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“You kidnap a girl and try to make her life miserable, only for her to turn out to be your mate!” Dom dissolved into laughter again.

Mate? The word was like a silent explosion in my head. My wolf began to pant and hop around like the word had summoned him.

“No,” I said. “What? No, that’s ridiculous. Bryn is a human woman, Dom. There’s never been a real mate pair between a wolf and a human. Ever.”

“Uh huh.” Dom smirked.

“It’s more likely that it’s just stress about blowing the mission to kill Troy when I had the chance. Now I’ve got the stress of this human and of trying to figure out how to keep our pack safe. That’s all.”

“Oh, yeah, I’m sure that’s it.”

“Don’t fuck with me, Dom. I’m telling you, it isn’t like that.”

“Yeah? Then why were you about ready to shift when I mentioned a particular young wolf’s name?”

I clenched my hand so tight that the beer bottle shattered in my hand, spraying blood and beer over the table. Fortunately, it was mostly empty. Dom pursed his lips to keep fro