Selena POV:Duncan followed my words and shifted into his human form. I guess I should have thought it through before asking him to do that because then, Duncan was naked. It usually wasn’t a big issue for shifters, but it was for me.“I… um…” I mumbled, trying my best to shift my eyes away from him, but he didn’t make any attempt to hide his naked body from me. He stood before me in all his glory. His thick member stood at attention, making it difficult for me to look anywhere else. “You ran,” he stated. I blinked a few times before looking up at his face. “I had to get out of there. I couldn’t. I can’t. You can’t choose me. You have to pick someone else.”I heard the low growl in his chest. He had no intention of picking anyone else. “I don’t like being told what I can and cannot do, Selena. Just like you. I have no plan to pick anyone else. You are the

[Warning: This chapter contains explicit sexual content. Please click away if you don't want to read it. See you in another chapter.]Selena POV:I allowed my tense head to flop down to rest on the sheets, my neck too tired to support my heavy head. “Selena, I will give you anything you want,” he told me, making the familiar shiver run up my spine. His tone was full of promise and caresses. I trembled as his hardness made contact with me, gliding through my wetness. Being tied down and my sight of him obstructed only amplified every single noise and sensation, and the feeling of his thick hardness hitting my sensitive clit. I positively gushed in excitement. I clenched at the silken sheets and held my jaw to keep from letting him hear my whine of need. “I…” I started, wondering exactly what it was. “I want something,” I groaned. “Hmm?” He hummed. I felt his finger skim over my hips.

[Warning: Mild sexual content might be there in the chapter. Please read at your own risk.]Selena POV:It was already daylight when I woke up. For a moment, I couldn’t remember where I was, and it ached to move. I was naked, on the bed, in a room that reeked of sex. I must have passed out sometime last night. At some point, I remembered Duncan waking me up, and ‘one more’ had become three more. It seemed that I had urged him on every time. He made me drink something spicy, some sort of tea, to wake me up. It tasted awful and I couldn’t remember how I managed to keep it down. Time blurred, but I remembered the sensations sharpening after that. Looking around, I found him standing by the window. He was staring at the rain outside. He looked so pensive that I wondered what he was thinking about. My eyes traveled to his back and I saw prominent welts all along his spine, traveling down and disappearing under his sweatpants.

Selena POV:The sound of footsteps arriving signaled that Argon was done with his morning routine. I watched as he came down the stairs and stopped at the foot when he saw me. “You’re up early today,” he commented to Meredith. Meredith chuckled. “Yeah, I got a call that Selena was headed home, so I woke up earlier than usual,” she admitted. I had not known the real reason why Meredith was awake and taking take of me, but I understood right then that Duncan had given her a heads-up. Argon snorted. “He is very nice,” he said. “Selena, Meredith and I made sure the forest was tended to. Don’t worry about it. It’s usually customary for the newly mated couple to have time together to get used to their new circumstances. But there is a lot going on in the witch world and yours… so we can’t give you a full week to recuperate,” he explained. “It’s fine. I

Selena POV:My cheek was pressed up against his chest and I could hear his rapid heartbeat. Our hands were still joined at our sides as my other was pinned to me by his arm around me.Our emotions swirled in my head, fighting for dominance as our bodies remained motionless. My anger. His confusion. It didn’t matter that our physical contact brought us a certain calm. We were both fighting it as neither of us wanted to give in. “Selena,” Duncan said quietly, his breathing strained. “Yes?” I whispered back. “Why did you run? Can you be honest?” he asked. I knew that he meant our mating and not this morning. “Because…” I was even quieter than before. “Because why?” he pressed. “I don’t want to say.”He moved his hand up my back and to my neck, pressing so that I would look up at him. He was intently looking down at me, waiting f