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happened in Wolf Valley. I was a mess by the time I left. I wouldn’t have been much help to her or anyone.”
    “You might have been.”
    “Can we drop it? For now.” She frowned. “Past is the past, right?”
    “Right.” He pulled off the road, driving the truck up a dirt track leading to the lower slopes. When the track began to go faint from lack of use, he pulled over to the side and switched off the engine. “Now. I can’t wait to see my she-wolf in daylight.”
    “A race?” she asked, getting out of the truck and stretching her muscles. “Although it’s been such a long time since I’ve run with another wolf.”
    “You ran from me last night. I don’t think you have to worry about speed. But you might have to worry about what I’ll do to you when I catch you.” He winked, but still a shiver of desire rushed through her. Now they were here, a primal need for him overtook her. She had to fight herself not to pull him to the floor and get him to mate with her under the blue sky.
    Instead, she turned from him and with a shimmer of static electricity, she turned into her wolf and ran, sensing him only two strides behind her. The chase was on, and it thrilled her.
    Big strides, deep breaths, that was how she moved up the trail. Higher and higher, they climbed. Her heart racing, thundering in her chest as she tried to outrun her fate. Yet she knew he was behind her, matching her stride for stride; he would probably have passed her if he wanted to, but he seemed content to follow.
    Turning, sweeping under the low branches, she switched direction only to switch back again. He snapped at her heels, urging her on until her adrenaline kicked in and she flew faster, out onto the meadow, as the sun began its decent in the sky. A breeze ruffled her fur, and she flattened, galloping along like a racehorse heading towards the finish line.
     

Chapter Eleven - Riley
    He wanted to throw his head back and laugh. But he had to keep it down, his legs aching from the strain of keeping up with her and his lungs straining for breath. Exhilaration filled him, sending his soul soaring: so this was what it felt like to be truly alive.
    His past swept away as he hurtled after her across the meadow, and then he leaped into the air, diving over her. She snapped at him, and he turned to bite her legs playfully, only to have her careen straight into him, knocking him over. As he landed, his feet wrapped around hers and they rolled over and over across the ground.
    Then he changed, his human form flashing back into being, and she did too. Her hair swept across the ground as she landed, and he caught her underneath his body, pressing his weight down on her.
    Panting, she looked up into his face, uncertainty flickering across it. She must be able to feel his arousal pressing up against her inner thigh; did she know just how much he wanted her?
    Lowering his head, he hovered above her lips, waiting for some sign as to how she felt. When he got it, it wasn’t what he had expected. Instead of shoving him off and telling him to behave, she lifted her head off the ground and pressed her lips to his, so lightly he might have imagined it.
    Eyes fixed together, he smiled, moistened his lips and went back for more. Oh yes, he wanted so much more. Brushing his lips across hers, and then biting her lower lip, he teased her. Underneath him, she relaxed her body, opening her thighs a little wider so he could nestle more firmly between them. He used one elbow to leverage his weight off her, using his free hand to stroke the hair from her face. Her breast rose and fell under him; she was struggling as much as he was. They both wanted this. He was so sure, and when he kissed her properly, he no longer feared her rejection. How could she reject him? They were fated to be together, and that was proving impossible for her to fight any longer.
    Her lips moved against his, parting when he swept his tongue along her lower lip, allowing him access to her