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hesitation, he said, “Sarah was always pleased with my father.”
    Her eyes softened. “You were very young, Caim. Too young to remember how at odds they were when she first came to Shaderunner. He was still mourning your mother, and Sarah was barely a woman. They fought constantly.”
    He blinked at her, surprised by the revelation. While Caim had wanted to be a father for several years, he had never thought much about having a mate. He had a lways assumed that being a mate would come as easily to him as it had to his father.
    His brows furrowed. “Sarah was docile and obedient.”
    “Sure, after a few years and a lot of pups, she mellowed out. They both did.”
    “You are saying that once Mila has pups she will be less volatile?”
    Lotus sighed and shook her head. “No, I am saying that a relationship takes time and commitment. Once you both get to know one another better, things will be less complicated. Mila will learn to love you, in time.”
    Love. That was not something Caim had considered.

CHAPTER FIVE
     
    Asch held Mila’s hand as she dipped her toe into the steaming water. She made a contented sound as she lowered her foot, and then her leg, into the tub.
    While Mila ate breakfast, Brae had filled the large, metal basin with boiled water and a jasmine-scented soap from one of Mila’s bags. On the hard rim of the basin was a soft blanket that she could rest her back against.
    As she settled into the bath, Asch began to regret bringing candles for her bedroom. The play of warm light on her soft, wet skin made his cock stir. He knew that he couldn’t stay with her.
    Mila looped her arms around her legs and rested her cheek on her knees. She looked up at him, and her beautiful eyes compelled him to lower himself to his knees. He could stay, for just a moment.
    “I caught a fish with my bare hands,” she told him, her eyes sparkling. She lifted one hand from the water and wiggled her fingers at him, smirking. “I used my claws.”
    Asch laughed, reaching over to catch her small hand. He pulled it closer, examining her rounded nails with mock scrutiny.
    “Quite a feat.”
    Mila puffed air from one cheek. “You would think.”
    He fought the urge to disparage Caim, an urge which was growing increasingly difficult to resist with the way the other alpha had been handling Mila.
    He told her, “Caim despises the smell of fish. It must have bothered him, given how much he loves your scent.”
    Mila arched a brow at him. “What makes you say that?”
    Asch pulled her hand to his face and ran his nose over the back, inhaling deeply. If she only knew what her scent did to them…
    “He likes to sleep with his nose buried in your hair. It’s why he doesn’t like it when I hold you at night. He wants to keep your scent close to him.”
    Swallowing hard, she loosened herself from his grip and cupped the side of his face with her palm.
    A light flush on her cheeks, she said, “You like my neck the best.”
    He gave her a slow smile, before dipping his hand into the bathwater. He ran down the length of one leg, until he came to the apex of her thighs.
    “There are parts of you I like better.”
    Mi la grinned, and then gave a sharp intake of breath as his fingers found her warm cleft and began to stroke. His cock began to stiffen, becoming more demanding as he rubbed her soft folds. He wondered if he would have the self-control to make her come without taking his own release.
    He didn’t plan on Mila throwing her arms around his neck and drawing herself up to put her mouth on his. She moaned into his mouth, the sound reverberating through his body and heating his flesh.
    She grew bolder every night, and was becoming a constant source of surprises for both males, as she came to learn the things that they liked. He loved the way her hands fisted in his hair, pulling him closer and deepening their kiss.
    More reacting than thinking, Asch pushed two fingers inside of her . She squeezed her inner muscles around him