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until her birthday. I will mark and claim her as
mine, willing or not. I just rather she be willing. I think she
trusts me which makes her naïve and innocent. I can't guarantee
that I won't take it further the next time we’re
together.
    Should I tell her
or let it happen naturally? Do I warn her not to let it go so far,
like I did about mentioning the pups? At home I go inside and smell
the revolting scent of vanilla immediately. "Wendy, what are you
doing here?" I ask without seeing her. I like how Jocelyn smells
like coconut, delicious. I can still smell her even under the
strong odor of vanilla.
    "I wanted to talk
to you." She replies.
    I hear her in the
living room and stand at the entrance. "Make it quick."
    "Did you like the
brownies?"
    "I said quickly."
I reply irritated.
    She stands up and
walks towards me. She sees that I'm turned on and thinks it’s
because of her, I see it in her smile. "I was thinking maybe you
could come to dinner tonight?" She asks trying to sound sexy. She
only managed to annoy me more.
    "I'm busy." I
turned and walked away. I hear her start to follow me. "Get out." I
order and her steps stop. When they start up again it’s in the
other direction. Wendy is a year younger than me; she tried
everything to get my attention. Playing the good girl and then
switching to party girl. She would try to get me jealous and then
play the victim. She never has held my interest or anything else
for that matter. I don't think I could touch her without
cringing.
    I go into my room
wishing I would have gotten Jocelyn here. I shower and get dressed
for dinner. I leave the room and spot Liam walking towards
me.
    "You have a phone
call from Alpha Rhys of the Redwolf Pack."
    I growl and walk
past him to my office to take the phone call. "Alpha
Rhys."
    "Alpha Hall. I
want to request that you lift the restricted leave on Jocelyn
Robinson."
    "Request denied.
She's mine." I hang up the phone. It's only 4:40 p.m. but I walk to
the truck and drive to the Robinsons. They didn't mention a time
for dinner and I want to see Jocelyn again.
    **************
    Jocelyn
Robinson
    As soon as I got
in the door I was besieged by questions from my parents, luckily
Marta told them everything she knows which is pretty much all of
it. "Do you want to mate with him?" My mom asks sitting at my desk
while I get ready.
    "I don't know. I
like him sometimes but other times he scares me. He's just so
intense." Then I remember his smile and his laugh, my heat skips.
"He really is so beautiful when he smiles." I add
blushing.
    "If you don't
want to be with him, you can find someone else to claim you before
the challenge."
    The challenge, I
shudder thinking about it. It’s the one time a year when anyone can
challenge the Alpha for dominance. The winner gets to choose any
unmated female from the pack eighteen years old or older to mate.
Most years, I've heard Lennox doesn't get challenged but this year
Tom said he was going to challenge him. I wonder if anyone else
will. I’ve heard of the brutality of Lennox. I've seen Alpha Rhys
fight these fights, too. Winning so quickly in some cases, all I
did was blink and the other wolf was dead. I think about what
Lennox said. You wouldn't like what I'd do to him if I found
someone and shudder again.
    "No. There's no
one else." Which is true, I don't want to have to rush and try to
start impressing males, hoping to get them to mark me. They'd only
end up hurt or worse by Lennox. I finish trying to curl my hair and
give up, it looks just a little wavy. I put it up in a ponytail and
gasp looking at my neck. Lennox left a sizeable purple mark on my
neck, he even broke the skin in two places. It must have been left
from his canines. I watch my mom smirk and walk out of the room. I
guess I'll have to wear my hair down for a while. Mom comes back in
with a bottle of foundation.
    "Here, let me
cover it." She offers.
    "It’s really
dark." I warn thinking nothing will help it. But it’s worth a try.
I wear my