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to me that you would be so upset by my absence, but I can see now that it has upset you, considerably.”
    “It did upset me, Peter,” she said. “It also worried me. In fact, it worried me so much that I drove all the way to your house to see if you were ok.”
    “You did?” He smiled.
    “Yes. I was worried you were unconscious in your house or something. Of course, when I got there, I couldn’t see inside because all the shutters were closed.” He nodded. She pulled her hand back. “But, can you imagine what I did find there?” Peter frowned.
    “No, what?”
    “A girl. A girl I’ve been getting to know over the past couple of weeks. Her name is Josie,” she finished, watching his expression as she spoke. She saw recognition in his eyes and then he laughed.
    “Josie! Well, well.”
    “What’s funny?”
    “I do know Josie. She’s a distant cousin.”
    “She was in your back garden. Sitting on your lounger!”
    “She was probably wondering where I’d gone as well.”
    “She’s from Ohio. How can she be your cousin when you’re from Romania?”
    “We’re talking a few generations back. A mutual family member put us in touch when I arrived in America.” Isabel thought about Josie and her voracious sexual appetite. She also thought about how oddly she’d acted at the mention of Peter when they were in the diner.
    “So, there’s nothing going on between the two of you?” Peter threw his head back and laughed.
    “If you mean, have we coupled, the answer is no !” He let out another roar of laughter, as if it was the most ridiculous thing he’d heard.
    “But she would like to?” He was silent for a moment.
    “She has a husband. And I hope, for her sake, that she stays true to him.” Peter glanced towards the forest. “Now, is there anything else you want me to explain?” Isabel’s anger surged again. As if he thought tonight’s antics were no big deal!
    “Yes, please enlighten me. What the hell made you think you could attack Jed? I mean, I think I know what the obvious answer is, but you had absolutely no right. No right at all!” Peter’s eyes burned pure amber, and his voice turned icy.
    “Jed knew you were mine, and he tried to take you, while I was away, and unable to protect my territory.”
    “ Your territory? ” Isabel yelled. “What?”
    “You are mine, Isabel.”
    “Hold on.” Isabel faltered. “Is this part of the game?”
    “You agreed to submit to me, which means that you’re mine. Jed knows this, so tonight I had to stop him. And that I will not apologize for!” The woods rang with the power of his voice. As she looked at him, something changed in his face. His features seemed elongated, his cheekbones sharp and prominent. She inhaled hard in fear. “Isabel, wait,” he said, and ran into the forest, out of her sight. She waited, straining her ears, but hearing only the creak of the bull pines, swaying in the breeze. A minute, maybe two, later, he jogged back. His eyes seemed human again, and his face was normal. She’d only imagined that he’d looked different, surely. He stepped close to her. The smell of his leathers, mingling with the familiar scent of him was intoxicating. She hadn’t stopped desiring him. Not one bit.
    “You’re mine,” he said, again. He moved closer, his lips inches away from hers. In her peripheral vision, she saw his hand lifting. It caught in her hair, and gave it a tug.
    “Ow!” she yelled, as much from shock as anything.
    “Mine,” he growled. Both his hands were now in her hair, setting her scalp on fire. He kissed her; a hard, biting kiss that left her lips bruised. She gasped, and, at the same time, felt the telltale ache of arousal between her thighs. “Never forget that!” The Wolf let go of her hair and started pulling her by the hips into the forest.
    “Stop! I can’t walk in these shoes!” Isabel yelled.
    “Good point,” he said, and instead he pulled her over to his bike, on the side further away from the