Love Bound in Ice: 3 (Werewolf Sentinels) Read Free

was the biggest obstacle he had to overcome.
    “I know for a fact that isn’t always true,” he said. “I’ve seen it, friends of mine who are in committed relationships that will last forever.”
    “Forever, huh? Nothing lasts that long.” They’d reached the parking lot. Haven kept walking until she stopped at a black SUV. “Look, it was nice meeting you, Ketah. And thanks for helping me out of the crevasse. I think it would be best if we go our separate ways.”
    “I want to see you again.”
    She unlocked the driver’s door and shrugged off her backpack. She threw it into the passenger seat. Haven then sat in the driver’s side and took her crampons off her hiking boots. She placed them on the floor opposite her before she faced him once more.
    “Well, you don’t always get what you want. I want to have a father I can depend on, one who isn’t a deadbeat whose only interest in me is how much money he can get out of me. But that isn’t going to happen.” Haven lifted her legs into the SUV and pulled the door closed, causing Ketah to step out of the way.
    “Can you at least give me your number so I can call you?”
    She rolled down the window and smiled. “No. Maybe I’ll see you around sometime.”
    Haven started the SUV’s engine, then drove out of the parking spot and onto the highway. Ketah stood there, not really understanding what had happened. His would-be mate, the only woman in the world who’d been able to set off his mating urge, had just outright rejected him. It wasn’t supposed to be like that. Haven had to feel something for him or she wouldn’t be his.
    Feeling as if he’d had his most prized possession taken away, Ketah slowly walked toward the crossover. He’d go home and tell the others he’d found his mate, then turn around and say he had his doubts as to whether or not he could win her over.

Chapter Two
     
    Haven arrived at the small two-story house she’d shared with her mother. It had been her family home since she’d been in her teens. Her mom had been so proud when she’d saved up enough money to afford it. After her mother had gotten sick and could no longer work, Haven had taken over the mortgage payments. Now it was all hers.
    She managed to make it all the way inside before she thought about Ketah. God, he really had been a beefcake. A native, he’d had gorgeous longish black hair and bronzed skin. He’d also had a body that was all hard muscle, and she had felt almost all of it when she slid down his front. Her pussy clenched as she remembered how hard, and big, he’d been in a certain part of his anatomy. It had taken almost everything she had not to react to it.
    With a sigh, Haven walked to the hall closet and placed her backpack inside. She’d need it when she went to work the next day. And thinking about that had her thinking about Ketah again. She’d done the right thing by telling him she didn’t want to see him, even though his kiss had left her almost forgetting her own name. He was too good-looking. It would never work. Haven wasn’t sure whether she was trying to convince herself of that or only going over what she’d told Ketah.
    No, she’d made the right decision. She headed to the kitchen to see what she’d make for dinner. Even though she stood by her choice not to see Ketah, Haven knew she’d probably passed up an opportunity to have some great sex. The way he kissed her, there was no way he’d have been horrible in bed. He could have ended her dry spell. The last time she’d slept with a guy had been a little over a year ago. She’d had a two-week fling with a man she’d met at work when her mother had been nearing her end. He’d been a tourist, and once he’d left, that had been the end of it. Haven had needed that closeness then, though. Once her mom was gone, she’d been too lost in her grieving to even think about sex or getting to know a man well enough to hop into the sack with him.
    Now Ketah had awakened that need in her,