Chapter 7

PRECIOUS

I fell down on the floor while they towered over me, looking gorgeous and powerful. I wanted the ground to open and swallow me whole. I couldn't bear it if they tried to reject me, and neither could I accept them myself. How could the moon goddess do this to me, pairing me up with five hot males who were hell-bent on troubling me?

Duke reached out his hand to pull me up, but I flung his hand away, moving backwards to avoid body contact with them. “Stay away from me!”

“You are my mate, Precious. So why should I stay away from you?” Duke asked softly, his expression gentle as his eyes searched my face. He reached out again to hold me, and I let him. I don't know why I allowed him to touch me. Maybe it was because he was kind towards me or the mate bond working out attractions already. Immediately our bodies touched, an electric shock passed through me, and I wondered whether he felt it too. Duke's eyes arched up, a sly grin on his handsome face, and he pulled me to my feet. T