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indistinct poured over her but she couldn’t see their faces. Her parents. Their cries.
    They called her name and Trea squinted to bring them into view only to see them fade again behind the tall, muscular body of Hudson Cates. He was naked. Even in a dream, his scent filled her head, heated her blood, calling to primitive instincts she’d never known she possessed. He held out his hand but her gaze kept searching for the beloved faces of her parents. Finally they were there again, behind Hudson, smiling before fading again. Her heart pounded. Tears poured unchecked down her face at their loss and still Hudson held out his hand to her, his stern face gone soft with some unnamed emotion. She stepped toward him, reaching for the comfort he offered when something grabbed her from behind. The force yanked her backward, making her head swim. In her dream, she called out and saw Hudson’s eyes go wide.
    Then warmth covered her, seemed to surround her, so real she could almost touch
    it. Trea opened her eyes in the pre-dawn darkness to the feel of tears streaming and
    Hudson bending over her to drink them with his tongue. Yanked from her sleepy state,
    she sucked in a breath to see his spooky-as-hell eyes staring down at her.
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    “Shh. Shh, now. I’m here.” Hudson’s lips rubbed lightly over her damp cheeks and
    his dark hair brushed along her throat until his mouth finally found the tender flesh there. His breath, warm and heavy, moved across the column of her neck. “You were
    crying in your sleep, sweetheart.”
    His warm torso pressed to her belly and chest and she realized vaguely that
    sometime during the night her borrowed tee shirt had slipped up to settle just above
    her breasts. Somehow none of it mattered. His scent filled her head with a knowledge
    as old as their species, as infinite as time. He belonged to her and in some raw elemental way he planned to stake his claim.
    Who was she to refuse?
    Since she’d been a young girl, she’d known this moment would come for her. Had
    hoped and prayed for it. Scent recognition was impossible to ignore. Yes, she’d been
    sheltered for most of her life but neither was she a fool.
    Closing her eyes, she absorbed the feel of his tenderness. “I’m sorry,” she
    whispered raggedly.
    “For what?”
    “Waking you.”
    “Hell, Trea, do you think I could sleep for a second anyway? Lying next to you?
    Worrying about you? Wanting you?” He rose up on his elbow and drew his hand
    through her hair slowly as if examining each strand. His gaze focused in on her. “You know what you are to me, don’t you?”
    Mate.
    “Mate. Yours.” Her face burned at the knowledge in his eyes. Soon, maybe even
    now, he would know her body better than she did herself. Hudson would be the man to
    see her through the flashfire that would rage through her body and for the rest of time Trea would belong solely to him. He had to know how crazy he was making her. Trea
    was so close to the beginning of her time, teetering like a drunken acrobat on a high 36
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    wire. She dragged the scent of him into her lungs. A shiver stole through her body.
    Moisture rained from her pussy to dampen her inner thighs. “You smell like heaven.”
    Hudson flashed a wicked smile, a hint of fang shining in the darkness. Her body
    reacted as if not her own. Heat whipped through her system, swirling through her core and setting up a wild pulsation in her pussy. A small moan broke free and unable to
    stop herself, she squirmed against the bed. One of Hudson’s legs, covered by the soft cotton of his sweat pants, was draped over one of hers. His cock was long, thick and
    hard pressed against her leg. His heat, his passion, burned her through the layer of
    fabric.
    “Uh-uh, heaven would be you, Trea. I need you more than my next breath but I’m
    not about to fuck you now. You are grieving. Hurt. I’m not a goddamn monster. But if
    you don’t let me comfort you now, I’m going to lose