1 I want to claim him as my mate. A throbbing pain drilled through my brain. Even this female's voice got on my nerves. I couldn't believe I'd fallen for this nonsense. It's speed dating, it won't take that long. Besides, do you really want to spend another Valentine's Day alone? Dante's persuasive voice echoed in my mind. Fifteen minutes had never lasted so long in my life. "So what do you like to do in your spare time?" The female I couldn't see because of the blindfold over my eyes, paused for half a second then without waiting for me to speak, answered her own question. "I love to go shopping. Sometimes I spend an entire day going from store to store, just trying on clothes to not find a single thing I like." I tuned her out. She definitely wasn't my mate. The whole blindfolded th

