  &quot;The whole point of mating with me was to get an alliance with my dad. You can&quot;t let the fact that he&quot;s an asshole get in the way here of your big
  plan.&quot;
  Yeah, but Gio couldn&quot;t agree to this alliance without feeling as though he was being disloyal to his mate. God knew he&quot;d hurt her enough already.
  &quot;Jeremy said a number of other alphas are willing to discuss an alliance. Maybe I won&quot;t need your dad.&quot;
  &quot;You&quot;ve never needed him, you&quot;ve never needed this mating,&quot; stated Max.
  &quot;Too right,&quot; said Theresa, crossing her arms over her chest, accentuating her cleavage. &quot;She has no place here.&quot;
  &quot;No Hart will ever have a place here.&quot;
  Danica shook her head. &quot;This stuff is getting real old.&quot;
  &quot;Isn&quot;t that right, Cindy?&quot; pressed Theresa, ignoring Danica.
  Cindy gulped a

  She shook her head. &quot;That&quot;s just his wolf, Duda. Just his mating instincts. It&quot;s not Gio.&quot;
  &quot;He knew in advance that his wolf would be possessive, he knew his instincts would ride him hard &ndash; he&quot;d been ready for all that. He hadn&quot;t been
  ready for how it would be if he himself felt those same things.&quot;
  &quot;You&quot;re wrong.&quot; The denial was automatic. Automatic because she&quot;d come to the conclusion a long time ago that she could only ever rely on
  herself, that she would never have that total acceptance that came from a mate. She was defiant, sarcastic, snappy, contrary, stubborn and strong-willed.not an attractive combination for male wolves in her opinion. When she&quot;d lost Zan she&quot;d also lost that one chance of being cared for exactly as she was, latency and all. Besides this was Gio they were talking about for God&

  Danica was still panting and vibrating with aftershocks when Gio kissed his way up her body and lay down beside her, gathering her against
  him. Although his eyes had darkened with lust he wasn&quot;t making any moves on her. In fact, he seemed pretty content to just play with her hair. As much as she appreciated his selflessness, a part of her wanted him to be a little selfish right about now because she really wanted his cock inside her.
  &quot;Tell me about your mom.&quot;
  There went her arousal. When she hesitated answering he gave her a reprimanding look. He didn&quot;t want to be frozen out again. &quot;She was&hellip;this is going to sound mean. She was dizzy.&quot;
  &quot;Dizzy?&quot;
  &quot;Yeah,&quot; she chuckled. &quot;Wherever she went she&quot;d leave something behind. The worst part was she wouldn&quot;t even realize she&quot;d left anything until someone asked her

&quot;The whole point of mating with me was to get an alliance with my dad. You can&quot;t let the fact that he&quot;s an asshole get in the way here of your big
  plan.&quot;
  Yeah, but Gio couldn&quot;t agree to this alliance without feeling as though he was being disloyal to his mate. God knew he&quot;d hurt her enough already.
  &quot;Jeremy said a number of other alphas are willing to discuss an alliance. Maybe I won&quot;t need your dad.&quot;
  &quot;You&quot;ve never needed him, you&quot;ve never needed this mating,&quot; stated Max.
  &quot;Too right,&quot; said Theresa, crossing her arms over her chest, accentuating her cleavage. &quot;She has no place here.&quot;
  &quot;No Hart will ever have a place here.&quot;
  Danica shook her head. &quot;This stuff is getting real old.&quot;
  &quot;Isn&quot;t that right, Cindy?&quot; pressed Theresa, ignoring Danica.
  Cindy gulped and nodded. &quot;You&quot;ve no place here.&quot;
  &quot;Why won&quot;t you listen to us, G

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