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decipherable word& yes.
Gray grabbed his mate to his chest, almost
crushing him in his need to be close. He stood and
ran, cradling his heart in his arms as he rushed up
the stairs and headed for the first open door. There
was no way he would mate Ryan on the floor of
that gore-filled room.
Kicking the door closed behind him with his
foot, he rushed to the bed, not even bothering to
pull the faded covers back as he tenderly laid his
shaking mate down. Pain lanced through his
chest, a howl breaking free at the anguish flooding
through him from the sight of his mate like this.
He knelt, quickly peeling his mate s pants away
as gently as he could. Shards of moonlight spilt
through a small window, high on the wall, and
danced over his skin. The power of the full moon
sinking into his core further enhanced the power
Samhain offered. He cast a quick glance to his
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ancient lunar mother, silently thanking her for her
gift. His muscles rippled, expanding with the
increase in power, and he grunted at the stretching
ache.
Ryan whimpered. Heart-wrenching sobs
escaped him as the tremors increased. Wrapping
his fingers around the little wolf s slender wrists,
Gray bent and wrapped his mate s arms around
his neck, scooping his hands under the smaller
man s buttocks and swinging him up as he spun
and sat on the edge of the bed. He arranged Ryan
over his lap, guiding his legs around his waist.
Ryan continued to shake, his eyes rolling back as
his skin continued to darken and his head tipped
back. The Shadows was taking over, and it
angered Gray that he couldn t bond his mate the
way he deserved.
His small wolf should have been seduced
slowly, by candlelight, after a night spent in each
other s company. Gray would have taken his time
to ease Ryan s fears, tasting every curve and dip
with his tongue in long, loving strokes, before
joining their bodies, breath for breath and stroke
for stroke, and heartbeat to heartbeat. Instead, he
had to bond them now, if he was to have even a
chance of saving his mate and that chance was
damn slim, at best.
Gripping the back of Ryan s hair in one fist to
steady his head, Gray lathed a long lick up the
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side of his mate s neck, inhaling his scent as he
drew deep from the well of power that flooded his
body, and bit down& hard.
Ryan jerked, his strangled scream filling the
room as Gray s saliva acted as a conduit for the
energy contained within his body, allowing it to
invade his mate. For long moments he held the
bite, allowing only a slight trickle of his mate s
polluted blood to slide down his throat. His wolf s
hackles rose at the taint, pushing itself against his
mate s mind and urging the other man s wolf to
fight the poison.
Ryan stopped breathing for the span of a
handful of heartbeats, and Gray cried out in shock,
until the little man shuddered and started again.
His mate coughed, his skin rippling as the dark
skin intermittently gave way to a soft covering of
reddish-brown fur.
That s it, love, fight it. He moved slightly so
the moonlight also bathed Ryan, praying that it
might act as the catalyst he needed to banish the
drug from his system.
The worn, rattan bedside table was only an
arm-reach away and Gray took full advantage to
rifle through it with one hand, keeping a grip on
his lapful of naked mate with the other. His efforts
proved fruitful as he pulled a small single-use
tube of lubricant out and twisted its top off with
his teeth. He spat the plastic end aside and poured
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the contents onto his fingers, rubbing them to
warm the fluid.
I ll help you fight it, love. Together we ll purge
you of this evil. He rubbed his fingers around his
soon-to-be mate s tightly closed star, working the
slippery gel into the muscles until they loosened
and he was able to breach his mate with the tip of
one finger. He held it, allowing his mate to clench
down on it a few times before easing in the rest of
the way.
Warm silkiness enclosed his digit, and he
couldn t help the thrill of anticipation of gloving
himself in that heat. His mate would squeeze him
so tightly, the thought sent his cock jerking and
leaking against his abdomen. Ryan s cock
twitched, responding to his touch with clear
excitement. He pulled him closer and aligned their
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