LILA - I sat up, leaning against the headboard, watching Linc sleep. He was face-down, his arm tucked under his head in the way he always did when he was stressed. His face looked peaceful, but I knew him too well to believe it. Most alphas slept like this when they were under strain—some instinct in them sought the earth, grounding them when their wolves felt restless or cornered. Tonight, I'd left him spent, utterly exhausted, but still... he lay there tense, his fingers gripping the pillow, his whole body in that defensive position.The mate bond had that kind of grip on him, even after everything we'd just shared. He'd told me...over and over...that he didn't want Phoebe. That he only wanted me, our life, and the future we were building together. I believed him, I did. But I also knew what it was like to have a mate pull on you, that feeling that hummed under your skin, no matter how hard you fought against it. I knew how real that pull could feel, how persistent, how overwhelmi
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