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Gabrielle’s mind splintered across myriad thoughts as she hurried away from Wyatt. She thought she’d have more time. He wasn’t supposed to know about shifters claiming their mates yet. That’s not how this was supposed to work. It was supposed to be fairly simple. She’d guide Wyatt into an understanding of the shifter world, and then—when the time was right—tell him how she felt and what she wanted. She’d already given him a hint about it, after all, when she talked about how her cat wanted to climb him like a tree. It worked out better that way, if men had at least an inkling of what was coming.
But this? No. This was… well… it wasn’t wrong exactly, but it certainly wasn’t how events were supposed to unfold. She needed to be very careful about this, or she’d scare him away. And if she
