“Put me down,” Hazel commanded, her voice muffled by the shirt against her face.
“You’re bleeding,” I growled back, my beastly-side completely in control. Humanity fled when my True Mate was injured, and wouldn’t return until she was healed.
I set her down on a large rock, far enough away from our vehicles that her friends wouldn’t hear us. My fingers grabbed the shirt, and hers wrapped around my wrist. “Careful,” she warned.
I may have been more animal than man, but I didn’t want to hurt her.
Only a monster could physically injure the woman he existed to love.
Gently, I peeled the cloth away from her nose. She helped me, and I rumbled with worry when I saw that she was still bleeding. “The power is too much for you to hold alone. Mate with me, female.” The words spewed from me withou
