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He stopped right behind her. He could tell by how her shoulders tensed that she felt him there.

“Well, I can’t deny that I want to play with you. I want to play with you a lot. Everywhere. Every single way possible,” he whispered.

The scent of her arousal was like an aphrodisiac. He closed his eyes and inhaled, and everything in him responded.

“Stop that,” Ava hissed.

“I can’t, Ava. Not this time. I’ve told you several times that you’re mine,” he whispered as he closed the distance between them.

The contact sent his mind reeling. If Ava denied him today, he would surely lose his mind for good. When he put his hand on her hip and held her against him so she could feel what she did to him, he brought his nose down to the crook of her neck and inhaled.

Her scent was definitely stronger. And his. All his.

“Mine, Ava,” he whispered, “just as I am yours. Completely. Mind, body and soul. I will never belong to anyone else.”

He felt drunk on the sensations in his body as he completely surrendered to them. He kissed the spot he was desperate to mark and felt her body react.

“Give in to me, Ava. Let me show you how right we are for each other. Let me mark you,” he whispered.

Chapter 59

Shecouldn’tthink.

His lips... His hands... Everything about him was turning her inside out. He kept kissing and sucking on that spot on her neck that seemed connected to more intimate parts of her body, and she just couldn’t...

She couldn’t think.

But she was angry with him and needed to say her piece.

Did he say he wanted to mark her?

Her eyes widened, and she pulled herself out of his arms and rushed over the ridge in the clearing. She didn’t look at the lake as she walked down to the grassy bank where they had their picnic. Her heart slammed against her chest as she processed his words.

“What do you mean? You can’t mark me! You’re an Alpha!”

But even knowing that, she couldn’t put out the fire he had lit in her body. It was all around her, pulling her towards him even when she needed an explanation. Zeke followed her, his eyes burning for her and his breathing uneven. His intentions were obvious. One more touch, and she wouldn’t be able to think anymore.

“Stop!” she ordered.

He did, but he didn’t stop looking at her as if he were starving and she was his next meal.

“Your father said she was your mate, and you didn’t seem surprised,” she pointed out. “You already knew about her while you were busy kissing me.”

“I knew I needed a mate to become Alpha after I graduate. I knew my father was arranging it,” he said, taking another step closer to her. “But then I met you, and all of my plans crumbled. It’s you I want.”

“But the moment you get what you want from me, you’ll realise it’s not me you need.”

She would never be able to cope with that. It was so glaringly clear now.

“It’s you I need,” he said, stepping forward. “It’s you who will have my mark.”

“I’m human, Zeke,” she stated, pointing out the obvious. “Marking me won’t do anything. You’d still be able to mark another woman when you decide you’re done with me.”

“Can’t you feel that, Ava? There is already something powerful between us. You can’t hide from it any more than I can.”

There was something there. Was that why she felt his pain when he had been in Isolation? And when she rejected his advances and left him alone at the lake the other day?

But that was impossible!

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