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rogues in the area. Make a body count for charges. When you send the signal, a skimmer will be dispatched to collect your findings.”
    The patrol leader nodded. “You are going after her?”
    “Like it or not, Sethen or not, she’s mine.” He shrugged and the leader nodded solemnly, it happened. Sethen occasionally were spurred to find mates outside their species and when it happened, it was generally considered a good thing. Fresh genes kept their species moving forward.
    “Then, before she lets the forest bludgeon her to death, you had best go collect your mate, Commander.”
    T’bir shoved the rogue into the arms of the patrol leader and shifted to his wolf form, howling as the mate hunt truly began.
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    Sophie stopped in place as the howl sounded in the distance. It didn’t chill her, it had the opposite effect, heating her blood and giving her the feeling of arousal that eclipsed her experience. It was like having the air in her vicinity stroke and warm every inch of her body.
    Trembling, she stumbled forward, deeper into the darkness of the woods.
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    He could smell blood and aroused female as he chased her. She was close and he was reducing the distance between them with every stride. There was nowhere she could hide that he wouldn’t find her. Her essence was burned into his mind and he would follow her through time itself if he had to.
    She was crashing through the brush just ahead of her and he slowed his pace while he stalked her. She was almost to a small clearing and that is where he would make his move.
    Sophie would have a choice to make, she could either be his, or be sent off with her own people. He was really hoping she followed her instincts because his told him all he needed to know.
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    Sophie stopped short as she entered a clearing with a small stream running through it. She stumbled to the edge of the water and drank her fill. As she raised her head, the sight of T’bir sitting casually across from her froze her and warmed her at the same time.
    “Hello, Sophie.”
    She swallowed. “Hello, T’bir . Glad to see you made it out of the fight with the other wolf intact.”
    “You could have just run to safety. You didn’t need to keep going, or did you forget that you were supposed to accompany me back to the holding area?”
    She cleared her throat as he frowned at her with a mocking expression. “It did escape my thoughts. I merely wanted to get as far away from that place of death as I could.”
    “It wasn’t all death. That boy had the blood of a farm animal on him. They may have hunted your people, but they weren’t killing them.” He nodded and stood, stepping over the stream and lifting her to her feet.
    “Are you sure?”
    “There was no human death in that town. It is most likely that your grandparent was simply rounded up and is at the holding centre .” His hand threaded into her hair. “Now we have another matter to discuss.”
    She licked her lips nervously, her body humming at his proximity. “What would that matter be?”
    “Why you are never going to run from me again.” His mouth took hers in a heated possession and she wove her hands into his clothing, pulling him tightly to her.
    His hands pried her dress from her body and swept her panties off her thighs. She was wearing nothing but her boots when he placed her on the grass on her hands and knees.
    A fever of lust was running through her, his scent surrounded her and she bit her lip as his hands caressed every inch of her, never quite sliding between her thighs. The moisture her body was generating was causing her to blush as he inhaled while he nipped his way down her spine. When his lips trailed over her tailbone, instinct took over and she lifted her hips and widened her stance in invitation.
    His laugh wasn’t unkind, but his fingers sliding to test the heat and wetness that signalled her readiness made her moan and flush with embarrassment. She tried to move away, but his hands on her