Alpha Jake’s POV
I’m sitting on the edge of me bed mentally kicking myself.
I had her right where I wanted her. She was mine, was ready and willing to submit to the mate bond.
Hell, she was screaming my name in actual pleasure.
I know if I hadn’t stopped, if we had sealed the bond, she would never even think to be with Trey ever again. I could have marked her as mine.
But then she had pushed back her hair. An unconscious, innocent move, and I had seen her bloodstained hands. I couldn’t make love to her for the first time with her boyfriend’s blood all over her. The blood that I had drawn after finding him naked on top of her…
I throw my head back and groan.
I take a quick shower and wrap a towel around me when there is another knock on the door. For a brief moment, I hope it might
