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2024-10-29 19:42:56My eyes fluttered, and his words hit me as the intoxicating smell from earlier became more prominent and felt as if it encompassed my whole body. Rich coffee, the kind that rips you from a deep sleep and awakens your senses, mixed with a sweet type of cinnamon and strong, but soft, oak.
“Well hello… mate.” A rough voice I had never heard before, rang out in my head caressing my every nerve, it was deep as the ocean and smooth as silk.
Echo. Lost. Her. Shit.
My eyes were barely opening, struggling to flutter as Echo was screaming mate over and over again in my head. I was encompassed by the scent, it was all so overwhelming, was I sitting? Echo fell silent as another electrifying ripple coursed through my temple and down my chin.
My eyes began to focus, and I was met with the most intense green eyes I had ever seen. Flecks of green floated in an emerald sea, strands of reddish brown hair with a touch of burnt orange swooped in front of h
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I walked with caution down the hall and as I turned the corner Kallan startled me, I tried not to let it show but I took a sharp breath in as I seen him standing in front of me. He was leaning against the table as if he had been waiting on me.His full attention was roaming my body, I could tell Echo would be useless as I tried to focus on something else, distracting myself from the mate bond trying to pull us together. I could feel my legs light up under his view and realized how wildly inappropriate this was, to be walking around his men and him with bare legs.I was kicking myself for never fully thinking through my clothing choices, as my cheeks grew hot and I locked into his green eyes that were darker than before. I quickly drew my attention down to the ground, maybe submission would be enough for mercy."I'm so sorry, I'll change," my voice came out soft as I turned on my heel to find something else, when his hand grasped mine.He turned me around as h
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The more I opened drawers and fanned through the back of the closet, the more I noticed a theme. Lingerie, lingerie, lingerie, oh look, more lingerie, and some of them were missing some pretty big chunks of fabric. Not a nightgown or pajama set in sight.I tried not to think about the implications of Kallan telling me to pick something to get changed into when these were the only options. I wasn't sure he was even aware of what the closet was filled with when he had told me he asked Eathen to arrange this, and Eathen was clearly trying to make things happen with all of his comments to me, not that I would expect less from his Beta.Either way, there was no way I was wearing any of this, and none of the shirts in here would work being as form fitting as they were. There were no sweaters, and limited options as bottoms that mainly consisted of jeans and skirts. I huffed as I left my closet, I couldn't stay in the clothes I had on, and if I didn't decide on somethin
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