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one who looked like you were just handed a death sentence when you figured out I was your mate.”
    It was a look Fire would never forget. It was the same look his father had given him when Fire had said he wasn’t finishing college.

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    He hadn’t been accepted by his parents. Fire hadn’t been accepted by the people in the Den. Now it seemed he wasn’t even accepted by the one man who should have taken Fire, faults and all.
    Pushing his chair back, Fire ignored the scraping sound as he set the box of beads on the desk. He came around to face Rio. “Get out.”
    “Whoa.” Rio held his hands up in a surrender gesture. “What do you mean I was rejecting you ? You were the one who brushed past me and walked out with an expression on your face that was equivalent to murder.”
    “Did not!” Oh God, Fire was starting to sound like his students.
    “You don’t have to make up a lie just to get out of mating me. If you don’t want me I know plenty of men and women who would gladly have me. Just don’t stand there and lie to my face.”
    Fire gasped when Rio wrapped his fingers around Fire’s forearms and shoved him into the chalkboard. His lip curled up and Fire could see the thick, sharp tip of Rio’s canine. “If you ever mention to me about what another person will do to you—” Rio leaned in, his eyes the color of frostbite as he narrowed them at Fire, right before Rio brought his lips a minute inch from Fire’s mouth. Fire could feel warm breath skittering across his lips. God, how he wanted to close the distance, but he was afraid to move.
    “Miscommunication,” Rio said as he tilted his head slightly, his eyes gazing into Fire’s. “But I think we have that all cleared up now.”
    Fire felt his throat go dry as a warmth began to radiate throughout his body. His thoughts scattered and he was too caught up in Rio’s eyes to think clearly. His mate had him trapped, pressing his hard, well-muscled frame into Fire’s. His cock thickened, aroused by Rio’s fierce handling.
    Fire wasn’t into pain. As a matter of fact, he was allergic to it. But feeling Rio’s hands on him, the command in the man’s tone, and watching his azure eyes turn cobalt was affecting Fire in ways that should not be thought about in the classroom.

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    “If you don’t want Mr. Fishman to fire both of us, I suggest you back away.” It had taken every ounce of control Fire had to mutter those words. He didn’t want Rio to back away. No, Fire wanted to wrap his legs around Rio’s thick waist and let the man do whatever he wanted.
    Confusion clouded Rio’s eyes. The man looked as if he couldn’t comprehend what Fire was saying. The shifter looked as if he was past reasoning. For both their sakes, Fire lifted his arms and shoved Rio in the chest with his hands. “Are you listening to me?”
    Rio bared his canines at him. Fire’s cock grew so hard that he feared he would have no more blood for his brain. Rio was just that damn hot when he was acting this dominant. Fire held his breath, praying the principal didn’t walk in on them.
    Fire knew in that moment that Rio was no one to play around with. What he thought was a meek kindergarten teacher was really a predator, and it would do him well to remember that.
    Rio slowly moved away, but his eyes never lost their intensity.
    “Never push my control like that again.”
    “Just what in the hell are you?”
    Rio’s expression less than amused, he turned back toward the door. “A black panther.”
    Fire shook his head in confusion, hearing the warning reverberating in his mind. Sweat beaded on his body as he moved back over toward his desk and took a seat.
    Now that they had an understanding, he wondered what Rio planned to do with him.

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Chapter Five
    “You could’ve warned me that I was about to be grilled by the alpha if I ever showed up to take you out.” Rio drove over the gravel driveway until he hit the main road. It was