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head. “Sasha, you are one of the most luscious women I have ever seen. And even if you weren’t my True Mate, I would still want you.”
    She hung her head, trying to hold back the tears. “Please, please don’t do this,” she whispered, so afraid to believe him, yet wanting to her very soul for what he said to be true. Even after just meeting him, she wanted Flynn. Probably more than she should.
    “He really did more than just hurt you, didn’t he?”
    She raised her head with surprise. The concern in his voice was evident, the look in his eyes knowing.
    Sasha didn’t know what to say or how to react to his correct assumption. She so did not want to explain her ex and his little games at her expense. That was in the past, and she wanted it to stay there.
    “I knew who you were the minute your body went into the coma,” he began, a look of complete joy on his face. “That’s how I knew you were going to make it. The body goes dormant so the virus can alter the DNA. After that, I cornered Gabe every chance I got so he could tell me everything the two of you talked about. I wanted to know everything so I could put you at ease, then get to know you better.” His face took on a menacing look with his next words. “But I never expected this. That some worthless piece of shit would make you feel unworthy of a man like me. Makes me so angry, I would love to rip his head off and shove it up his ass.”
    She saw the truth of his words in his glacier eyes. “You really mean that, don’t you?”
    He smiled at her. “There’s one thing you’ll learn about the Lupus—we don’t lie. We can’t. You can smell it just like any other emotion.” Then his eyes turned molten, like twin blue flames. “And believe me when I say that right this minute, I want you so bad, my teeth ache.”
    Sasha gasped, smelling the truth, just like he said. She also smelled his arousal, like a sweet musk, and saw it bulging at the front of his jeans.
    Closing her eyes, she breathed deep, taking his scent into her lungs like before. Her whole body tingled and tightened with wanting him, her nipples hardening into stiff peaks. She felt dampness starting between her thighs.
    She opened her eyes, finding him right in front of her as he sat down on the edge of the bed.
    “You have to make the first move, sweetheart.”
    She could see his body shaking slightly, see the need on his handsome face, and hear it in his velvety voice.
    “Why?” she rasped, more aroused than she could ever remember being. And Flynn had yet to even touch her. Boy, was she in trouble.
    “It’s the way of our kind. When True Mates find each other, it’s the female’s choice of when and where. She makes the first move and sets the pace for the First Mating. It goes back in our history to the first True Mates. To prove how much he really wanted his Mate, the Alpha male let the female control their First Mating. It was a great show of respect and trust on the Alpha’s part and let his Mate know she was held in high esteem. Now it’s not just a ritual of sorts, but ingrained into our very beings. Because you’re my True Mate, I could no sooner start our First Mating than I could turn the tides or raise the sun.”
    Sitting down beside him, she had varying emotions on the subject. She wanted him, of course. Hell, what sane woman wouldn’t? And he most definitely wanted her. The front of his jeans was proof positive of that. But as much as she was aroused by him, she couldn’t make love to a man she just met. True Mate or not.
    “I’m not sure I can right now, Flynn. I mean, this is all so new to me, you know? One minute I find out I’m a Lupus, and the next I’m your True Mate. Though you still haven’t given me all the particulars or told me what Roan was talking about.”
    She hated to disappoint the man. God knew she hated it.
    “Not to mention the fact we just met. I just wouldn’t feel comfortable making love with you when I don’t know you very well.