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Thane rose, and by his signal, | rose too. He took my hands. | knew it was all an act; | should be trying harder; we
had the whole pack to convince now, but I couldn't help but think about ‘the marking‘. The fact that everyone
here would watch us. How was this normal?
Thane drewcloser to him. “Don’t fight me,” he whispers, low enough that only I could hear him, and then his
lips met mine. The kiss was gentle at first and then demanding; he consumed me, and all I had to do was play
along, even if my eyes teared at the knowledge that he would be doing this here, right now. Maybe | could just
close my eyes and pretend it was just the both of us. That wouldn't be hard, right?
His lips finally left mine, and | was sure my lips were swollen and my cheeks flushed.
“My mate would be marked and claimed tonight he announced, and the whole crowd erupted. | watched the
faces of the people waiting to seenaked. “But it would be done in private,” he says, and the applause died
down.
| couldn’t help but feel the relief that clouded‘Private’-none of them would see. The unease | was feeling had
started to dissipate. | didn’t know what convinced Thane to do this; maybe it was Axel, or maybe he did mean
what he had said earlier.
“But this is the tradition,” a voice from the crowd called out, and Thane nodded, his eyes staring intently at
someone Following his gaze, | noticed he was staring at his father. “It is a stupid tradition that should have died a
long tago; my mate here is not comfortable with such a tradition, and neither am I,” he finished. | did see
the slight flinch from Alpha Slade; even if he tried to hide it, he hated this, and | realized what Thane was doing;
he hadn't
he had done this just to annoy his father even stopped this because of my comfort or his; no, he had done this
just to
more.
The music continued and the crowd returned to their dance.
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“I might not mark you before the eyes of all these people, but they do expect to see a mark on you by the
morning. Cwith me.”
| didn’t mind obeying; | followed silently as he ledback to our room. Whatever the cause had been that had
given him a change of heart, | was still grateful.
“You were right,” Thane said when we were in the room. “I might not be able to control myself, and that’s why |
need someone here, someone to stopif | go too far-more than you can take.”
| had noticed his careful choice of words. Just then, Axel walked in. He was going to watch us. | nodded.
The red dress exposed my shoulders, and now | wondered if that had been one of the reasons Axel chose it.
| moved closer. This was all part of the deal; this was expected of me, and | could understand
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that.
Thane moved my hair to the side, baring my neck. He inhaled, his hands trailing on my skin, sending sparks
through my body.
“You ready?” he asked, and | nodded. “This would hurt,” he warns, but | already knew that.
“I know. | am ready.”
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In a second, he ripped off my clothes.
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| should be worried, but | wasn't, |
wasn't alarmed, he slammed me
against the wall, his finger slipping
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ahd'rmoaned out, his fingers dug
into me, three of them at a go and |
gasp as he filledup pulling in and
out, fast and hard, | rocked against
his hands, holding onto him, he
kissed my lips, bitting at my ear, |
groaned, rocking my hips faster, the
moans cout louder, | couldn't
seem to care who else was in the
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