Seven

Dakota

Alone with Sara in the room, my headeservesdn't stop racing with guilt and fear. I had to find a way to escape this foolishness.

Axton's muscles rippling beneath his shirt and how his light hazel eyes stared at me caused a burning desire between my legs.

I shouldn't have such abominable feelings. My husband just died. He didn't deserve this.

"Damn it," I groaned into my hands. My body was betraying me and the only way to push these feelings and keep myself in check was to leave this pack for good.

I lay in my bed, staring up at the ceiling. Sara sat beside me, lost in thought.

"What are you going to do?" Sara asked softly.

"What else," I shrugged. "I can't do this to Marco."

Sara's eyebrows twitched together and she tugged on her left ear. "But he's gone. You can't spend the rest of your life mourning him."

My heart pounded with anger and I sat on the bed, wiping the sweat on my forehead.

"Don't you dare tell me what to do? I'm not interested in having a mate. Not now, no