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could still feel the tremors of fear coursing throughout his body. What would he have done if she had been injured, or God forbid, killed?
    Die d with her.
    He knew his wolf was right. There would have been no living without her. She was his. Always. And forever.
    It was well past quitting time, and only a few employees lingered on the top floor of the building. He ignored their curious glances as he carried Lily through the halls. No doubt come tomorrow morning everyone at Wolfe Enterprises would know that the alpha had finally claimed his mate. He kicked her office door open and strode inside. Once he reached his, he kicked the wooden door shut, drowning out all other sounds. The early evening sun was shining through the tempered glass windows, giving the room a warm, golden glow. When he deposited her on the wide leather sofa, her arms clung to him, tugging him down. His muscles strained. His body yearned.
    Take her. Take her now , his wolf commanded. He wanted to, how he wanted to. And he would. Before the moon rose in the sky, Lily Reynolds would be his. First, he needed to take care of her more than he needed to fuck her.
    Right . Well, taking care of her was a close second.
    He braced his arms when she would have pulled him down on top of her. He sat down beside her on the edge of the sofa, the soft flesh of her thigh burning his hip. “Y ou’re safe now, baby. Always safe with me.”
    He lowered his head needing a taste of her sweet lips as much as he needed his next breath. Her mouth was soft and inviting. She participated in the kiss, from the first tender touch to the hot, moist tongue mating. His cock hardened. He wanted more. He wanted everything she had to give. He’d been afraid her near brush with death at the hands of a shifter would have soured her on shifters. On him.
    I t made his heart sing to know she wasn’t afraid of him.
    When her fingers brushed aga inst his side, he grimaced. The other wolves had gotten in one or two good swipes before he’d taken them down. He hadn’t killed all of them, but he’d come pretty damn close. He’d cared more about getting Lily away from the threat. His security team would dispatch those unfortunate enough to have lived. No threat to his mate would be allowed to remain.
    “You’re hurt,” she said.
    “It’s nothing.” He kept his voice low, barely speaking above a strained whisper. Her touch was more painful than the injury because he wanted it elsewhere on his body.
    She let her hand drop to her side. “Were they–”
    “Yeah, baby. The y were shifters.” He waited to see how she would respond.
    “Like you?”
    “No, baby. Nothing like me. I don’t attack women. There is good and bad in the shifter community, the same as with humans.”
    “I guess I was jus t in the wrong place at the wrong time, uh?”
    “It should never have happened.” He still cursed himself for not putting a protection detail on her as soon as he’d known she was his. Arrogant bastard that he was, he’d never given thought that some other male would try to claim what was his. “T he only place you’re going to be from now on is by my side or in my arms. Forever.”
    When she looked away as if doubting his words, he leaned closer until they were face to face. He wanted no doubts between them as they took their first steps toward a new life together. “I’ve wanted you since the first time I saw you.”
    Lily shook her head. “No, you haven’t.”
    “Someti mes I have to jerk off in the middle of the day because I want you so much. Do you know how difficult it is to conduct business with a hard-on?”
    “Umm, no.” Her mouth curled, a smile lightening up her beautiful face.
    “Well, it’s damn difficult, let me tell you that.”
    Lily giggled even though her last sane brain cell was jumping up and down and waving its hands to get her attention. She fought the urge to run and went with the stronger urge to stay.
    He took her hands in his, stroking the backs with