Not My Wolf

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Author: Eden Cole
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looking at someone else, could he? This situation had gone from poor to unrecognizable.
    “What about Corrin?” Blaine continued, relentless. “She has no one but Devin to protect her up here. You know it takes a family to keep the women safe. Wild packs roam this area, wolf and others.
    Corey blew out a noisy breath. “Fine, but any trouble from them, and it’s your head. You got that?
    Blaine saluted. “Yes, sir.”
    Corey sneered, jumped into his vehicle, and started it up. Blaine could handle the details. He was getting the hell out of there. The more distance between him and Devin, the better. Blaine had better put the man on the opposite side of the homestead so he never had to see him except at pack meetings and other gatherings. His sanctuary in the mountains had fast become anything but a haven.

Chapter Three
     
    Corey couldn’t sleep. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw that scene, the one with him and his mate on the carpet. That evening when he came home, he’d stood there in his living room staring down at the area. He dared not bring up the image in his mind for fear that it wouldn’t be the soft, she-wolf he had thought, but the burly man he’d met earlier.
    Sweaty and wound tight with tension, he rolled to the edge of his bed and sat up. Even though his air conditioner was working fine, he felt hot. He stood and peeled off the T-shirt that clung to his damp skin. His boxers followed, leaving him naked. Going out this way was not uncommon for his pack. Being in one’s natural state was a part of what they were.
    He left his cabin and walked through the trees surrounding his place. With no particular aim in mind, it annoyed him when he came out on the opposite side of the grounds—just where he’d demanded Blaine house their guests. No lights shone through the window. Not that he expected them to be awake, as it was well after midnight.
    Corey stepped closer, a powerful longing sweeping over him to go inside, to see Devin. He resisted and shook his head as if to dislodge the evil compulsion. He found it impossible to walk away.
    The door opened, and Corey stumbled back a step. His gaze locked with Devin’s, who he could see clearly in the dim moonlight. Devin wore pajama bottoms and nothing else. His chest was sprinkled with dark hairs, and the muscles of his abs glimmered with a sheen of sweat. Corey cursed his eyesight for picking up on it.
    “I’ve broken it off with Blaine ,” Devin told him.
    “What the fuck do I care?” Corey answered.
    Somehow talking to Devin let him loose from the spell he’d been caught in. Corey turned and ran, transforming as he did. His paws pounded the ground. The blood pumped through his veins. With the moon overhead, egging him on, he ran and ran until his limbs ached and his chest grew tight. Thoughts of Devin and the feelings he’d felt when he saw him were less important than the exhilaration of being free. When he’d covered miles, he turned and headed back at a more sedate pace. Once he stopped by a lake and took a drink. Then he sat listening to the sounds of night and the other creatures in the forest. All of them respected Corey and his pack members. They steered clear because they sensed there was so much more to these wolves than any others. He and his men could reason while in wolf form, but their senses were heightened, sharp to the world around them.
    When he neared his homestead, he shifted back to his human form and walked at his leisure. He didn’t have to take that route, but he passed Devin’s cabin. The other man still stood outside in the position Corey had left him. Had it been anyone else Corey would have invited him along on the run. He sensed Devin knew that.
    “You’re just like I remember,” Devin called after him when he was just past the cabin.
    Corey stopped and turned around. He should have kept going, but he couldn’t resist. “What are you talking about?”
    Devin’s dark gaze swept him from head to foot, and he

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