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and forced his claws back.
    He closed his eyes briefly,
feeling his anger seep away. Even through his jealousy, he was
quietly relieved that Mina wasn't a virgin. His wolf was going crazy
with lust, and he wouldn't do anything to her if she hadn't been with
a male before. He might scare her and scar her forever. If she was
an innocent little virgin, he wouldn't penetrate her at all, not even
with his tongue or his finger. He would not allow himself to taste
her, and that would drive his wolf wild with need and frustration.
He might just implode or combust spontaneously.
    “Mina, hey.” He
tiled her chin with one finger. “Hey, look at me. I was
joking. Well, not really,” he conceded. “But I won't
claw out the eyes of any man you've been with. You have nothing to
be ashamed of. We've both been with other people before we met each
other.” Declan paused, waiting for her to ask the dreaded
question. If she asked him how many females he'd been with, he'd
have to answer honestly, “Too many to count.” It was the
truth. Wolves were lusty creatures, and they had to satisfy their
bodily needs. But that was all it was. Just a bodily need. He
didn't want those females. He didn't hunger for them, or feel all
possessive and protective towards them. He never claimed them and
marked them. It was just an itch to be scratched. The females
experienced the itch too, and he scratched it for them very
satisfyingly. But he always made sure that he never slept with any
female wolves from his pack. He would never subject his future mate
to such humiliation. He was the Alpha, and his mate would be the
Alpha's mate. She was to be respected, revered, loved and guarded.
He would never allow the female wolves in his pack to have anything
over his mate.
    Mina turned to look at him.
He saw hope and trust in those large eyes. “I've only been
with one man,” she confided. “Nate was my first
boyfriend...he...” He broke my heart.
    Declan saw the look of hurt
and betrayal in her eyes, and his claws inched out again. Now he
really wanted to claw out that bastard's eyes. The bastard had hurt
Mina, and he would kill that creep for her.
    Mina shrugged and the hurt
in her eyes faded. “He's a liar and a cheat, and he's no
longer my concern.” Her voice was calm, thoughtful. “I
don't hate him, you know. We were young and well, at sixteen, you
see everything through rose-tinted glasses. You like a boy, he likes
you back, and you start thinking that you'll be with this person
forever.” She gave him a small smile. “He was the only
guy I'd been with. So...”
    Declan released his breath
very slowly.
    She'd only been with one
man.
    One.
    He didn't know why he should
feel pleased, but he did. What she did before she met him wasn't his
business. She could have had any number of lovers before him, and it
wouldn't have made a difference. He would be her last lover, and her
only lover from here on in. From now to eternity, she would know
only his touch, his kiss, his body. No other male would pleasure her
and enjoy her sweet, luscious body. She was his, and his alone. Now
and forever.
    But she's not yours ,
his wolf growled. You haven't claimed her.
    His nails dug into his palms
as he inhaled her intoxicating scent. His whole body was on fire,
aching and roaring to be inside her. He wanted to sink himself into
her and lose his seed deep inside her. And he wanted to keep fucking
her, in every way, in every position, until the sun set and rose
again. He wanted to take her hard, mark her hard, and hear her
scream his name when she came.
    With a roar, he ripped her
bra from her body and covered one creamy breast with his mouth. Her
gasps turned to moans as he sucked hungrily at her nipple, pulling
and nipping it between his teeth. As he licked the stiff, dark peak,
he kneaded and caressed her other breast, making her groan and writhe
with pleasure. She arched her back when he circled her erect nipple
with his tongue, and blew gently on the wet, hard