waited for me there, but I supposed she never reallywaitedfor me. I just usually got back early enough to catch her before she left.

Why couldn’t I do that every day?

There really wasn’t a reason.

I’d made up my mind to do exactly that, when I stepped into our room and halted just inside the doorway.

My nostrils flared immediately.

My nails shifted to claws, cutting into my palms as my fists clenched.

I had never fucked her in our room—but I could smell her release.

The door slammed shut behind me as I stormed across the room, flinging the comforter to the side and inhaling deeply.

If I smelled another man on our sheets, there would be carnage.

But all I smelled was her.

Some part of me was satisfied by that, though I didn’t stop my search. I found the toy that smelled of her perfect little cunt in the drawer, and resisted the urge to destroy it.

It would be much better used to show her exactly who she belonged to. And who had the right to her climaxes.

It wasn’t the fucking toy.

Dropping it back in the drawer, I strode out of the room without a glance backward, or at the shower.

Sweat was the last thing on my mind.

The only thing that mattered was my female. And she wouldneverfuck herself without me again.

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My foot tapped impatientlybeneath the table.

I had another stack of sexual presents on my left, the same way I did every morning. I’d gotten the contact number for a women’s shelter in Mistwood and had started sending the vibrators and dildos out there. I didn’t know if they genuinely wanted them, but I definitely didn’t need all of them.

And while I wasn’t sure I’d ever betiredof getting presents, I was starting to hope the pack would move on from the gifts and just find a way to live life normally again.

Except Nora.

I ate the peppermint chocolate she gave me almost as fast as she handed it over, and it made her ridiculously happy every time I reached out to her for more through the pack link. I’d tried to pay her, but she refused to take my money.

The cafeteria’s doors slammed open, and every eye in the room landed on the furious alpha in the doorway.

His eyes were wild, his hair was stuck to his forehead with sweat, and his chest was heaving roughly.

There was no question who he was there for.

Andyes, I’d pissed him off just as much as I hoped.

All of the noise in the room died down as he stormed around the tables until he reached me. Then, without a word, he threw me over his shoulder and all but flew down the hall, toward our bedroom.

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