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Jake’s ass and hissed when Jake pushed back into him. He licked a trail down Jake’s neck before biting down sharply, causing Jake to cry out and tilt his head to the side in an unconsciously submissive gesture. Kelan nearly came unglued. It was all he could do to keep from coming in his pants. Jake was driving him insane.
    “Damn it, Jake, get us home, now,” Kelan said through gritted teeth.
    Despite his words, Kelan wrapped his arms around Jake and continued to lick and suck at his neck. He just couldn’t get enough of the taste of the man. Jake bore faint traces of aftershave. Kelan was sure he detected rosewood and sandalwood. But the underlying scent was something that was all man. Kelan couldn’t wait to get Jake naked so he could taste every inch of him.
    “What’s wrong?” Kelan asked when he suddenly felt Jake tense in his arms.
    Now the man wouldn’t even look him in the eye.
    “Jake, did I hurt you?”
    “This isn’t going to work,” Jake said. His voice was suddenly as cold as ice.
    Kelan frowned. He couldn’t understand why Jake had gone so cold on him all of a sudden. A moment ago Jake had been all systems go, and now Kelan could feel him pulling away. Had he done something wrong?
    “What isn’t going to work?”
    Jake looked up at him at last, but Kelan couldn’t read anything in his eyes. Nothing. He was like a closed book now.
    “Jake?” Kelan prompted when Jake didn’t answer him.
    “ This…us,” Jake said, sweeping a hand between them. “Look, I’m sorry to lead you on, but this isn’t going to happen. I think it’s best you go back to the bar and find someone else to go home with tonight.”
    The hell he would. There would be no other man for him ever now that he had found his mate. Wolves mated for life. But there was no way he could explain that to Jake just yet. A wave of sadness washed over Kelan . His mate didn’t want him. Had he misread the signals? He thought he had smelt Jake’s arousal earlier, but maybe he’d been mistaken. Kelan could feel a lump rise in his throat and tears begin to form in his eyes.
    Wolves searched for many years to find their mates and some never found them at all. When a wolf did meet his mate, the event was almost sacred and the only thing that could separate them from then on was death. But Jake wasn’t a wolf. Maybe humans were different. He knew that some members of his pack were mated to humans, but they all seemed blissfully happy together. Kelan had always longed for the same thing.
     
    The sensation of Kelan’s tongue teasing Jake had been almost too much for him to bear. But he didn’t want to move any further away. The feeling of Kelan’s strong arms wrapped around him had felt divine. It was almost as though he belonged in the bigger man’s arms. He wished he could stay like that for a very long time.
    As soon as that thought had hit, Jake had tensed and pulled away from Kelan . Jake didn’t do commitment in any shape or form, and he was sure that was the last thing Kelan wanted, too. The guy just wanted to fuck him, right? For all Jake knew, in the morning, Kelan would be on his merry way back to Texas or wherever the hell he was from, and Jake would never see him again. He should have been happy about that. After all, he never wanted to see any of his conquests again after he’d finished with them. But the thought of never seeing Kelan again caused a pain in his chest so sharp, he thought he was going to pass out from it.
    Jake turned to leave and with each step he took away from Kelan , the pain in his chest grew more and more intense. He couldn’t understand it but when he had told Kelan to go and find someone else, he could almost feel Kelan’s sadness as though it were a physical thing. But that was insane. No one could experience other people’s emotions—but that was exactly what it had felt like.
    Jake was shocked when he felt a tear slide down his cheek. What the fuck? What the hell was wrong with him? He was