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wanting to send him running into the woods all over again.
Hayden, he murmured softly, touching his own chest. It s me. It s Joshua. You re safe with me.
I have to change, Josh decided in a panic, I have to become wolf myself so he won t bolt.
But before Josh had time to move a muscle toward transformation, Hayden leaped off that railing,
bounding across the snow toward him at a lightning-fast run. Josh braced, preparing for the attack, ripping
at his uniform so he could transition and was knocked flat on his back when Hayden pounced at him with
the force of a hurricane.
Josh thrust a protective arm upward, wrestling with the other wolf, ready to fling him off& but was
stunned when a rough, lapping tongue began licking at his cheeks, working at the tears he hadn t realized
were streaming down his face. He slid his fingers through the soft, warm fur that covered him from face to
hips, rubbing, feeling. The wolf atop him whined lightly, snuffling his nose against the column of Josh s
throat.
Then another shocking change and it was Hayden in human form, spread atop him, naked. It was
Hayden kissing Josh s face, licking away the tears that simply wouldn t be stopped.
I m here, baby, his lover murmured, finding Josh s mouth with his own. It s okay. I m here, and
I m not going anywhere& not ever again.
Josh s tears turned to sobs, and he wrapped both arms about Hayden s bare body.
Hayden led the way inside his house, Josh on his heels. He closed the door and locked it, neither of
them uttering a word. In fact, Josh hadn t spoken at all since Hayden had jumped him out in the snow. The
only sounds he d made had been wrenching sobs as Hayden had licked and kissed away every tear,
murmuring promises over and over. That he would never leave Joshua again, and that he d spend the rest of
their lives doing his level best to heal his mate s broken heart.
Reaching to flip on the hallway light, Hayden suddenly felt Josh grabbing him from behind. Those
strong hands weren t gentle as they seized hold of Hayden s forearms, flipping him face-forward. And Josh
was just all on him, pushing him hard with his own body, backing Hayden up against the wall until his bare
back met the rough wooden texture with a forceful shove.
Josh said nothing, his only sound a low, angry growl as he flattened Hayden against the log beams,
framing him between forearms that he braced on both sides of Josh s face. Josh lowered his head, still
growling as he sniffed Hayden s naked body, inspecting Hayden like a potential predator as if it were the
only way to be sure Hayden was truly himself.
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Hayden kept still, silent, even when Josh thrust his hips up close, aggressively pinning Hayden against
the wall with his groin. With an erection so hard and thick, Hayden began shaking from unspent hunger for
the man who held him captive. Five years had been far, far too long, and now? Standing naked and feeling
his mate s pulsing cock shoved against his own groin? He thickened, an instant, unstoppable reaction to
such intimate, physical contact. The warm skin of his exposed cock scraped against the fabric of Josh s
uniform pants, and as he lengthened, Hayden attempted to shift his hips to accommodate the change but
Josh wouldn t budge, keeping him pinioned with his own hips so that Hayden s hard-on pushed against his
mate s own rigid erection. Hayden nearly came as their groins pushed and bulged together so harshly, skin
against fabric, heat against heat.
Joshua, he moaned with a ragged, desperate plea. Touch me. Let me hold you.
Hayden lifted both hands, about to cup Josh s face in his hands, but his mate ducked his head away,
and Hayden let his hands fall back to his sides. Whatever Josh was doing right now, it was somehow
critical to healing their ruptured mating bond to drawing them back together.
Josh stopped growling. He pressed his nose against Hayden s neck, sniffing, then moved all along
Hayden s face and bare shoulders and back behind his ear. Josh kept inhaling Hayden s scent the entire
time, inspecting, obviously needing to make sure that Hayden wasn t some figment of the other Alpha s
imagination. Wanting to confirm that Hayden truly had returned from the wild.
It s really me, baby, Hayden finally whispered, daring to lift his hand again and touch Josh s cheek.
His mate flinched, jerking back, but kept both forearms in locked position around Hayden s own face.
Hayden felt the rough fabric of Josh s police uniform, the starched sleeves brushing his unshaven cheeks.
Joshua, it s okay, he tried quietly. I m back. It s me. You can see that it s me.
I can smell that it s you, too, Josh agreed hoarsely. But I don t understand.
Don t understand what? Hayden stared at his mate, but Josh avoided his gaze, keeping his eyes
fixed on the wall beyond Hayden s right shoulder.
When Josh remained silent, Hayden tried again. Baby, tell me what you don t understand, he urged.
Finally, after a long, silent moment, Josh blew out a sigh and leveled Hayden with a firm, hard gaze.
My mate would never have left me for such a long time, Josh said in a voice like gravel. My
mate& knows I love him. My mate knows this in his heart, would always know this in his soul, even if he
couldn t remember the truth. My mate, Josh said in a raw, broken tone, would never have left me for
weeks to wonder if he was alive or if I d ever see him again at all. No, my mate wouldn t leave me alone
and hurting& like you did.
Hayden s eyes slid shut and he felt the burn of tears. I didn t remember. I had to know. Had to figure
it out for myself. It was the only way we could have a future, for me to remember it all.
Josh reached a shaking hand toward Hayden s face, capturing a long lock of Hayden s dark hair
between his fingertips. Slowly Josh lifted it to his nose, testing even that scent. Then after a moment, Josh
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brought the lock to his lips, kissing it softly as he squeezed his eyes closed. You are Hayden Garrett, he
whispered as if satisfied by the inspection. You are still my mate, even if my marking scent isn t on you
after so many years.
It is me, and I won t ever hurt you like again, Hayden promised fiercely, reaching to pull Josh into
his arms, but the other wolf jerked away, stepping back by several paces until they were physically
separated. The pain and anger in his magnetic eyes was visible even by the moonlight spilling through the
room s windows.
Everything I did, Josh said slowly, every choice I made was always to protect you. Don t you love
me at least a little bit in return? Josh s voice was so broken, so destroyed the words uttered from such
clear, brutal pain that Hayden literally wavered on his feet.
But only for a moment. Then he moved to Joshua and slowly knelt before his mate as if his very body
were an offering. A pledge of love and fidelity, of worship. Taking both of Josh s rough hands in his own, [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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