Her Unwelcome Mate

he could but it was difficult to co

led proudly, his hands in h

w grave their sit

sure Acamar of her obedience so that he'd

was an official

had to b

ient-looking speakers. Werewolves began to mingle and boisterous conversations echoed through the clea

her uncle's announcement, people kept coming up to her to congratulate them. She noticed Acamar's eye

as te

d to contr

re mo

strange pulsing heat that passed between them, smiling f

to be, Caph pulled her to the centre of the clearing and asked to d

wls of encouragement brok

him. 'This is a much better distracti

ackled be

distracted t

ity pulsing through he

ould predict her movements, anticipate them. He was all around her a

contained within the

ide her turned into s

close every now and then before she was spiralling away from him, connected only by his

as s

right

lready to

re did

Ran into him for a final time. Their bodies clashed and t

ure in Caph's euphoric blue eyes as she

to her routine physical training, so why wa

charge of setting up this Gathering's bonfire must h

urning, the hairs o

rised to find that she was actually rel

Ran, she told hers

tened around Caph's

d met her coal-blac

He was mesmerised by the flicking shadows of the flames in the abyss of her eyes and

e. This was the first time it had felt

, and a suffocating i

n away from

ounty was closer to the equato

e asked, shattering the silenc

owled

energy drinks. Because it typically replenished depleted energy

ir dance had tired her out

did run all the way here from Punggol,' he pointed

unsure of h

e...to

her head.

ad. She hadn't ans

closed her eyes for a moment.

lf-smirk and let

me by th

lic cow's blood. Ran examined Caph's relaxed expression. He was much too comf

ment today?' she asked, her eyes narrowing. Ang

to her emotions. He attempted to so

In a moment, she forgot the heat rising in

ou wanted to cement your lead

re you thinking fro

To predict what he'd

rom his green quick

ooperating with y

oubte

he rim of his empty cup. 'I don't want

t came out. 'You don't seem to mind-the w

er indulgently.

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