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let the others know that Caden was found and injured, and they should meet him back home.
    Maverick raced the highway, going over a hundred miles an hour to get Caden to the doctor.
    The wolf was bleeding out in the backseat. Mark cradled Caden’s head in his lap, pushing aside the fact that he was mated to a wolf.
    The only thing on his mind right now was getting Caden the help he needed and saving his life.
    Maverick skidded to a stop in front of the house, and Mark jumped out of the back seat to pull his pup out and carry him into the house.

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    They got Caden into a downstairs room and pressed towels to his wounds to stop the bleeding until the doctor arrived. Ten minutes later, they were ushered out as the doctor went to work.
    Mark was going out of his mind. His mate was so slim, so fragile.
    The loss of blood could stop his heart or stroke him out. Any number of things. Never before in his life had he an urge to drink, but right now he could drink a brewery dry.
    He paced Maverick’s office while the Alpha, as Mark learned he was, called someone named Prince Christian, leader of the vampires.
    This was all so fucking bizarre. Mark’s mind wanted to freak out about all of this, but his heart was too busy worrying about Caden.
    “But Tank’s mate was bitten,” Maverick argued.
    “A human. Boring blood, predictable DNA,” Christian informed him.
    “Glad to know I’m boring and predictable,” George muttered from the sofa. Maverick held up a hand to silence him.
    Maverick had the call on speaker phone so everyone in the room could hear. “He craves bloodier meat and is always thirsty. Common among bitten humans. But Caden is wolf, and his DNA is more complex. I can’t give you one answer when the effect is different for every shifter. I have heard some die within twenty-four hours, while others go feral.”
    Mark punched the wall. He would not lose his mate. The thought was inconceivable. He’d just accepted his new life and was anxious to get it started. There was no way he was going to go it alone after finding Caden. His fear of losing yet another person he cared about was threatening to drive Mark mad.
    This just couldn’t be happening.
    “I assume that is his mate I hear beating the plaster?” Christian asked.
    “Fuck you, you bloodsucker!” Mark yelled, his fear of what could happen to his mate transferring to the vampire.

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    “I won’t take offense. He may be all right. Some wolves have no symptoms at all. I am truly sorry, Alpha, that I can’t be of any more help. And to his mate, I truly do apologize rogues attacked him. This will be dealt with. I do not take rogues in my territory lightly.” Maverick thanked him and hung up.
    “What’s feral?” Mark asked.
    “For us, Caden would crave bloodlust. Kill indiscriminately for no other reason than the taste of blood. There would be no reasoning with him, no talking him down. Some remain in wolf form, savagely tearing throats out.”
    “Sounds like summer camp,” Mark tried to joke while he wanted to scream the injustice of it all.
    “You love him?” Maverick leaned back in his chair.
    Mark scrubbed his face before dropping his arms onto his knees.
    “I don’t know. All I know is that when I’m around Caden, my heart’s lighter, and I want to laugh all the time. Sounds so damn mushy.”
    “We’ve all been there. Still are,” Maverick assured him.
    “I’ve only known the guy a day. When I went back to the city, I looked at other guys, you know, to see if it was about being gay. But none of them interested me, not even the women. My vision has narrowed to one man that yaps around me like an excited little pup that makes me want to wrap him in cotton and protect him from the world…and I can’t believe I’m saying this out loud.” Mark groaned.
    Hawk chuckled. “Look at me. Do I look like the kind of guy that melts when my mate smiles?”
    Mark looked over at Hawk. “No, you look like you eat