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us, the more my imprint will fade.”
    “I haven’t decided that I’ll leave just yet. I want more time with you. I feel that there is something holding me here, something other than our mission. I meant what I said in the hut—I owe my life to you.”
    “That doesn’t mean that I have a right to decide what and who you choose for the rest of your life. What I transferred to you can become an addiction to a human who’s never had it in their system before. It’s possible this is the case for you.”
    “Are you trying to tell me that I only want your life-altering DNA?”
    “It’s possible,” he said then lowered his gaze from hers.
    Kalena gently lifted his chin with a fingertip. “What do you want?”
    “ You. My wolf and I want you,” he declared.

CHAPTER SIX
    K alena walked throughout Thane’s spacious master suite, taking in his tastes in color and style by the contents of the room.
    The suite mirrored the one she’d been provided during her stay. The colors were calm and slightly muted. Even the smell was fresh and airy with a muted sandalwood aroma. The walls were painted a dreamy gray-blue. Most of the upholstery was either a creamy yellow or had the same blue tone as the walls. The huge California-King sleigh bed was the central focus, with plush blankets and an abundance of downy pillows. There was a seating area with one love seat and a deep-brown leather barrel chair near the end of the room farthest from the window. Even the window seat looked comfortable and relaxing. There wasn’t much clutter in the room, but Thane had been absent for months. The whole setup was, in every way, reminiscent of a man’s space.
    The ShadowRock mansion itself was unlike any apartment or home she’d ever lived in. How he could have given this up to be confined to that place known as Area S2 was beyond her. She would have been fighting day in and day out to get away, to get back to this, but then again, she didn’t have a niece whose life was on the line.
    “How do you imprint on someone?” Kalena asked, stopping in front of a tall mirror located on the outside of a walk-in closet door. She loved the outfit she wore. The belted, short, cream-colored sundress fit her perfectly, but that didn’t surprise her. Anna had taken her measurements within an hour of arriving, and less than an hour after that had come back with a totebag full of new clothes. Whoever had gone out of their way to purchase them for her had great taste. The garments weren’t something she’d have chosen for herself on her own because of the high price; she’d seen the price tags before Anna had clipped them off and hung the clothes in the closet.
    Thane walked up behind her, placing his hands on her cinched waist. She couldn’t get enough of his touch, and she placed her palm on top of his. Their fingers locked together. They met each other’s gaze in the mirror before he said, “It’s like asking me why I love someone. Imprinting on someone isn’t a forced thing. It happens naturally when you find the right person. You connect on such a deep level that the wolf inside begins to imprint on that person.”
    “What if your wolf only imprinted because of our circumstances at the time?”
    “I don’t go around imprinting on women. I’m not that type of man, or wolf. I know what I want. The imprint only solidifies my gut feeling that you are, in every way, shape, and form, the perfect mate for me. I’ve never taken one. In all my years, every time a woman was presented to me or came to me, something just didn’t feel right. I understand now what that something was.”
    “But I’m not a shifter…”
    “No, Kalena…you are not,” he said, his gaze roaming over her.
    Kalena thought back to what Tracy had said about how virgin wolf shifter women had been thrown at him when he became Alpha. “You’ve been an Alpha to your Pack a very long time. Tracy told me most Alphas are mated within a year.”
    “Ah, yes.” He sighed.