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thing about what happened here. I told him I got into an argument with my brother so
he thinks I went for ice cream to calm myself down. Minnie stepped into the entryway
and grabbed Mika, pulling her into her arms in a tight hug.  Are you all right?
Mika gripped the taller woman tightly around her waist and shook her head.  No.
 My poor baby. Where is Grady? I want to talk to him. He knew better than to
touch you without condoms. It was stupid. I know you don t understand a lot about
this but damn, it was stupid of him to fuck you without a condom. The stronger you
scent of them and sex the more they get the urge to mate you. It was just a matter of
time. He 
 Is gone, Mika cut off Minnie from her rant.
Minnie pulled back and frowned down at Mika.  His Jeep is in the driveway so
don t lie to me. He owes your family an explanation and he should be glad it s me and
not Omar who wants to hear him tell me how this happened.
 I m not lying. He was upset. That was putting it mildly.  He is gone and I don t
know where he went. I don t know when he s coming back. He didn t want to face me I
guess. His keys were out here with me but he took off and left the Jeep.
Rage twisted Minnie s face.  He mated you and split? I knew it. He did this on
purpose and now feels guilty so he doesn t want to face you until you calm down.
Damn men. I m always terrified your uncle is going to do this shit to me. He s been
after me for twenty damn years to mate his ass. I was sure Grady was honorable. I m so
damn sorry but he did this on purpose, baby.
 He did not.
Minnie gave Mika a frown.  Trust me. This was obviously intentional. He took off
because he wants to give you time to calm down.
Mika gripped Minnie s arm and dragged the woman down the hallway. She
opened her bedroom door wide and watched the shock and horror play across Minnie s
features as Minnie took in the state of the room.
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 He didn t mate me on purpose. He was that damn upset over accidentally biting
into me. He isn t avoiding me because of guilt. I think he left so he doesn t kill my ass.
He can t be mated to me if I m dead, right?
Minnie had turned sheet white as she stared down at Mika.  Let s go now.
 I m not going anywhere. This is my house. He ll calm down eventually and come
home. At the very least he still needs me for a few more days and I have his Jeep keys
and his bag is in the spare bedroom where he s keeping his clothes. I don t think I m
really in any danger. He took his rage out on the room instead of me. I was just down
the hallway so if he wanted to hurt me he could have.
 Are you looking at the same damn room I am? He damn near shoved your
headboard through the wall that separates your bedroom from your bathroom.
Everything in here is broken. Every damn thing.
 I m not broken and I was in here at first.
 Oh, Mika, Minnie said softly.
She almost flinched at the look of pity that Minnie was directing her way. She
straightened her shoulders.  There has to be a way to un-mate us.
Shaking her head, Minnie s look of pity deepened.  The only times I ve ever heard
of an accidental mating, well, they just dealt with it by trying to make the best of it
together as a couple. You were marked before and carried his scent but it was faint.
Marking fades after a short period of time. Now& Hell, Mika, you re going to smell just
like him. It will be that strong and it will remain that way. Right now, if the mating
took, your body is changing. It s bred into them that the woman who smells like them
belongs to them. He may not have meant to mate you, but honey, you are his now. He ll
have to come to terms with that because he won t have a choice. His body, his animal,
will know and once it gets a whiff of you, his instincts will take over.
 He wants acceptance from the pack. You re the one who told me about his
childhood. He s dead-set on having a werewolf mate. Look what my parents went
through until they left here for the human world. He had a hellish childhood and now
he s going to be facing discrimination again for having a human mate.
 He s Elroy s son and your uncle isn t just some pup like he was back when your
mom married your dad. Both of you have powerful relatives. The pack won t dare shun
you or treat you bad, even though you re a mixed-race mate set. Your mate is alpha-
blooded. Few will be stupid enough to give you any shit, Mika. Your man will kick
their asses. It will be all right because your children will be shifters. Alpha-blooded kids
always carry the strong shifter genes. Most mixed races are looked down on because
mating with humans can result in non-shifter children. She paused.  Besides, it s more
acceptable to werewolves if the males take human mates. Your parents had it really
rough because your father was human and no one believed a human could protect his
female mate from other males in the pack.
 Grady is so upset, Minnie. What am I going to do?
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 You re his mate now, baby. You call your work, quit your job, and hire movers to
bring your shit here. Like it or not, he has to stay in town. Your life is here now with
him. Minnie s face relaxed and she suddenly smiled.  You re going to live here and I ll
get to see you all the time. Your uncle can t kill Grady for real because Elroy won t let
him. He ll be pissed but he ll have to accept that you re mated to one of the pack.
 How the hell can I expect Uncle Omar to accept it when Grady won t? He s going
to hate me and resent me, Minnie. God, this sucks.
 I know, baby. Why don t you come home with me until& well, until your mate
cools off and comes looking for you. He will soon. He s still in mating heat and needs
you now more than ever. He ll have to accept what s done and it is done. It s just how it
has to be.
Mika shook her head.  I ll wait here. I guess I should start cleaning up that mess in
there. It will give me something to do until he returns.
 I don t think it s a good idea. What if he comes back and wants to screw up the rest
of your house?
She frowned.  Thank you for coming because I was freaking out. I still am but now
I have a clearer picture of everything. I just needed someone to be here for me.
Anger tightened Minnie s face again.  Your mate should have been here to support [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]