CHAPTER 33

She shook her head. "That"s just his wolf, Duda. Just his mating instincts. It"s not Gio." "He knew in advance that his wolf would be possessive, he knew his instincts would ride him hard – he"d been ready for all that. He hadn"t been ready for how it would be if he himself felt those same things." "You"re wrong." The denial was automatic. Automatic because she"d come to the conclusion a long time ago that she could only ever rely on herself, that she would never have that total acceptance that came from a mate. She was defiant, sarcastic, snappy, contrary, stubborn and strong-willed.not an attractive combination for male wolves in her opinion. When she"d lost Zan she"d also lost that one chance of being cared for exactly as she was, latency and all. Besides this was Gio they were talking about for God"s sake! "There"s no danger of us imprinting." "I agree. There"s s