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2024-10-29 19:42:56To say Rebel had dreaded this day for the past twenty years was an understatement. He’d always known he would return to Wolf Pack Run to claim his rightful place, but he’d expected to feel triumphant, righteous. And he couldn’t.
Not when it felt like losing her all over again.
He never should have involved her in this plan, but when he’d heard about the antidote, he’d seized the opportunity as a means to an end but also because deep down, he’d wanted to protect her, be close to her again, and that had been his mistake. He never should have tempted himself. He’d thought he could resist her, but he’d been a goddamn fool to ever think that he could. But now that he was here, it was already too late.
And the dread that consumed him left him sick to his stomach.
No. Not dread.
Dread failed to capture the intensity of the vise grip that constricted and strangled his insides until he found it hard to speak.
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Rebel tilted his Stetson off his head, swiping at the sweat on his brow with a handkerchief he kept tucked in his back pocket. It was hotter than Hades inside the barn, and considering he’d been hammering away at these boards for the past two hours, the summer heat wouldn’t allow him to forget it.He grabbed the hammer to set to work again, but as he did, he heard a distressed-sounding whinny from where Bee was tied up just outside the barn. He followed the sound, taking the hammer with him as he went to investigate.When he found Bee where he’d left him tied, the mustang was stomping and fussing at a small squealing animal on the ground. Rebel raised a brow.No. That couldn’t possibly be Tucker, could it?If it was, he’d grown to nearly twice his size in just as many weeks.“Put down the hammer and step away from the pig.” Lily’s voice sounded from behind him as she approached from the other side of
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Rebel’s stomach dropped. So she wasn’t here for him after all. But then why was she—?“But the deal is, I’m going to teach you how,” she said, drawing in close enough that her lips brushed against his. “As long as you promise to try to love me back.”Rebel kissed her with all the weight of everything he felt for her. He kissed her like she meant something to him, because she did. She had all along, and he’d never allow himself to forget it.He deepened the intensity. Drawing her toward him, he hoisted her in his arms and carried her toward the barn, pressing her against the outside wall. He didn’t care that they were out in the middle of the pasture; he’d take her right then and there.A hungry growl rumbled in his throat. He intended to take her in so many ways before the sun set that night that she’d be riding sidesaddle for weeks. But first he had one last deal to make.&ldquo
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