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her around the dance floor. She had on a dress that showed off her long legs, and her blonde curls were pulled back away from her face. I’d wanted to wrap my hands in those curls for months. If Colin wasn’t Bailey’s brother, I’d have ripped off his hands by now.
    “So I’m supposed to just let her go off with your brother and do whatever the hell she wants?” I snapped.
    Shrugging, she glanced at them quickly and then back to me. “Colin likes her, Sebastian. At least he has enough sense to tell her. You can only blame yourself if she chooses him. Not to mention, she’s no young pup. You can’t just go in demanding shit and expect her to accept it.”
    Clenching my teeth, I stood there, blood boiling. Colin was not her mate. “Out of all the females in this pack, why did he have to pick her?”
    Micah slapped me on the arm. “Because we always want the ones we can’t have, brother. You don’t seem to have problems fucking any of the other women you come across.”
    I hadn’t had sex with anyone since I’d come to Wyoming. I couldn’t help it everyone assumed I was fucking everyone under the sun. My guess was, Tyla thought the same thing as well. No wonder she didn’t want to have anything to do with me. “You all don’t know shit,” I said, shaking my head.
    Tyla and Colin left to go outside and I took a step forward, determined to catch her before she left with him. There was no way in hell I was going to let them be alone.
    “Seb, wait!” Micah called. I kept going and didn’t stop. What was it about her that drove me absolutely insane? I could feel my control slipping the more she was around. I didn’t get to the door in time before a set of arms wrapped around my waist from behind.
    “Where you running off to so fast? You seem to have a habit of doing that.” Her name was Jana, a gray wolf from the Northwestern pack. She’d been trying to get me into bed with her for months, but I wasn’t interested. It’s a good thing she was great at playing poker, as it’s the only part of her company I enjoyed from time to time.
    Grasping her wrists, I tried to pry her away without hurting her, but she latched on tight. “Let me go, Jana. I need to get out of here.”
    “Why don’t I come with you? We could have some fun.” She was drunk, alcohol saturating her breath.
    Tyla chose then to come marching back into the bar, stopping cold when she saw us, her fiery gaze staring at the woman’s arms around my waist. Jaw clenched, she turned and stormed out the door again.
    “Goddammit!” I growled, my anger slicing through the room like a knife.
    Jana immediately let go and backed away, scared. I could smell her fear. Sighing, I turned around and faced her. Her light brown hair was in one long braid down the side and her eyes tore right through me.
    “Shit, I’m sorry, Jana. I don’t know what came over me.” It was a lie. I knew what my problem was.
    She forced a smile and stepped back into Ian, alpha of her pack. Eyes narrowed, he studied me, recognition flashing in his gaze. “You okay, Sebastian?” Ian knew what it felt like to have the darkness inside of him. It was what us unmated males called ‘the rage,’ an unfortunate side effect of not being mated early on in life.
    “I just need some air.” By now everyone was watching me. Turning on my heel, I stormed outside and took a deep breath. How long was I going to be able to fight it?
    “Looking for me?” Tyla called out, her anger focused right on me. She crossed her arms and leaned against the side of the building.
    “Where’s Colin?”
    “He left.” Luckily, it was without her. “Now what do you want?”
    Bailey had warned me not to say anything tonight. As much as I wanted to protest, she was probably right. “I don’t think tonight’s the right time,” I said. “What are you doing tomorrow night?”
    A mischievous smile spread across her face. “Colin and I have a date. I’m sure Jana will be more than happy to