Page 28 of The Wolf Guard's Mate

It clearly bothered him that he couldn’t help his actions when he woke up. The man was an absolute freak about keeping things organized, and it seemed pretty clear that staying in control was massively important to him too.

All of that meant it had probably been difficult for him to share a bed with me at all. And he probably felt like shit for using me without realizing it.

But honestly?

Now that I understood what had happened, it was pretty hot. The man wanted me so badly that even when he was barely conscious, the smell of my arousal drove him to hump my ass.

And technically, I was the one who had pulled out his cock. I thought it was hot when I woke up with him thrusting between my ass cheeks. And I changed the angle of my hips, too, so he could take me easier.

So I wasn’t innocent.

If one of us was, it was probably him.

I wasn’t opposed to waking up like that every morning, either.

But there was still one problem:

His lies.

I couldn’t move past those. I just couldn’t. He owed me a massive apology, and there would never be anything between us until he gave me exactly that.

So, I texted him an apology for blowing up at him about the morning sex, but I didn’t try to fix any of the other shit between us.

The mate bond might connect us, but it didn’t magically create trust.

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HUNTER

I couldn’t sleepthat night. Olive’s scent on my pillow wasn’t enough to soothe the anxious wolf prowling in my chest. I ended up spending most of the night watching her sleep through my cameras like a fucking creep.

The next day, I watched her swim, watch movies, and cook.

I didn’t sleep that night, either.

My wolf was fucking savage by the time the next morning finally came around. I had to lock myself in the office connected to my bedroom to make sure he couldn’t hunt our mate down in case he took over.

She wanted space.

Clay’s mind met mine around lunch time.

“Hey, I hear you and your mate aren’t speaking. How’s that going?”His voice was lighthearted, but Nova had obviously told him to talk to me. I certainly hadn’t told my brothers details about what was going on.

“Fuck off.”

Clay snorted.“That well, huh?”

I didn’t respond.

There was nothing to say.

“Pro tip—usually if you apologize and make a joke, your mate will forgive you and move on. Life is better when you’re getting along,”he added.

“You knew your mate and chose her. This is different.”

“According to the enforcers, you’ve been obsessed with Olive since she came to town. You weren’t just protecting her—you were keeping other guys away from her. You and I both know you haven’t slept with anyone since Corrine, so I’m sure you realized you were taking a risk when you spent the night with her.”

“She was going to spend heat with Jake,”I gritted out.“He didn’t deserve her.”

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