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spoken to that way.
Well, it seemed her mate was just as hardheaded as she could be, which would certainly prove to be one interesting turn of events.

Chapter Four
     
    “You’re shitting me.” Melissa glared at
Ary, who wore a huge grin on her face.
    “No, I’m not shitting anyone.” She
glanced at Candace, Kettah, and Alice who sat across from her. Melissa had
called Ary this morning wanting to get together. A few hours later, Ary,
Candace, Kettah, Alice, Kenzie, Talia, and Olive—the females Melissa was
closest with—sat around the table at Luke and Alice’s home. The children played
out back, and their screams of excitement and happy laughter could be heard
through the open kitchen window. Alice stood and grabbed a carafe of lemonade
from the refrigerator, but Melissa didn’t miss how she glanced out the window
to check on the children. Even after this long of being mated with Luke, Sweet
Water’s cougar shifting physician, and healing exponentially from her past
abuse, Alice still was a mother hen. Melissa couldn’t help but smile as she
glanced down at the starting baby bump on Alice. She was glad Luke and Alice
were having a baby, glad that there was this bright light behind Alice’s eyes
every time she rubbed a hand over her belly. She came back over with the lemonade
and refilled everyone’s glass.
    When Alice was seated once more Melissa
exhaled and knew that spilling all of this might not have been the best idea,
especially where Ary and Candace were concerned. Although she had known Ary and
Candace practically her whole life, the other females were like family to her
as well. They had all been through their own shit, and because of that had
bonded with one another over it.
    “So, spill the beans.” Candace leaned
back, her belly big and round as well, and her expression one of exhaustion. It
was like a freaking hormonal convention in the kitchen with Candace and Alice
pregnant, and last she heard Ary and Kenzie were trying for more kids. It just
made Melissa feel even older than she already did.
    “I pretty much told you everything. He
didn’t even ask my name, didn’t do anything but bark orders and expect me to
just go with him and complete the ‘claiming’.” Kettah snorted and brought her
glass to her mouth. “Yeah, yeah, I know all of you are very aware of what I’m
talking about, and have to deal with that bullshit every day, but you all know
I’m not into the guys ordering me around.” Ary gave her a bland look, and
Melissa rolled her eyes. “Okay, I am, and can admit I like a male that can take
charge, but that doesn’t mean I’m used to men expecting me to just do as I’m
told without even questioning them.”
    “Welcome to the club, honey.” Olive
smiled, but she knew that as much as they all bitched about the fact their
mates were clear alpha males, dominating and possessive, they wouldn’t have had
it any other way. The only difference between Melissa and them was the fact she
had always been a bit assertive herself. Sure, each of them had their own
strength, but Melissa liked to push it even more, or so she had been told. This
was just her, and since her mate was clearly the type of male that wasn’t used
to hearing the word no, he and Melissa might have a bit of a problem.
    “So you don’t even know his name?” Alice
asked after she finished taking a sip of her drink.
    “No.” It sounded crazy even to her, and
she had experienced the damn situation firsthand. “We didn’t even have time to
get that far. He was all telling me to get in his car so we could ‘talk’ about
what was happening. At that point I was beyond pissed, and took off.” There
were a few soft chuckles that came from Candace and Ary, and Melissa sliced a
glare at them.
    “Hey, don’t be getting all pissy with us. You deserve this for giving us a hard time
about Charlie and Trace.”
    Eh. Melissa couldn’t really argue that point, but that had just been superficial.
Deep down, she had