Page 22 of Wolf Blood
Maverick
You think you're going to convince your sex-addled brain to let you suffer for days rather than fucking the woman you've been obsessed with and possessive of for months?
Me
Yes
Maverick
I will bow to your self-control if that happens
Happily hand over the Alpha mantle, too
Me
I don't want it
Maverick
I don't want to deal with the fallout of you claiming a woman you don't want as your mate and nearly killing one of our enforcers for touching her after she fucking asked him to
Me
Harper and I had a misunderstanding
It’s been solved
Maverick
If she's spreading rumors about you, it's not solved
Gossip is how human women go to war
We don't have the time or energy to fight a battle on two fronts right now
I clenched my jaw.
He was talking about the challenges. They had been relentless since he claimed Bloom. He was fighting every fucking weekend.
We'd limited it to three fights a day on Saturday and Sunday, but it was harder on him than he would admit.
Me
I need you to back me on this
Maverick
I am
But without a fated bond or a relationship, the possessiveness worries people
Me
Which is why I've fought it for so long
Maverick
Just have a conversation with herand settle it
