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burrowing under the
blankets tonight.
    “There
are four bedrooms,” Dagan said. “Two have their own bathroom and the other two
share a bath.”
    “Why
don’t you take one of the bedrooms with a private bath and let Lee and Parker
share?”
    Isi
looked up at him in surprise. “You’re going to sleep on the couch?”
    He
gave her a slow grin. “No, sweetheart. I’ll be sleeping right where I belong,
beside my mate.”
    He
couldn’t be serious! Surely he didn’t really expect her to share a bed with
him. He was joking, right? She watched him closely, but he seemed to have
spoken honestly. He truly expected to share her bed.
    “You
can’t sleep with me. We aren’t mated, and I don’t plan on letting you make me
your mate.”
    “Honey,
you’re already his mate,” Dagan said. “It’s just a matter of him getting around
to marking you.”
    She
folded her arms under her breasts. “We’ll just see about that. Just because you
say you’re going to claim me, doesn’t mean I’ll let you.”
    “You
aren’t still going on about how I don’t deserve to be saddled with a defective
mate, are you? Because I can tell you that there isn’t a damn thing wrong with
you. If you think I care one way or another whether or not you can shift, then
it just goes to show how little you know about me.” Garren glared at her.
    “Of
course, I don’t know anything about you! We just met! That’s sort of my point.
You take one sniff of me, decide I’m yours and I’m supposed to roll over and be
thankful? I’m sorry, but I don’t work that way.” She had to admit he was rather
tempting, though. The lion brought new meaning to the word sexy, even when he
was all rumbly and grumbly.
    “Well
now, we just can’t have that.” Without giving her time to pull away, he
snatched her wrist and pulled her closer. She watched in absolute fascination,
and a little bit of dread, as his lips descended. The first brush of his mouth
against hers was pleasant, the second made her skin flush, and the third had
her melting into a puddle.
    As
her body relaxed against Garren’s, he released her wrist and wrapped his arm
around her waist, holding her to him. Isi succumbed under his expert assault,
finding that it was much better to give in to him than to fight him. It didn’t
mean she was going to sleep with him, but why deny herself the pleasure of his
kiss? The man definitely knew what he was doing!
    Garren
pulled away, releasing her, and Isi blinked slowly as she swam out of the fog
of desire her supposed mate had created. The man was dangerous, lethal, and he
had her in his sights. If his kiss alone left her wet and wanting more, what
would happen if he were to touch her? Her breasts felt heavy, aching at the
mere thought of his hands cupping the tender mounds.
    “You
may or may not want to admit it, Isi, but your place is by my side. And that’s
exactly where you’re going to be for the foreseeable future. Until we figure
out exactly what happened to you, or more accurately, how it happened to you,
I’m not letting you leave my sight.”
    Dagan
rested a hand on her shoulder. “I know he can be a little overwhelming, but Garren
has made a good point. You are his
mate and all he wants to do is protect you. Let him do his job. Nothing in this
world is more important to him than you.”
    “How
can you know that?” she asked.
    “Because
it’s how any of us would feel if we found our mate. I’ll admit I’m more than a
little jealous of Garren. I’d give anything to find the woman I’m supposed to
spend the rest of my life with. What you share, it’s something magical, Isi.
Don’t throw it away because you don’t feel worthy, or you aren’t ready, or
whatever else is running through your mind. Be open to the idea of having a
mate. Shifters wait their whole lives for that one special person to come
along, and you can’t tell me that you’re any different.” Dagan gave her a
reassuring smile. “Don’t be afraid to feel